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Gillis A, Hock L, Mahillon J. Comparative Genomics of Prophages Sato and Sole Expands the Genetic Diversity Found in the Genus Betatectivirus. Microorganisms 2021; 9:1335. [PMID: 34205474 PMCID: PMC8234876 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9061335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2021] [Revised: 06/13/2021] [Accepted: 06/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Tectiviruses infecting the Bacillus cereus group represent part of the bacterial "plasmid repertoire" as they behave as linear plasmids during their lysogenic cycle. Several novel tectiviruses have been recently found infecting diverse strains belonging the B. cereus lineage. Here, we report and analyze the complete genome sequences of phages Sato and Sole. The linear dsDNA genome of Sato spans 14,852 bp with 32 coding DNA sequences (CDSs), whereas the one of Sole has 14,444 bp comprising 30 CDSs. Both phage genomes contain inverted terminal repeats and no tRNAs. Genomic comparisons and phylogenetic analyses placed these two phages within the genus Betatectivirus in the family Tectiviridae. Additional comparative genomic analyses indicated that the "gene regulation-genome replication" module of phages Sato and Sole is more diverse than previously observed among other fully sequenced betatectiviruses, displaying very low sequence similarities and containing some ORFans. Interestingly, the ssDNA binding protein encoded in this genomic module in phages Sato and Sole has very little amino acid similarity with those of reference betatectiviruses. Phylogenetic analyses showed that both Sato and Sole represent novel tectivirus species, thus we propose to include them as two novel species in the genus Betatectivirus.
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- Annika Gillis
- Laboratory of Food and Environmental Microbiology, Earth and Life Institute, UCLouvain, Croix du Sud 2, L7.05.12, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium;
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- Laboratory of Food and Environmental Microbiology, Earth and Life Institute, UCLouvain, Croix du Sud 2, L7.05.12, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium;
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Mavericks are virus-like mobile genetic elements found in the genomes of eukaryotes. Although Mavericks encode capsid morphogenesis homologs, their viral particles have not been observed. Here, we provide new evidence supporting the viral nature of Mavericks and the potential existence of virions. To this end, we conducted a phylogenomic analysis of Mavericks in hundreds of vertebrate genomes, discovering 134 elements with an intact coding capacity in 17 host species. We reveal an extensive genomic fossil record in 143 species and date three groups of elements to the Late Cretaceous. Bayesian phylogenetic analysis using genomic fossil orthologs suggests that Mavericks have infected osteichthyans for ∼419 My. They have undergone frequent cross-species transmissions in cyprinid fish and all core genes are subject to strong purifying selection. We conclude that vertebrate Mavericks form an ancient lineage of aquatic dsDNA viruses which are probably still functional in some vertebrate lineages.
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- Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Schilling T, Hoppert M, Hertel R. Genomic Analysis of the Recent Viral Isolate vB_BthP-Goe4 Reveals Increased Diversity of φ29-Like Phages. Viruses 2018; 10:E624. [PMID: 30428528 PMCID: PMC6266182 DOI: 10.3390/v10110624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2018] [Revised: 11/06/2018] [Accepted: 11/08/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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We present the recently isolated virus vB_BthP-Goe4 infecting Bacillus thuringiensis HD1. Morphological investigation via transmission electron microscopy revealed key characteristics of the genus Phi29virus, but with an elongated head resulting in larger virion particles of approximately 50 nm width and 120 nm height. Genome sequencing and analysis resulted in a linear phage chromosome of approximately 26 kb, harbouring 40 protein-encoding genes and a packaging RNA. Sequence comparison confirmed the relation to the Phi29virus genus and genomes of other related strains. A global average nucleotide identity analysis of all identified φ29-like viruses revealed the formation of several new groups previously not observed. The largest group includes Goe4 and may significantly expand the genus Phi29virus (Salasvirus) or the Picovirinae subfamily.
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- Tobias Schilling
- Department of Genomic and Applied Microbiology & Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August-University Göttingen, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
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- Department of General Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August-University Göttingen, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
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- Department of Genomic and Applied Microbiology & Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August-University Göttingen, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
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Yang CC, Tseng SM, Pan HY, Huang CH, Chen CW. Telomere associated primase Tap repairs truncated telomeres of Streptomyces. Nucleic Acids Res 2017; 45:5838-5849. [PMID: 28369604 PMCID: PMC5449611 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkx189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2017] [Accepted: 03/11/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Replication of the linear chromosomes of soil bacteria Streptomyces proceeds from an internal origin towards the telomeres, followed by patching of the resulting terminal single-strand overhangs by DNA synthesis using terminal proteins as the primer, which remains covalently bound to the 5΄ ends of the DNA. In most Streptomyces chromosomes, the end patching requires the single-strand overhangs, terminal protein Tpg, and terminal associated protein Tap. The telomere overhangs contain several palindromic sequences capable of forming stable hairpins. Previous in vitro deoxynucleotidylation studies indicated that Tap adds the Palindrome I sequence to Tpg, which is extended by a polymerase to fill the gap. In this study, the stringency of Palindrome I sequence was examined by an in vitro deoxynucleotidylation system and in vivo replication. Several nt in Palindrome I were identified to be critical for priming. While the first 3 G on the template were required for deoxynucleotidylation in vitro, deletions of them could be suppressed by the presence of dGTP. In vivo, deletions of these G were also tolerated, and the telomere sequence was restored in the linear plasmid DNA. Our results indicated that the truncated telomeres were repaired by extension synthesis by Tap on the foldback Palindrome I sequence.
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- Chien-Chin Yang
- Department of Chemistry, Chung-Yuan Christian University, Chung-li, Taiwan
- To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +886 3 2653303; Fax: +886 3 2653399;
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- Department of Chemistry, Chung-Yuan Christian University, Chung-li, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biochemical and Biomedical Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biochemical and Biomedical Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Sciences and Institute of Genome Sciences, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Bam35 Tectivirus Intraviral Interaction Map Unveils New Function and Localization of Phage ORFan Proteins. J Virol 2017; 91:JVI.00870-17. [PMID: 28747494 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00870-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2017] [Accepted: 07/17/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The family Tectiviridae comprises a group of tailless, icosahedral, membrane-containing bacteriophages that can be divided into two groups by their hosts, either Gram-negative or Gram-positive bacteria. While the first group is composed of PRD1 and nearly identical well-characterized lytic viruses, the second one includes more variable temperate phages, like GIL16 or Bam35, whose hosts are Bacillus cereus and related Gram-positive bacteria. In the genome of Bam35, nearly half of the 32 annotated open reading frames (ORFs) have no homologs in databases (ORFans), being putative proteins of unknown function, which hinders the understanding of their biology. With the aim of increasing knowledge about the viral proteome, we carried out a comprehensive yeast two-hybrid analysis of all the putative proteins encoded by the Bam35 genome. The resulting protein interactome comprised 76 unique interactions among 24 proteins, of which 12 have an unknown function. These results suggest that the P17 protein is the minor capsid protein of Bam35 and P24 is the penton protein, with the latter finding also being supported by iterative threading protein modeling. Moreover, the inner membrane transglycosylase protein P26 could have an additional structural role. We also detected interactions involving nonstructural proteins, such as the DNA-binding protein P1 and the genome terminal protein (P4), which was confirmed by coimmunoprecipitation of recombinant proteins. Altogether, our results provide a functional view of the Bam35 viral proteome, with a focus on the composition and organization of the viral particle.IMPORTANCE Tailless viruses of the family Tectiviridae can infect commensal and pathogenic Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. Moreover, they have been proposed to be at the evolutionary origin of several groups of large eukaryotic DNA viruses and self-replicating plasmids. However, due to their ancient origin and complex diversity, many tectiviral proteins are ORFans of unknown function. Comprehensive protein-protein interaction (PPI) analysis of viral proteins can eventually disclose biological mechanisms and thus provide new insights into protein function unattainable by studying proteins one by one. Here we comprehensively describe intraviral PPIs among tectivirus Bam35 proteins determined using multivector yeast two-hybrid screening, and these PPIs were further supported by the results of coimmunoprecipitation assays and protein structural models. This approach allowed us to propose new functions for known proteins and hypothesize about the biological role of the localization of some viral ORFan proteins within the viral particle that will be helpful for understanding the biology of tectiviruses infecting Gram-positive bacteria.
