Organization of the cis-acting element required for wheat dwarf geminivirus DNA replication and visualization of a rep protein-DNA complex

Virology
A P Sanz-Burgos, C Gutiérrez

Abstract

Initiation of geminivirus DNA replication depends on the activity of the initiator protein (Rep) upon interaction with DNA sequences present in the intergenic region of the viral DNA. In this study, we have analyzed the DNA sequences present in the large intergenic region (LIR) of wheat dwarf virus (WDV), a subgroup I member of the geminivirus family, which are required for viral DNA replication. We have (i) defined the boundaries of the viral cis-acting DNA replication element, (ii) determined the contribution of different domains of the LIR to DNA replication efficiency, and (iii) visualized WDV Rep-DNA complexes. Analysis of unidirectional deletions from both sides of the LIR leads us to establish that a approximately 200-bp cis-acting element (core) is essential for viral DNA replication. It spans approximately 170 and 28 bp upstream and downstream, respectively, from the initiation site (+1), located in the invariant loop. This core element is flanked, at each side, by auxiliary regions (5'-aux and 3'-aux, approximately 70 and approximately 25 bp long, respectively), which contain DNA sequences that stimulate DNA replication. Competition experiments using viral replicating vectors bearing wild-type or mutant WDV LIRs sugge...Continue Reading

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