RNA editing of hepatitis delta virus antigenome by dsRNA-adenosine deaminase (original) (raw)
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Abstract
HEPATITIS delta virus (HDV) is a subviral human pathogen that requires hepatitis B virus (HBV) for packaging1,2. Concurrent infection by HBV and HDV increases the risk of severe liver disease compared to infection with HBV alone3. The HDV genome is a closed circular RNA of about 1,700 bases which is replicated through an RNA intermediate, the antigenome4. Both RNAs can be folded into highly base-paired, rod-shaped structures, similar to the plant viroid RNAs5. Two forms of the sole HDV protein, hepatitis delta antigen, are derived from a single open reading frame by RNA editing; the enzymes responsible for the editing have not been characterized. Here we report that the purified enzyme dsRAD (for double-stranded-RNA-adenosine deaminase) can edit HDV antigenomic RNA in vitro. Most important, we observe that mutations in critical sequences of the antigenome have identical effects on in vitro and in vivo editing, suggesting that dsRAD, or a closely related enzyme, is responsible for editing HDV RNA in vivo.
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Poison, A., Bass, B. & Casey, J. RNA editing of hepatitis delta virus antigenome by dsRNA-adenosine deaminase.Nature 380, 454–456 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1038/380454a0
- Received: 04 December 1995
- Accepted: 02 February 1996
- Issue Date: 04 April 1996
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/380454a0