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Salas M, Holguera I, Redrejo-Rodríguez M, de Vega M. DNA-Binding Proteins Essential for Protein-Primed Bacteriophage Φ29 DNA Replication. Front Mol Biosci 2016; 3:37. [PMID: 27547754 PMCID: PMC4974454 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2016.00037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2016] [Accepted: 07/20/2016] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Bacillus subtilis phage Φ29 has a linear, double-stranded DNA 19 kb long with an inverted terminal repeat of 6 nucleotides and a protein covalently linked to the 5′ ends of the DNA. This protein, called terminal protein (TP), is the primer for the initiation of replication, a reaction catalyzed by the viral DNA polymerase at the two DNA ends. The DNA polymerase further elongates the nascent DNA chain in a processive manner, coupling strand displacement with elongation. The viral protein p5 is a single-stranded DNA binding protein (SSB) that binds to the single strands generated by strand displacement during the elongation process. Viral protein p6 is a double-stranded DNA binding protein (DBP) that preferentially binds to the origins of replication at the Φ29 DNA ends and is required for the initiation of replication. Both SSB and DBP are essential for Φ29 DNA amplification. This review focuses on the role of these phage DNA-binding proteins in Φ29 DNA replication both in vitro and in vivo, as well as on the implication of several B. subtilis DNA-binding proteins in different processes of the viral cycle. We will revise the enzymatic activities of the Φ29 DNA polymerase: TP-deoxynucleotidylation, processive DNA polymerization coupled to strand displacement, 3′–5′ exonucleolysis and pyrophosphorolysis. The resolution of the Φ29 DNA polymerase structure has shed light on the translocation mechanism and the determinants responsible for processivity and strand displacement. These two properties have made Φ29 DNA polymerase one of the main enzymes used in the current DNA amplification technologies. The determination of the structure of Φ29 TP revealed the existence of three domains: the priming domain, where the primer residue Ser232, as well as Phe230, involved in the determination of the initiating nucleotide, are located, the intermediate domain, involved in DNA polymerase binding, and the N-terminal domain, responsible for DNA binding and localization of the TP at the bacterial nucleoid, where viral DNA replication takes place. The biochemical properties of the Φ29 DBP and SSB and their function in the initiation and elongation of Φ29 DNA replication, respectively, will be described.
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- Margarita Salas
- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Madrid, Spain
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Berjón-Otero M, Villar L, Salas M, Redrejo-Rodríguez M. Disclosing early steps of protein-primed genome replication of the Gram-positive tectivirus Bam35. Nucleic Acids Res 2016; 44:9733-9744. [PMID: 27466389 PMCID: PMC5175343 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkw673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2016] [Revised: 07/14/2016] [Accepted: 07/14/2016] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Protein-primed replication constitutes a generalized mechanism to initiate DNA or RNA synthesis in a number of linear genomes of viruses, linear plasmids and mobile elements. By this mechanism, a so-called terminal protein (TP) primes replication and becomes covalently linked to the genome ends. Bam35 belongs to a group of temperate tectiviruses infecting Gram-positive bacteria, predicted to replicate their genomes by a protein-primed mechanism. Here, we characterize Bam35 replication as an alternative model of protein-priming DNA replication. First, we analyze the role of the protein encoded by the ORF4 as the TP and characterize the replication mechanism of the viral genome (TP-DNA). Indeed, full-length Bam35 TP-DNA can be replicated using only the viral TP and DNA polymerase. We also show that DNA replication priming entails the TP deoxythymidylation at conserved tyrosine 194 and that this reaction is directed by the third base of the template strand. We have also identified the TP tyrosine 172 as an essential residue for the interaction with the viral DNA polymerase. Furthermore, the genetic information of the first nucleotides of the genome can be recovered by a novel single-nucleotide jumping-back mechanism. Given the similarities between genome inverted terminal repeats and the genes encoding the replication proteins, we propose that related tectivirus genomes can be replicated by a similar mechanism.
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- Mónica Berjón-Otero
- Centro de Biología Molecular 'Severo Ochoa', Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Nicolás Cabrera, 1, Universidad Autónoma, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biología Molecular 'Severo Ochoa', Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Nicolás Cabrera, 1, Universidad Autónoma, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biología Molecular 'Severo Ochoa', Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Nicolás Cabrera, 1, Universidad Autónoma, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biología Molecular 'Severo Ochoa', Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Nicolás Cabrera, 1, Universidad Autónoma, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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The requirement of DNA polymerases for a 3'-hydroxyl (3'-OH) group to prime DNA synthesis raised the question about how the ends of linear chromosomes could be replicated. Among the strategies that have evolved to handle the end replication problem, a group of linear phages and eukaryotic and archaeal viruses, among others, make use of a protein (terminal protein, TP) that primes DNA synthesis from the end of their genomes. The replicative DNA polymerase recognizes the OH group of a specific residue in the TP to initiate replication that is guided by an internal 3' nucleotide of the template strand. By a sliding-back mechanism or variants of it the terminal nucleotide(s) is(are) recovered and the TP becomes covalently attached to the genome ends. Bacillus subtilis phage ϕ29 is the organism in which such a mechanism has been studied more extensively, having allowed to lay the foundations of the so-called protein-primed replication mechanism. Here we focus on the main biochemical and structural features of the two main proteins responsible for the protein-primed initiation step: the DNA polymerase and the TP. Thus, we will discuss the structural determinants of the DNA polymerase responsible for its ability to use sequentially a TP and a DNA as primers, as well as for its inherent capacity to couple high processive synthesis to strand displacement. On the other hand, we will review how TP primes initiation followed by a transition step for further DNA-primed replication by the same polymerase molecule. Finally, we will review how replication is compartmentalized in vivo.
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- M Salas
- Instituto de Biología Molecular "Eladio Viñuela" (CSIC), Centro de Biología Molecular "Severo Ochoa" (CSIC-UAM), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain.
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular "Eladio Viñuela" (CSIC), Centro de Biología Molecular "Severo Ochoa" (CSIC-UAM), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain.
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Del Prado A, Lázaro JM, Longás E, Villar L, de Vega M, Salas M. Insights into the Determination of the Templating Nucleotide at the Initiation of φ29 DNA Replication. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:27138-27145. [PMID: 26400085 PMCID: PMC4646400 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.682278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2015] [Revised: 09/21/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Bacteriophage φ29 from Bacillus subtilis starts replication of its terminal protein (TP)-DNA by a protein-priming mechanism. To start replication, the DNA polymerase forms a heterodimer with a free TP that recognizes the replication origins, placed at both 5' ends of the linear chromosome, and initiates replication using as primer the OH-group of Ser-232 of the TP. The initiation of φ29 TP-DNA replication mainly occurs opposite the second nucleotide at the 3' end of the template. Earlier analyses of the template position that directs the initiation reaction were performed using single-stranded and double-stranded oligonucleotides containing the replication origin sequence without the parental TP. Here, we show that the parental TP has no influence in the determination of the nucleotide used as template in the initiation reaction. Previous studies showed that the priming domain of the primer TP determines the template position used for initiation. The results obtained here using mutant TPs at the priming loop where Ser-232 is located indicate that the aromatic residue Phe-230 is one of the determinants that allows the positioning of the penultimate nucleotide at the polymerization active site to direct insertion of the initiator dAMP during the initiation reaction. The role of Phe-230 in limiting the internalization of the template strand in the polymerization active site is discussed.
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- Alicia Del Prado
- Instituto de Biología Molecular "Eladio Viñuela" (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), Centro de Biología Molecular "Severo Ochoa" (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), C/Nicolás Cabrera 1, Universidad Autónoma, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular "Eladio Viñuela" (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), Centro de Biología Molecular "Severo Ochoa" (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), C/Nicolás Cabrera 1, Universidad Autónoma, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular "Eladio Viñuela" (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), Centro de Biología Molecular "Severo Ochoa" (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), C/Nicolás Cabrera 1, Universidad Autónoma, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular "Eladio Viñuela" (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), Centro de Biología Molecular "Severo Ochoa" (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), C/Nicolás Cabrera 1, Universidad Autónoma, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular "Eladio Viñuela" (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), Centro de Biología Molecular "Severo Ochoa" (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), C/Nicolás Cabrera 1, Universidad Autónoma, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain.
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular "Eladio Viñuela" (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), Centro de Biología Molecular "Severo Ochoa" (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), C/Nicolás Cabrera 1, Universidad Autónoma, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain.
