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SUMMARY

Immediately after purification of cowpea chlorotic mottle virus (CCMV) degradation of RNA-2 into two distinct RNA fragments begins. Upon storage of purified virus, even at 4 °C, all four virus RNAs degraded into small heterogeneous pieces. Addition of thiols accelerated degradation, as did higher temperatures. Addition of chelating agents in low concentrations prevented the RNA degradation.

Isolated CCMV-RNA was not degraded in the presence of thiol compounds. If the RNA was, however, reassembled with isolated coat protein into virus-like particles, degradation of the RNA occurred. A mixture of empty protein capsids and RNA also caused degradation of RNA. In a mixture of isolated RNA and purified virus, both degradation of added and RNA occurred, but not to the extent of the degradation of the same amount of RNA within virions.

Addition of radical scavengers to purified virus partially prevented the degradation of CCMV-RNA, suggesting a radical mediated mechanism for the nucleic acid degradation.

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