id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-344410-yo9libo0 Zhou, Yan Mutational analysis of the SDD sequence motif of a PRRSV RNA-dependent RNA polymerase 2011-09-16 .txt text/plain 5856 295 57 A core palm structure containing the four motifs (A-D) found in all classes of polymerases [1] is present in the C-terminal region of nsp9; therefore, it is possible to identify RdRp catalytic activity by testing whether the conserved SDD motif (at residues 3050 to 3052 of nsp9) itself is essential for virus replication (Figure 1) . To study the impact of mutations in the SDD motif on PRRSV transcription, RT-PCR analysis of the sg mRNA7s was performed on the total RNAs obtained from mock-transfected BHK-21 cells and cells transfected with pMDD, pSAD, pSED, pSND, pSGD, pSDA, pSDE, pSDN, pSGA, pGND, pGDD, and pAPRRS, using a forward primer located in the leader region and a reverse primer in ORF7. The mutant PRRSV full-length cDNA clones pMDD, pSAD, pSED, pSND, pSGD, pSDA, pSDE, pSDN, pGDN, and pSGA carrying mutations specifying the SDD motif in the viral replicase (Table 1) , were transfected into BHK-21 cells and failed to produce sg mRNA7s (Figure 2) . ./cache/cord-344410-yo9libo0.txt ./txt/cord-344410-yo9libo0.txt