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Gillis A, Mahillon J. Phages preying on Bacillus anthracis, Bacillus cereus, and Bacillus thuringiensis: past, present and future. Viruses 2014; 6:2623-72. [PMID: 25010767 PMCID: PMC4113786 DOI: 10.3390/v6072623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2014] [Revised: 05/19/2014] [Accepted: 06/18/2014] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Many bacteriophages (phages) have been widely studied due to their major role in virulence evolution of bacterial pathogens. However, less attention has been paid to phages preying on bacteria from the Bacillus cereus group and their contribution to the bacterial genetic pool has been disregarded. Therefore, this review brings together the main information for the B. cereus group phages, from their discovery to their modern biotechnological applications. A special focus is given to phages infecting Bacillus anthracis, B. cereus and Bacillus thuringiensis. These phages belong to the Myoviridae, Siphoviridae, Podoviridae and Tectiviridae families. For the sake of clarity, several phage categories have been made according to significant characteristics such as lifestyles and lysogenic states. The main categories comprise the transducing phages, phages with a chromosomal or plasmidial prophage state, γ-like phages and jumbo-phages. The current genomic characterization of some of these phages is also addressed throughout this work and some promising applications are discussed here.
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- Annika Gillis
- Laboratory of Food and Environmental Microbiology, Université catholique de Louvain, Croix du Sud 2, L7.05.12, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
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- Laboratory of Food and Environmental Microbiology, Université catholique de Louvain, Croix du Sud 2, L7.05.12, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
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del Prado A, Lázaro JM, Villar L, Salas M, de Vega M. Dual role of φ29 DNA polymerase Lys529 in stabilisation of the DNA priming-terminus and the terminal protein-priming residue at the polymerisation site. PLoS One 2013; 8:e72765. [PMID: 24023769 PMCID: PMC3762793 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2013] [Accepted: 07/12/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Resolution of the crystallographic structure of φ29 DNA polymerase binary and ternary complexes showed that residue Lys529, located at the C-terminus of the palm subdomain, establishes contacts with the 3' terminal phosphodiester bond. In this paper, site-directed mutants at this Lys residue were used to analyse its functional importance for the synthetic activities of φ29 DNA polymerase, an enzyme that starts linear φ29 DNA replication using a terminal protein (TP) as primer. Our results show that single replacement of φ29 DNA polymerase residue Lys529 by Ala or Glu decreases the stabilisation of the primer-terminus at the polymerisation active site, impairing both the insertion of the incoming nucleotide when DNA and TP are used as primers and the translocation step required for the next incoming nucleotide incorporation. In addition, combination of the DNA polymerase mutants with a TP derivative at residue Glu233, neighbour to the priming residue Ser232, leads us to infer a direct contact between Lys529 and Glu233 for initiation of TP-DNA replication. Altogether, the results are compatible with a sequential binding of φ29 DNA polymerase residue Lys529 with TP and DNA during replication of TP-DNA.
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- Alicia del Prado
- Instituto de Biología Molecular “Eladio Viñuela” (CSIC), Centro de Biología Molecular “Severo Ochoa” (CSIC-UAM), Universidad Autónoma, Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular “Eladio Viñuela” (CSIC), Centro de Biología Molecular “Severo Ochoa” (CSIC-UAM), Universidad Autónoma, Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular “Eladio Viñuela” (CSIC), Centro de Biología Molecular “Severo Ochoa” (CSIC-UAM), Universidad Autónoma, Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular “Eladio Viñuela” (CSIC), Centro de Biología Molecular “Severo Ochoa” (CSIC-UAM), Universidad Autónoma, Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular “Eladio Viñuela” (CSIC), Centro de Biología Molecular “Severo Ochoa” (CSIC-UAM), Universidad Autónoma, Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain
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Adenoviruses have attracted much attention as probes to study biological processes such as DNA replication, transcription, splicing, and cellular transformation. More recently these viruses have been used as gene-transfer vectors and oncolytic agents. On the other hand, adenoviruses are notorious pathogens in people with compromised immune functions. This article will briefly summarize the basic replication strategy of adenoviruses and the key proteins involved and will deal with the new developments since 2006. In addition, we will cover the development of antivirals that interfere with human adenovirus (HAdV) replication and the impact of HAdV on human disease.
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- Rob C Hoeben
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Leiden University Medical Centre, 2333 ZC Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Rodríguez I, Longás E, de Vega M, Salas M. The essential role of the 3' terminal template base in the first steps of protein-primed DNA replication. PLoS One 2012; 7:e48257. [PMID: 23110220 PMCID: PMC3480470 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2012] [Accepted: 09/20/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Bacteriophages φ29 and Nf from Bacillus subtilis start replication of their linear genomes at both ends using a protein-primed mechanism by means of which the DNA polymerase initiates replication by adding dAMP to the terminal protein, this insertion being directed by the second and third 3′ terminal thymine of the template strand, respectively. In this work, we have obtained evidences about the role of the 3′ terminal base during the initiation steps of φ29 and Nf genome replication. The results indicate that the absence of the 3′ terminal base modifies the initiation position carried out by φ29 DNA polymerase in such a way that now the third position of the template, instead of the second one, guides the incorporation of the initiating nucleotide. In the case of Nf, although the lack of the 3′ terminal base has no effect on the initiation position, its absence impairs further elongation of the TP-dAMP initiation product. The results show the essential role of the 3′ terminal base in guaranteeing the correct positioning of replication origins at the polymerization active site to allow accurate initiation of replication and further elongation.
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- Irene Rodríguez
- Instituto de Biología Molecular “Eladio Viñuela” (Centro Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), Centro de Biología Molecular “Severo Ochoa” (Centro Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular “Eladio Viñuela” (Centro Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), Centro de Biología Molecular “Severo Ochoa” (Centro Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular “Eladio Viñuela” (Centro Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), Centro de Biología Molecular “Severo Ochoa” (Centro Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular “Eladio Viñuela” (Centro Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), Centro de Biología Molecular “Severo Ochoa” (Centro Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain
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Butcher SJ, Manole V, Karhu NJ. Lipid-containing viruses: bacteriophage PRD1 assembly. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2012; 726:365-77. [PMID: 22297522 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-0980-9_16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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PRD1 is a tailless icosahedrally symmetric virus containing an internal lipid membrane beneath the protein capsid. Its linear dsDNA genome and covalently attached terminal proteins are delivered into the cell where replication occurs via a protein-primed mechanism. Extensive studies have been carried out to decipher the roles of the 37 viral proteins in PRD1 assembly, their association in virus particles and lately, especially the functioning of the unique packaging machinery that translocates the genome into the procapsid. These issues will be addressed in this chapter especially in the context of the structure of PRD1. We will also discuss the major challenges still to be addressed in PRD1 assembly.
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- Sarah J Butcher
- Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
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del Prado A, Villar L, de Vega M, Salas M. Involvement of residues of the 29 terminal protein intermediate and priming domains in the formation of a stable and functional heterodimer with the replicative DNA polymerase. Nucleic Acids Res 2011; 40:3886-97. [PMID: 22210885 PMCID: PMC3351185 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr1283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Bacteriophage Φ29 genome consists of a linear double-stranded DNA with a terminal protein (TP) covalently linked to each 5' end (TP-DNA) that together with a specific sequence constitutes the replication origins. To initiate replication, the DNA polymerase forms a heterodimer with a free TP that recognizes the origins and initiates replication using as primer the hydroxyl group of TP residue Ser232. The 3D structure of the DNA polymerase/TP heterodimer allowed the identification of TP residues that could be responsible for interaction with the DNA polymerase. Here, we examined the role of TP residues Arg158, Arg169, Glu191, Asp198, Tyr250, Glu252, Gln253 and Arg256 by in vitro analyses of mutant derivatives. The results showed that substitution of these residues had an effect on either the stability of the TP/DNA polymerase complex (R158A) or in the functional interaction of the TP at the polymerization active site (R169A, E191A, Y250A, E252A, Q253A and R256A), affecting the first steps of Φ29 TP-DNA replication. These results allow us to propose a role for these residues in the maintenance of the equilibrium between TP-priming domain stabilization and its gradual exit from the polymerization active site of the DNA polymerase as new DNA is being synthesized.
