retroviruses and hepatitis b virus
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Retroviruses and Hepatitis B Virus. Rous Sarcoma Virus. Hepatitis B Virus. HBV Genome. Genome Organization. 4 classes of mRNA in green : 0.9kb, 2.1kb, 2.4kb, 3.5kb. Pregenome RNA blue. Outline of Genome Replication. The pregenome RNA acts as template for DNA synthesis . - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Retroviruses and Hepatitis B Virus
Rous Sarcoma Virus
Hepatitis B Virus
HBV Genome
Genome Organization
4 classes of mRNA in green :0.9kb, 2.1kb, 2.4kb, 3.5kb
Pregenome RNA blue
Outline of Genome Replication• The pregenome RNA acts as template for DNA synthesis. • Initially a 4-nucleotide (−) DNA is synthesized then it is transferred to a
complementary sequence in DR1 near the 3 end of the pregenome.• DNA synthesis continues to the 5 end of the pregenome template. The RNase
H activity of the P protein degrades the pregenome RNA from the RNADNA duplex.
• All the RNA is removed except for a remnant of 15–18 bases including the cap. The –OH group at the 3 end of the RNA remnant acts as the primer for the synthesis of (+) DNA.
• During (+) DNA synthesis a nucleocapsid can either migrate to the nucleus to increase the pool of cccDNA or it can undergo a maturation event that enables it to bud through a membrane containing virus envelope proteins
• DNA synthesis ceases on budding, as the nucleocapsid is cut off from the pool of nucleotides in the cytoplasm.
• This explains why the (+) DNA in the virion is incomplete?
Epsilon elements
Steps in RT Pathway