Journal article
Replication of adenovirus and SV40 chromosomes in vitro
Philosophical transactions. Biological sciences, Vol.317(1187), pp.429-438
12/15/1987
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1987.0070
PMID: 2894680
Abstract
As an approach to studying the mechanisms involved in the replication of eukaryotic chromosomes, we have developed and characterized cell-free replication systems for the animal viruses, adenovirus and SV40. In this report we summarize recent work on the proteins required for the initiation of DNA synthesis in these two systems. The adenovirus origin of DNA replication was shown to consist of three functionally distinct sequence domains. Cellular proteins that specifically recognize each of these domains were purified and characterized. Initiation of adenovirus DNA replication was reconstituted from two virus-encoded and three cell-encoded factors. The SV40 origin of replication consists of a 65 base pair DNA segment that contains a high affinity binding site for the viral initiation protein T antigen. Evidence is presented that the first step in initiation of SV40 DNA replication involves the specific binding of T antigen to the origin, followed by the local unwinding of the two strands of the template. The unwinding reaction is specific for DNA templates containing the SV40 origin and requires ATP hydrolysis. In addition to T antigen, efficient unwinding requires a cellular factor(s) that can be replaced by the single-stranded DNA binding protein of Escherichia coli. These results indicate that the recently discovered helicase activity of T antigen plays a central role in initiation of viral DNA synthesis.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Replication of adenovirus and SV40 chromosomes in vitro
- Creators
- T J Kelly - Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205P J RosenfeldR J WidesE A O'NeillJ J LiM S Wold
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Philosophical transactions. Biological sciences, Vol.317(1187), pp.429-438
- Publisher
- England
- DOI
- 10.1098/rstb.1987.0070
- PMID
- 2894680
- ISSN
- 0962-8436
- eISSN
- 1471-2970
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/15/1987
- Academic Unit
- Radiation Oncology; Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Record Identifier
- 9984024563302771
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