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- Alicia del Prado
- Instituto de Biología Molecular Eladio Viñuela (CSIC), Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC-UAM), C/Nicolás Cabrera 1, Universidad Autónoma, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Wagenknecht M, Meinhardt F. Copy number determination, expression analysis of genes potentially involved in replication, and stability assays of pAL1 – the linear megaplasmid of Arthrobacter nitroguajacolicus Rü61a. Microbiol Res 2011; 166:14-26. [DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2009.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2009] [Revised: 12/17/2009] [Accepted: 12/30/2009] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Marq JB, Kolakofsky D, Garcin D. Unpaired 5' ppp-nucleotides, as found in arenavirus double-stranded RNA panhandles, are not recognized by RIG-I. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:18208-16. [PMID: 20400512 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.089425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Arenavirus and bunyavirus RNA genomes are unusual in that they are found in circular nucleocapsids, presumably due to the annealing of their complementary terminal sequences. Moreover, arenavirus genome synthesis initiates with GTP at position +2 of the template rather than at the precise 3' end (position +1). After formation of a dinucleotide, 5' pppGpC(OH) is then realigned on the template before this primer is extended. The net result of this "prime and realign" mechanism of genome initiation is that 5' pppG is found as an unpaired 5' nucleotide when the complementary genome ends anneal to form a double-stranded (dsRNA) panhandle. Using 5' pppRNA made in vitro and purified so that all dsRNA side products are absent, we have determined that both this 5' nucleotide overhang, as well as mismatches within the dsRNA (as found in some arenavirus genomes), clearly reduce the ability of these model dsRNAs to induce interferon upon transfection into cells. The presence of this unpaired 5' ppp-nucleotide is thus another way that some viruses appear to use to avoid detection by cytoplasmic pattern recognition receptors.
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- Jean-Baptiste Marq
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, University of Geneva School of Medicine, CMU, 9 Avenue de Champel, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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The closest relatives of icosahedral viruses of thermophilic bacteria are among viruses and plasmids of the halophilic archaea. J Virol 2009; 83:9388-97. [PMID: 19587059 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00869-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We have sequenced the genome and identified the structural proteins and lipids of the novel membrane-containing, icosahedral virus P23-77 of Thermus thermophilus. P23-77 has an approximately 17-kb circular double-stranded DNA genome, which was annotated to contain 37 putative genes. Virions were subjected to dissociation analysis, and five protein species were shown to associate with the internal viral membrane, while three were constituents of the protein capsid. Analysis of the bacteriophage genome revealed it to be evolutionarily related to another Thermus phage (IN93), archaeal Halobacterium plasmid (pHH205), a genetic element integrated into Haloarcula genome (designated here as IHP for integrated Haloarcula provirus), and the Haloarcula virus SH1. These genetic elements share two major capsid proteins and a putative packaging ATPase. The ATPase is similar with the ATPases found in the PRD1-type viruses, thus providing an evolutionary link to these viruses and furthering our knowledge on the origin of viruses.
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Ziedaite G, Kivelä HM, Bamford JKH, Bamford DH. Purified membrane-containing procapsids of bacteriophage PRD1 package the viral genome. J Mol Biol 2009; 386:637-47. [PMID: 19150363 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.12.068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2008] [Revised: 12/17/2008] [Accepted: 12/22/2008] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Icosahedral-tailed double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) bacteriophages and herpesviruses translocate viral DNA into a preformed procapsid in an ATP-driven reaction by a packaging complex that operates at a portal vertex. A similar packaging system operates in the tailless dsDNA phage PRD1 (Tectiviridae family), except that there is an internal membrane vesicle in the procapsid. The unit-length linear dsDNA genome with covalently linked 5'-terminal proteins enters the procapsid through a unique vertex. Two small integral membrane proteins, P20 and P22, provide a conduit for DNA translocation. The packaging machinery also contains the packaging ATPase P9 and the packaging efficiency factor P6. Here we describe a method used to obtain purified packaging-competent PRD1 procapsids. The optimized in vitro packaging system allowed efficient packaging of defined DNA substrates. We determined that the genome terminal protein P8 is necessary for packaging and provided an estimation of the packaging rate.
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- Gabija Ziedaite
- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, PO Box 56, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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Phage phi29 and Nf terminal protein-priming domain specifies the internal template nucleotide to initiate DNA replication. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008; 105:18290-5. [PMID: 19011105 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0809882105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Bacteriophages phi29 and Nf from Bacillus subtilis start replication of their linear genome at both DNA ends by a protein-primed mechanism, by which the DNA polymerase, in a template-instructed reaction, adds 5'-dAMP to a molecule of terminal protein (TP) to form the initiation product TP-dAMP. Mutational analysis of the 3 terminal thymines of the Nf DNA end indicated that initiation of Nf DNA replication is directed by the third thymine on the template, the recovery of the 2 terminal nucleotides mainly occurring by a stepwise sliding-back mechanism. By using chimerical TPs, constructed by swapping the priming domain of the related phi29 and Nf proteins, we show that this domain is the main structural determinant that dictates the internal 3' nucleotide used as template during initiation.
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Pérez-Arnaiz P, Longás E, Villar L, Lázaro JM, Salas M, de Vega M. Involvement of phage phi29 DNA polymerase and terminal protein subdomains in conferring specificity during initiation of protein-primed DNA replication. Nucleic Acids Res 2007; 35:7061-73. [PMID: 17913744 PMCID: PMC2175359 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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To initiate ϕ29 DNA replication, the DNA polymerase has to form a complex with the homologous primer terminal protein (TP) that further recognizes the replication origins of the homologous TP-DNA placed at both ends of the linear genome. By means of chimerical proteins, constructed by swapping the priming domain of the related ϕ29 and GA-1 TPs, we show that DNA polymerase can form catalytically active heterodimers exclusively with that chimerical TP containing the N-terminal part of the homologous TP, suggesting that the interaction between the polymerase TPR-1 subdomain and the TP N-terminal part is the one mainly responsible for the specificity between both proteins. We also show that the TP N-terminal part assists the proper binding of the priming domain at the polymerase active site. Additionally, a chimerical ϕ29 DNA polymerase containing the GA-1 TPR-1 subdomain could use GA-1 TP, but only in the presence of ϕ29 TP-DNA as template, indicating that parental TP recognition is mainly accomplished by the DNA polymerase. The sequential events occurring during initiation of bacteriophage protein-primed DNA replication are proposed.
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- *To whom correspondence should be addressed. +34 914978435+34 914978490
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Longás E, de Vega M, Lázaro JM, Salas M. Functional characterization of highly processive protein-primed DNA polymerases from phages Nf and GA-1, endowed with a potent strand displacement capacity. Nucleic Acids Res 2006; 34:6051-63. [PMID: 17071961 PMCID: PMC1635332 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkl769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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This paper shows that the protein-primed DNA polymerases encoded by bacteriophages Nf and GA-1, unlike other DNA polymerases, do not require unwinding or processivity factors for efficient synthesis of full-length terminal protein (TP)-DNA. Analysis of their polymerization activity shows that both DNA polymerases base their replication efficiency on a high processivity and on the capacity to couple polymerization to strand displacement. Both enzymes are endowed with a proofreading activity that acts coordinately with the polymerization one to edit polymerization errors. Additionally, Nf double-stranded DNA binding protein (DBP) greatly stimulated the in vitro formation of the TP-dAMP initiation complex by decreasing the Km value for dATP of the Nf DNA polymerase by >20-fold. Whereas Nf DNA polymerase, as the φ29 enzyme, is able to use its homologous TP as well as DNA as primer, GA-1 DNA polymerase appears to have evolved to use its corresponding TP as the only primer of DNA synthesis. Such exceptional behaviour is discussed in the light of the recently solved structure of the DNA polymerase/TP complex of the related bacteriophage φ29.
