Simian virus 40 large T antigen can specifically unwind the central palindrome at the origin of DNA replication.

Journal of Virology
Weiping Wang, Daniel T Simmons

Abstract

The hydrophilic channels between helicase domains of simian virus 40 (SV40) large T antigen play a critical role in DNA replication. Previous mutagenesis of residues in the channels identified one class of mutants (class A: D429A, N449S, and N515S) with normal DNA binding and ATPase and helicase activities but with a severely reduced ability to unwind origin DNA and to support SV40 DNA replication in vitro. Here, we further studied these mutants to gain insights into how T antigen unwinds the origin. We found that the mutants were compromised in melting the imperfect palindrome (EP) but normal in untwisting the AT-rich track. However, the mutants' defect in EP melting was not the major reason they failed to unwind the origin because supplying an EP region as a mismatched bubble, or deleting the EP region altogether, did not rescue their unwinding deficiency. These results suggested that specific separation of the central palindrome of the origin (site II) is an essential step in unwinding origin DNA by T antigen. In support of this, wild-type T antigen was able to specifically unwind a 31-bp DNA containing only site II in an ATPase-dependent reaction, whereas D429A and N515S failed to do so. By performing a systematic mutagenes...Continue Reading

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