Toti-type cap snatching

RNAs are capped by a unique viral reaction during transcription. m7GMP is cleaved from the 5' end of host mRNAs covalently bound to the viral GTase. The m7GMP is subsequently bound to a new transcribed viral ppRNA.

Enzymatic reaction:
Host RNA decapping
Cap transfer

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