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- To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +344 91 4978436; Fax: +34 91 4978490;
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Tolmachov O, Coutelle C. Covalent attachment of multifunctional chimeric terminal proteins to 5' DNA ends: A potential new strategy for assembly of synthetic therapeutic gene vectors. Med Hypotheses 2006; 68:328-31. [PMID: 16997496 DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2006.06.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2006] [Accepted: 06/13/2006] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The generation of synthetic therapeutic gene vectors requires the coupling of DNA to transfer-promoting peptides including cellular receptor ligands, protein transduction domains, hydrophobic peptides for attachment to lipid membranes, nuclear localisation signals, cytoskeleton attachment motifs, nuclear matrix association elements and immune evasion moieties. Existing methods of peptide-DNA joining often interfere with transgene expression and, therefore, are inadequate for production of effective therapeutic vector complexes, particularly destined for gene delivery in the challenging environment in vivo. However, there is a natural mechanism for rigid coupling of polypeptides with DNA. Some bacterial and eukaryotic linear plasmids, adenoviruses and a number of bacteriophages including phi29 of Bacillus subtilis and PRD1 of Escherichia coli use terminal proteins covalently bound to 5' DNA ends to prime replication. Inverted terminal DNA repeats, normally short DNA sequences, contain all the sequences required in cis for the covalent coupling reaction. The complex of the terminal protein, DNA polymerase and some known auxiliary proteins supplies sufficient trans-functions, thus enabling simple linking of the terminal proteins to DNA in vitro. We hypothesise that chimeric fusion proteins, constructed on the basis of terminal proteins of adenoviruses, linear plasmids or bacteriophages with protein-primed replication, can on the one hand retain the ability to bind covalently 5' DNA termini in conditions established previously for protein-primed replication in vitro, and on the other hand confer gene transfer facilitating properties and enhanced longevity of efficient transgene expression. Terminal localisation of the chimeric proteins can ensure that they do not interfere with transgene transcription. At the same time a covalent bond between polypeptide and DNA can provide rigid coupling ensuring their stable association en route to nuclei. Bound to 5'-ends of the delivered DNA, terminal protein-based chimeras could also protect the vector DNA from 5'-3' and possibly 3'-5' exonuclease attack, thus limiting its intracellular degradation and increasing longevity of transgene expression. Our hypothesis can be tested by measuring the gene transfer efficiency of the novel complexes containing linear DNA fragments with covalently linked multifunctional chimeric terminal proteins, using previously described synthetic gene vectors as standards.
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- Oleg Tolmachov
- Section of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Division of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
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Ziedaite G, Daugelavicius R, Bamford JKH, Bamford DH. The Holin protein of bacteriophage PRD1 forms a pore for small-molecule and endolysin translocation. J Bacteriol 2005; 187:5397-405. [PMID: 16030234 PMCID: PMC1196050 DOI: 10.1128/jb.187.15.5397-5405.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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PRD1 is a bacteriophage with an icosahedral outer protein layer surrounding the viral membrane, which encloses the linear double-stranded DNA genome. PRD1 infects gram-negative cells harboring a conjugative IncP plasmid. Here we studied the lytic functions of PRD1. Using infected cells and plasmid-borne lysis genes, we demonstrated that a two-component lysis system (holin-endolysin) operates to release progeny phage particles from the host cell. Monitoring of ion fluxes and the ATP content of the infected cells allowed us to build a model of the sequence of lysis-related physiological changes. A decrease in the intracellular level of ATP is the earliest indicator of cell lysis, followed by the leakage of K+ from the cytosol approximately 20 min prior to the decrease in culture turbidity. However, the K+ efflux does not immediately lead to the depolarization of the cytoplasmic membrane or leakage of the intracellular ATP. These effects are observed only approximately 5 to 10 min prior to cell lysis. Similar results were obtained using cells expressing the holin and endolysin genes from plasmids.
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- Gabija Ziedaite
- Biocenter 2, P.O. Box 56 (Viikinkaari 5), FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
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Strömsten NJ, Bamford DH, Bamford JKH. In vitro DNA packaging of PRD1: a common mechanism for internal-membrane viruses. J Mol Biol 2005; 348:617-29. [PMID: 15826659 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2005] [Revised: 03/01/2005] [Accepted: 03/01/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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PRD1 is the type virus of the Tectiviridae family. Its linear double-stranded DNA genome has covalently attached terminal proteins and is surrounded by a membrane, which is further enclosed within an icosahedral protein capsid. Similar to tailed bacteriophages, PRD1 packages its DNA into a preformed procapsid. The PRD1 putative packaging ATPase P9 is a structural protein located at a unique vertex of the capsid. An in vitro system for packaging DNA into preformed empty procapsids was developed. The system uses cell extracts of overexpressed P9 protein and empty procapsids from a P9-deficient mutant virus infection and PRD1 DNA containing a LacZalpha-insert. The in vitro packaged virions produce distinctly blue plaques when plated on a suitable host. This is the first time that a viral genome is packaged in vitro into a membrane vesicle. Comparison of PRD1 P9 with putative packaging ATPase sequences from bacterial, archaeal and eukaryotic viruses revealed a new packaging ATPase-specific motif. Surprisingly the viruses having this packaging ATPase motif, and thus considered to be related, were the same as those recently grouped together using the coat protein fold and virion architecture. Our finding here strongly supports the idea that all these viruses infecting hosts in all domains of life had a common ancestor.
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- Nelli J Strömsten
- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Institute of Biotechnology, Biocenter 2, P.O. Box 56 (Viikinkaari 5), FIN-00014, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Rodríguez I, Lázaro JM, Salas M, De Vega M. phi29 DNA polymerase-terminal protein interaction. Involvement of residues specifically conserved among protein-primed DNA polymerases. J Mol Biol 2004; 337:829-41. [PMID: 15033354 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.02.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2003] [Revised: 02/04/2004] [Accepted: 02/06/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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By multiple sequence alignments of DNA polymerases from the eukaryotic-type (family B) subgroup of protein-primed DNA polymerases we have identified five positively charged amino acids, specifically conserved, located N-terminally to the (S/T)Lx(2)h motif. Here, we have studied, by site-directed mutagenesis, the functional role of phi29 DNA polymerase residues Arg96, Lys110, Lys112, Arg113 and Lys114 in specific reactions dependent on a protein-priming event. Mutations introduced at residues Arg96, Arg113 and Lys114 and to a lower extent Lys110 and Lys112, showed a defective protein-primed initiation step. Analysis of the interaction with double-stranded DNA and terminal protein (TP) displayed by mutant derivatives R96A, K110A, K112A, R113A and K114A allows us to conclude that phi29 DNA polymerase residue Arg96 is an important DNA/TP-ligand residue, essential to form stable DNA polymerase/DNA(TP) complexes, while residues Lys110, Lys112 and Arg113 could be playing a role in establishing contacts with the TP-DNA template during the first step of DNA replication. The importance of residue Lys114 to make a functionally active DNA polymerase/TP complex is also discussed. These results, together with the high degree of conservation of those residues among protein-primed DNA polymerases, strongly suggest a functional role of those amino acids in establishing the appropriate interactions with DNA polymerase substrates, DNA and TP, to successfully accomplish the first steps of TP-DNA replication.
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- Irene Rodríguez
- Instituto de Biología Molecular "Eladio Viñuela", Centro de Biología Molecular "Severo Ochoa", Universidad Autónoma, Canto Blanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Strömsten NJ, Benson SD, Burnett RM, Bamford DH, Bamford JKH. The Bacillus thuringiensis linear double-stranded DNA phage Bam35, which is highly similar to the Bacillus cereus linear plasmid pBClin15, has a prophage state. J Bacteriol 2004; 185:6985-9. [PMID: 14617663 PMCID: PMC262720 DOI: 10.1128/jb.185.23.6985-6989.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Bam35, a 15-kbp double-stranded DNA phage, infects Bacillus thuringiensis. Recently, sequencing of the related Bacillus cereus revealed a 15.1-kbp linear plasmid, pBClin15. We show that pBClin15 closely resembles Bam35 and demonstrate conversion of Bam35 to a prophage. This state is common, as several B. thuringiensis strains release Bam35-related viruses.
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- Nelli J Strömsten
- Department of Biosciences and Institute of Biotechnology, Biocenter 2, FIN-00014, University of Helsinki, Finland
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Paul AV, Yin J, Mugavero J, Rieder E, Liu Y, Wimmer E. A "slide-back" mechanism for the initiation of protein-primed RNA synthesis by the RNA polymerase of poliovirus. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:43951-60. [PMID: 12937178 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m307441200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Poliovirus RNA replication is initiated when a molecule of UMP is covalently linked to the hydroxyl group of a tyrosine in the terminal protein VPg. This reaction can be reproduced in vitro with an assay that utilizes two purified viral proteins, RNA polymerase 3Dpol and viral protein 3CDpro, synthetic VPg, UTP, and Mg2+. The template for the reaction is either poliovirus RNA or transcripts of a small RNA hairpin, termed cre(2C), located in the coding sequence of protein 2CATPase. The products of the reaction are VPgpU and VPgpUpU, the primers used by 3Dpol for RNA synthesis. With mutant template RNAs in this assay we determined the precise initiation site. Our results indicate that 1) 3Dpol does not possess strict specificity toward the nucleotide it links to VPg, 2) A-5 of the conserved 1GXXXAAAXXXXXXA14 sequence in the loop is the template nucleotide for the linkage of both the first and second UMPs to VPg, 3) VPgpUpU is synthesized by a "slide-back" mechanism, and 4) A-6 provides specificity to the reaction during the slide-back step and also modulates the uridylylation reaction. In additional experiments we determined the effect of mutations in the 5AAA7 sequence of cre(2C) on viral growth, RNA replication, and on the activity of the 2CATPase protein. Furthermore, we observed that the spacing between G-1 and A-5 and the size of the loop affect the yield but not the nature of the VPg-linked products.
