Abstract
Alfalfa mosaic virus (AMV) genome consists of three pieces of RNA (24-S, 20-S and 17-s RNA). For infectivity these three RNAs and the coat protein are required. In the absence of coat protein, infectivity is obtained by adding the 12-S RNA also normally present in the virus. This 12-S RNA represents the message for coat protein. Thus a redundancy of the gene for coat protein exists between 12-S RNA and one of the other RNAs. Sequence analysis of the oligonucleotides resulting from pancreatic ribonuclease digestion of the AMV RNAs indicates that the nucleotide sequence of 12-S RNA occurs in 17-S RNA. Analysis of the pancreatic ribonuclease digestion products of the two larger alfalfa mosaic virus RNAs (20-S and 24-S RNA) shows some oligonucleotides containing seven, eight and nine nucleotides with the same structure present in both RNAs. The possibility of a limited nucleotide sequence homology between these two RNAs is discussed. The comparison of the RNase digestion products of 20-S and 24-S RNA with those of 12-S or 17-S RNA revealed no homologous oligonucleotides, thus the origin of 12-S RNA appears to be 17-S RNA.
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