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Item Adenosine modifications impede SARS-CoV-2 RNA-dependent RNA transcription(Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 2024-06) Snyder, Laura R.; Kilde, Ingrid; Nemudryi, Artem; Wiedenheft, Blake; Koutmos, Markos; Koutmou, Kristin S.SARS-CoV-2, the causative virus of the COVID-19 pandemic, follows SARS and MERS as recent zoonotic coronaviruses causing severe respiratory illness and death in humans. The recurrent impact of zoonotic coronaviruses demands a better understanding of their fundamental molecular biochemistry. Nucleoside modifications, which modulate many steps of the RNA life cycle, have been found in SARS-CoV-2 RNA, although whether they confer a pro- or antiviral effect is unknown. Regardless, the viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase will encounter these modifications as it transcribes through the viral genomic RNA. We investigated the functional consequences of nucleoside modification on the pre-steady state kinetics of SARS-CoV-2 RNA-dependent RNA transcription using an in vitro reconstituted transcription system with modified RNA templates. Our findings show that N6-methyladenosine and 2′-O-methyladenosine modifications slow the rate of viral transcription at magnitudes specific to each modification, which has the potential to impact SARS-CoV-2 genome maintenance.