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- Aniko V Paul
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11790, USA.
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Ravantti JJ, Gaidelyte A, Bamford DH, Bamford JKH. Comparative analysis of bacterial viruses Bam35, infecting a gram-positive host, and PRD1, infecting gram-negative hosts, demonstrates a viral lineage. Virology 2003; 313:401-14. [PMID: 12954208 DOI: 10.1016/s0042-6822(03)00295-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Extra- and intracellular viruses in the biosphere outnumber their cellular hosts by at least one order of magnitude. How is this enormous domain of viruses organized? Sampling of the virosphere has been scarce and focused on viruses infecting humans, cultivated plants, and animals as well as those infecting well-studied bacteria. It has been relatively easy to cluster closely related viruses based on their genome sequences. However, it has been impossible to establish long-range evolutionary relationships as sequence homology diminishes. Recent advances in the evaluation of virus architecture by high-resolution structural analysis and elucidation of viral functions have allowed new opportunities for establishment of possible long-range phylogenic relationships-virus lineages. Here, we use a genomic approach to investigate a proposed virus lineage formed by bacteriophage PRD1, infecting gram-negative bacteria, and human adenovirus. The new member of this proposed lineage, bacteriophage Bam35, is morphologically indistinguishable from PRD1. It infects gram-positive hosts that evolutionarily separated from gram-negative bacteria more than one billion years ago. For example, it can be inferred from structural analysis of the coat protein sequence that the fold is very similar to that of PRD1. This and other observations made here support the idea that a common early ancestor for Bam35, PRD1, and adenoviruses existed.
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- Janne J Ravantti
- Department of Computer Science, P.O. Box 26, (Teollisuuskatu 23), 00014 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Strömsten NJ, Bamford DH, Bamford JKH. The unique vertex of bacterial virus PRD1 is connected to the viral internal membrane. J Virol 2003; 77:6314-21. [PMID: 12743288 PMCID: PMC155016 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.77.11.6314-6321.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Icosahedral double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) bacterial viruses are known to package their genomes into preformed procapsids via a unique portal vertex. Bacteriophage PRD1 differs from the more commonly known icosahedral dsDNA phages in that it contains an internal lipid membrane. The packaging of PRD1 is known to proceed via preformed empty capsids. Now, a unique vertex has been shown to exist in PRD1. We show in this study that this unique vertex extends to the virus internal membrane via two integral membrane proteins, P20 and P22. These small membrane proteins are necessary for the binding of the putative packaging ATPase P9, via another capsid protein, P6, to the virus particle.
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- Nelli J Strömsten
- Department of Biosciences and Institute of Biotechnology, Biocenter 2, FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
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Rodríguez I, Lázaro JM, Salas M, de Vega M. phi29 DNA polymerase residue Phe128 of the highly conserved (S/T)Lx(2)h motif is required for a stable and functional interaction with the terminal protein. J Mol Biol 2003; 325:85-97. [PMID: 12473453 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2836(02)01130-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Bacteriophage phi29 encodes a DNA-dependent DNA polymerase belonging to the eukaryotic-type (family B) subgroup of DNA polymerases that use a protein as primer for initiation of DNA replication. By multiple sequence alignments of DNA polymerases from such a family, we have been able to identify two amino acid residues specifically conserved in the protein-priming subgroup of DNA polymerases, a phenylalanine contained in the (S/T)Lx(2)h motif, and a glutamate belonging to the Exo III motif. Here, we have studied the functional role of these residues in reactions that are specific for DNA polymerases that use a protein-primed DNA replication mechanism, by site-directed mutagenesis in the corresponding amino acid residues, Phe128 and Glu161 of phi29 DNA polymerase. Mutations introduced at residue Phe128 severely impaired the protein-primed replication capacity of the polymerase, being the interaction with the terminal protein (TP) moderately (mutant F128A) or severely (mutant F128Y) diminished. As a consequence, very few initiation products were obtained, and essentially no transition products were detected. Interestingly, phi29 DNA polymerase mutant F128Y showed a decreased binding affinity for short template DNA molecules. These results, together with the high degree of conservation of Phe128 residue among protein-primed DNA polymerases, suggest a functional role for this amino acid residue in making contacts with the TP during the first steps of genome replication and with DNA in the further replication steps.
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- Irene Rodríguez
- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC-UAM), Universidad Autónoma, Cantoblanco, E-28049 Madrid, Spain
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Eisenbrandt R, Lázaro JM, Salas M, de Vega M. Phi29 DNA polymerase residues Tyr59, His61 and Phe69 of the highly conserved ExoII motif are essential for interaction with the terminal protein. Nucleic Acids Res 2002; 30:1379-86. [PMID: 11884636 PMCID: PMC101362 DOI: 10.1093/nar/30.6.1379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2001] [Revised: 01/25/2002] [Accepted: 01/25/2002] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Phage Phi29 encodes a DNA-dependent DNA polymerase belonging to the eukaryotic-type (family B) subgroup of DNA polymerases that use a protein as the primer for initiation of DNA synthesis. In one of the most important motifs present in the 3'-->5' exonucleolytic domain of proofreading DNA polymerases, the ExoII motif, Phi29 DNA polymerase contains three amino acid residues, Y59, H61 and F69, which are highly conserved among most proofreading DNA polymerases. These residues have recently been shown to be involved in proper stabilization of the primer terminus at the 3'-->5' exonuclease active site. Here we investigate by means of site-directed mutagenesis the role of these three residues in reactions that are specific for DNA polymerases utilizing a protein-primed DNA replication mechanism. Mutations introduced at residues Y59, H61 and F69 severely affected the protein-primed replication capacity of Phi29 DNA polymerase. For four of the mutants, namely Y59L, H61L, H61R and F69S, interaction with the terminal protein was affected, leading to few initiation and transition products. These findings, together with the specific conservation of Y59, H61 and F69 among DNA polymerases belonging to the protein-primed subgroup, strongly suggest a functional role of these amino acid residues in the DNA polymerase-terminal protein interaction.
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- Ralf Eisenbrandt
- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (C.S.I.C.-U.A.M.), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma, Cantoblanco, E-28049 Madrid, Spain
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Rydman PS, Bamford JK, Bamford DH. A minor capsid protein P30 is essential for bacteriophage PRD1 capsid assembly. J Mol Biol 2001; 313:785-95. [PMID: 11697904 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2001.5068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Bacteriophage PRD1 is a double-stranded DNA virus infecting Gram-negative hosts. It has a membrane component located in the interior of the isometric capsid. In addition to the major capsid protein P3, the capsid contains a 9 kDa protein P30. Protein P30 is proposed to be located between the adjacent facets of the icosahedral capsid and is required for stable capsid assembly. In its absence, an empty phage-specific membrane vesicle is formed. The major protein component of this vesicle is a phage-encoded assembly factor, protein P10, that is not present in the final structure.
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- P S Rydman
- Department of Biosciences and Institute of Biotechnology Viikki Biocenter, University of Helsinki, 00014, Finland
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Martín CS, Burnett RM, de Haas F, Heinkel R, Rutten T, Fuller SD, Butcher SJ, Bamford DH. Combined EM/X-ray imaging yields a quasi-atomic model of the adenovirus-related bacteriophage PRD1 and shows key capsid and membrane interactions. Structure 2001; 9:917-30. [PMID: 11591347 DOI: 10.1016/s0969-2126(01)00642-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND The dsDNA bacteriophage PRD1 has a membrane inside its icosahedral capsid. While its large size (66 MDa) hinders the study of the complete virion at atomic resolution, a 1.65-A crystallographic structure of its major coat protein, P3, is available. Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) and three-dimensional reconstruction have shown the capsid at 20-28 A resolution. Striking architectural similarities between PRD1 and the mammalian adenovirus indicate a common ancestor. RESULTS The P3 atomic structure has been fitted into improved cryo-EM reconstructions for three types of PRD1 particles: the wild-type virion, a packaging mutant without DNA, and a P3-shell lacking the membrane and the vertices. Establishing the absolute EM scale was crucial for an accurate match. The resulting "quasi-atomic" models of the capsid define the residues involved in the major P3 interactions, within the quasi-equivalent interfaces and with the membrane, and show how these are altered upon DNA packaging. CONCLUSIONS The new cryo-EM reconstructions reveal the structure of the PRD1 vertex and the concentric packing of DNA. The capsid is essentially unchanged upon DNA packaging, with alterations limited to those P3 residues involved in membrane contacts. These are restricted to a few of the N termini along the icosahedral edges in the empty particle; DNA packaging leads to a 4-fold increase in the number of contacts, including almost all copies of the N terminus and the loop between the two beta barrels. Analysis of the P3 residues in each quasi-equivalent interface suggests two sites for minor proteins in the capsid edges, analogous to those in adenovirus.
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- C S Martín
- The Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Continuous research spanning more than three decades has made the Bacillus bacteriophage phi29 a paradigm for several molecular mechanisms of general biological processes, such as DNA replication, regulation of transcription, phage morphogenesis, and phage DNA packaging. The genome of bacteriophage phi29 consists of a linear double-stranded DNA (dsDNA), which has a terminal protein (TP) covalently linked to its 5' ends. Initiation of DNA replication, carried out by a protein-primed mechanism, has been studied in detail and is considered to be a model system for the protein-primed DNA replication that is also used by most other linear genomes with a TP linked to their DNA ends, such as other phages, linear plasmids, and adenoviruses. In addition to a continuing progress in unraveling the initiation of DNA replication mechanism and the role of various proteins involved in this process, major advances have been made during the last few years, especially in our understanding of transcription regulation, the head-tail connector protein, and DNA packaging. Recent progress in all these topics is reviewed. In addition to phi29, the genomes of several other Bacillus phages consist of a linear dsDNA with a TP molecule attached to their 5' ends. These phi29-like phages can be divided into three groups. The first group includes, in addition to phi29, phages PZA, phi15, and BS32. The second group comprises B103, Nf, and M2Y, and the third group contains GA-1 as its sole member. Whereas the DNA sequences of the complete genomes of phi29 (group I) and B103 (group II) are known, only parts of the genome of GA-1 (group III) were sequenced. We have determined the complete DNA sequence of the GA-1 genome, which allowed analysis of differences and homologies between the three groups of phi29-like phages, which is included in this review.
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- W J Meijer
- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, Universidad Autónoma, Canto Blanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Continuous research spanning more than three decades has made the Bacillus bacteriophage phi29 a paradigm for several molecular mechanisms of general biological processes, such as DNA replication, regulation of transcription, phage morphogenesis, and phage DNA packaging. The genome of bacteriophage phi29 consists of a linear double-stranded DNA (dsDNA), which has a terminal protein (TP) covalently linked to its 5' ends. Initiation of DNA replication, carried out by a protein-primed mechanism, has been studied in detail and is considered to be a model system for the protein-primed DNA replication that is also used by most other linear genomes with a TP linked to their DNA ends, such as other phages, linear plasmids, and adenoviruses. In addition to a continuing progress in unraveling the initiation of DNA replication mechanism and the role of various proteins involved in this process, major advances have been made during the last few years, especially in our understanding of transcription regulation, the head-tail connector protein, and DNA packaging. Recent progress in all these topics is reviewed. In addition to phi29, the genomes of several other Bacillus phages consist of a linear dsDNA with a TP molecule attached to their 5' ends. These phi29-like phages can be divided into three groups. The first group includes, in addition to phi29, phages PZA, phi15, and BS32. The second group comprises B103, Nf, and M2Y, and the third group contains GA-1 as its sole member. Whereas the DNA sequences of the complete genomes of phi29 (group I) and B103 (group II) are known, only parts of the genome of GA-1 (group III) were sequenced. We have determined the complete DNA sequence of the GA-1 genome, which allowed analysis of differences and homologies between the three groups of phi29-like phages, which is included in this review.
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- W J Meijer
- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, Universidad Autónoma, Canto Blanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Gonzalez-Huici V, Salas M, Hermoso JM. Sequence requirements for protein-primed initiation and elongation of phage O29 DNA replication. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:40547-53. [PMID: 11006291 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m007170200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The double-stranded linear DNA of Bacillus subtilis phage O29 is replicated by a mechanism in which a terminal protein (TP) acts as a primer. The second 3'-terminal nucleotide of the template directs the incorporation of the 5'-terminal nucleotide into the TP, giving rise to the initiation complex TP-dAMP. Elongation then proceeds by a sliding-back mechanism in which the dAMP covalently linked to the TP pairs to the 3'-terminal nucleotide of the template strand to recover full-length DNA. We have studied the sequence requirements for efficient initiation of replication using mutated TP-free double-stranded DNA fragments. Efficient initiation only requires the terminal repetition 5'-AA. The 3'-terminal T, although not used as template, increases the affinity of DNA polymerase for the initiator nucleotide; in addition, although to a minor extent, the third 3'-terminal position also directs the formation of the initiation complex and modulates the initiation rate at the second position. Efficient elongation requires a previous sliding-back, demanding again a repetition of two nucleotides at the 3' end; if the sliding-back is prevented, a residual elongation can proceed directly from the second position or after jumping back from the third to the first position.
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- V Gonzalez-Huici
- Centro de Biologia Molecular Severo Ochoa (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas-Universidad Autónoma Madrid), Universidad Autónoma, Canto Blanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Dufour E, Méndez J, Lázaro JM, de Vega M, Blanco L, Salas M. An aspartic acid residue in TPR-1, a specific region of protein-priming DNA polymerases, is required for the functional interaction with primer terminal protein. J Mol Biol 2000; 304:289-300. [PMID: 11090274 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.4216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A multiple sequence alignment of eukaryotic-type DNA polymerases led to the identification of two regions of amino acid residues that are only present in the group of DNA polymerases that make use of terminal proteins. (TPs) as primers to initiate DNA replication of linear genomes. These amino acid regions (named terminal region (TPR protein-1 and TPR-2) are inserted between the generally conserved motifs Dx(2)SLYP and Kx(3)NSxYG (TPR-1) and motifs Kx(3)NSxYG and YxDTDS (TPR-2) of the eukaryotic-type family of DNA polymerases. We carried out site-directed mutagenesis in two of the most conserved residues of phi29 DNA polymerase TPR-1 to study the possible role of this specific region. Two mutant DNA polymerases, in conserved residues AsP332 and Leu342, were purified and subjected to a detailed biochemical analysis of their enzymatic activities. Both mutant DNA polymerases were essentially normal when assayed for synthetic activities in DNA-primed reactions. However, mutant D332Y was drastically affected in phi29 TP-DNA replication as a consequence of a large reduction in the catalytic efficiency of the protein-primed reactions. The molecular basis of this defect is a non-functional interaction with TP that strongly reduces the activity of the DNA polymerase/TP heterodimer.
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- E Dufour
- Centro de Biologia Molecular "Severo Ochoa", Universidad Autonoma, Cantoblanco, Madrid, 28049, Spain
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Holopainen JM, Säily M, Caldentey J, Kinnunen PK. The assembly factor P17 from bacteriophage PRD1 interacts with positively charged lipid membranes. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2000; 267:6231-8. [PMID: 11012677 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01708.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The interactions of the assembly factor P17 of bacteriophage PRD1 with liposomes were investigated by static light scattering, fluorescence spectroscopy, and differential scanning calorimetry. Our data show that P17 binds to positively charged large unilamellar vesicles composed of the zwitterionic 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-phosphatidylcholine and sphingosine, whereas only a weak interaction is evident for 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-phosphatidylcholine vesicles. P17 does not bind to negatively charged membranes composed of 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-phosphatidylglycerol and 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-phosphatidylcholine. Our differential scanning calorimetry results reveal that P17 slightly perturbs the phase behaviour of neutral phosphatidylcholine and negatively charged multilamellar vesicles. In contrast, the phase transition temperature of positively charged dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine/sphingosine multilamellar vesicles (molar ratio 9 : 1, respectively) is increased by approximately 2.4 degrees C and the half width of the enthalpy peak broadened from 1.9 to 5.6 degrees C in the presence of P17 (protein : lipid molar ratio 1 : 47). Moreover, the enthalpy peak is asymmetrical, suggesting that lipid phase separation is induced by P17. Based on the far-UV CD spectra, the alpha-helicity of P17 increases upon binding to positively charged micelles composed of Triton X-100 and sphingosine. We propose that P17 can interact with positively charged lipid membranes and that this binding induces a structural change on P17 to a more tightly packed and ordered structure.
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- J M Holopainen
- Helsinki Biophysics and Biomembrane Group Department of Medical Chemistry, Institute of Biomedicine, Helsinki, Finland.
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Salas M. Mechanisms of initiation of linear DNA replication in prokaryotes. GENETIC ENGINEERING 2000; 21:159-71. [PMID: 10822496 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-4707-5_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- M Salas
- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC-UAM), Universidad Autónoma, Canto Blanco, Madrid, Spain
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Gonzalez-Huici V, Lázaro JM, Salas M, Hermoso JM. Specific recognition of parental terminal protein by DNA polymerase for initiation of protein-primed DNA replication. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:14678-83. [PMID: 10799555 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m910058199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The linear genome of Bacillus subtilis phage phi29 has a protein covalently linked to the 5' ends, called parental terminal protein (TP), and is replicated using a free TP as primer. The initiation of phage phi29 DNA replication requires the formation of a DNA polymerase/TP complex that recognizes the replication origins located at the genome ends. The DNA polymerase catalyzes the formation of the initiation complex TP-dAMP, and elongation proceeds coupled to strand displacement. The same mechanism is used by the related phage Nf. However, DNA polymerase and TP from phi29 do not initiate the replication of Nf TP-DNA. To address the question of the specificity of origin recognition, we took advantage of the initiation reaction enhancement in the presence of Mn(2+), allowing us to detect initiation activity in heterologous systems in which DNA polymerase, TP, and template TP-DNA are not from the same phage. Initiation was selectively stimulated when DNA polymerase and TP-DNA were from the same phage, strongly suggesting that specific recognition of origins is brought through an interaction between DNA polymerase and parental TP.
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- V Gonzalez-Huici
- Centro de Biologia Molecular "Severo Ochoa" (CSIC-UAM), Universidad Autónoma, Canto Blanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Simón-Buela L, Osaba L, García JA, López-Moya JJ. Preservation of 5'-end integrity of a potyvirus genomic RNA is not dependent on template specificity. Virology 2000; 269:377-82. [PMID: 10753716 DOI: 10.1006/viro.2000.0229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Full-length in vitro transcripts of plum pox potyvirus (PPV) genomic RNA with mutations altering the number of 5'-terminal adenosine residues were able to infect Nicotiana clevelandii plants, whereas a mutant with a substitution of adenosine in position 2 by guanosine failed to infect. The genomic 5' end was template-independently repaired during in vivo RNA synthesis producing wild-type viral progeny. Putative models of replication initiation are discussed.
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- L Simón-Buela
- Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, CSIC, Campus UAM, Madrid, 28049, Spain
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García P, Martín AC, López R. Bacteriophages of Streptococcus pneumoniae: a molecular approach. Microb Drug Resist 2000; 3:165-76. [PMID: 9185145 DOI: 10.1089/mdr.1997.3.165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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We have characterized four families of pneumococcal phages with remarkable morphologic and physiological differences. Dp-1 and Cp-1 are lytic phages, whereas HB-3 and EJ-1 are temperate phages. Interestingly, Cp-1 and HB-3 have a terminal protein covalently linked to the 5' ends of their lineal DNAs. In the case of Dp-1, we have found that the choline residues of the teichoic acid were essential components of the phage receptors. We have also developed a transfection system using mature DNAs from Dp-4 and Cp-1. In the later case, the transfecting activity of the DNA was destroyed by treatment with proteolytic enzymes, a feature also shared by the genomes of several small Bacillus phages. DNA replication was investigated in the case of Dp-4 and Cp-1 phages. The terminal protein linked to Cp-1 DNA plays a key role in the peculiar mechanism of DNA replication that has been coined as protein-priming. Recently, the linear 19,345-bp double-stranded DNA of Cp-1 has been completely sequenced, several of its gene products have been analyzed, and a complete transcriptional map has been ellaborated. Most of the pneumococcal lysins exhibit an absolute dependence of the presence of choline in the cell wall substrate for activity, and phage lysis requires, as reported for other systems, the action of a second phage-encoded protein, the holin, which presumably forms some kind of lesion in the membrane. The two lytic gene cassettes, from EJ-1 and Cp-1 phages, have been cloned and expressed in heterologous and homologous systems. The finding that some lysogenic strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae harbor phage remnants has provided important clues on the interchanges between phage and bacteria and supports the view of the chimeric origin of phages.
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- P García
- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Madrid, Spain
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Grahn AM, Caldentey J, Bamford JK, Bamford DH. Stable packaging of phage PRD1 DNA requires adsorption protein P2, which binds to the IncP plasmid-encoded conjugative transfer complex. J Bacteriol 1999; 181:6689-96. [PMID: 10542170 PMCID: PMC94133 DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.21.6689-6696.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/1999] [Accepted: 05/18/1999] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The double-stranded DNA bacteriophage PRD1 uses an IncP plasmid-encoded conjugal transfer complex as a receptor. Plasmid functions in the PRD1 life cycle are restricted to phage adsorption and DNA entry. A single phage structural protein, P2, located at the fivefold capsid vertices, is responsible for PRD1 attachment to its host. The purified recombinant adsorption protein was judged to be monomeric by gel filtration, rate zonal centrifugation, analytical ultracentrifugation, and chemical cross-linking. It binds to its receptor with an apparent K(d) of 0.20 nM, and this binding prevents phage adsorption. P2-deficient particles are unstable and spontaneously release the DNA with concomitant formation of the tail-like structure originating from the phage membrane. We envisage the DNA to be packaged through one vertex, but the presence of P2 on the other vertices suggests a mechanism whereby the injection vertex is determined by P2 binding to the receptor.
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- A M Grahn
- Department of Biosciences and Institute of Biotechnology, Viikki Biocenter, FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
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Rydman PS, Caldentey J, Butcher SJ, Fuller SD, Rutten T, Bamford DH. Bacteriophage PRD1 contains a labile receptor-binding structure at each vertex. J Mol Biol 1999; 291:575-87. [PMID: 10448038 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Bacteriophage PRD1 is a membrane-containing virus with an unexpected similarity to adenovirus. We mutagenized unassigned PRD1 genes to identify minor capsid proteins that could be structural or functional analogs to adenovirus proteins. We report here the identification of an amber mutant, sus525, in an essential PRD1 gene XXXI. The gene was cloned and the gene product was overexpressed and purified to near homogeneity. Analytical ultracentrifugation and gel filtration showed that P31 is a homopentamer of about 70 kDa. The protein was shown to be accessible on the virion surface and its absence in the sus525 particles led to the deficiency of two other viral coat proteins, protein P5 and the adsorption protein P2. Cryo-electron microscopy and image reconstruction of the sus525 particles indicate that these proteins are located on the capsid vertices, because in these particles the entire vertex structure was missing along with the peripentonal major capsid protein P3 trimers. Sus525 particles package DNA effectively but loose it upon purification. All of the PRD1 vertex structures are labile and potentially capable of mediating DNA delivery; this is in contrast to other dsDNA phages which employ a single vertex for packaging and delivery. We propose that this arises from a symmetry mismatch between protein P2 and the pentameric P31 in analogy to that between the adenovirus penton base and the receptor-binding spike.
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- P S Rydman
- Department of Biosciences and Institute of Biotechnology Viikki Biocenter, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FIN-00014, Finland
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Caldentey J, Hänninen AL, Holopainen JM, Bamford JK, Kinnunen PK, Bamford DH. Purification and characterization of the assembly factor P17 of the lipid-containing bacteriophage PRD1. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1999; 260:549-58. [PMID: 10095794 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00202.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Assembly factors, proteins assisting the formation of viral structures, have been found in many viral systems. The gene encoding the assembly factor P17 of bacteriophage PRD1 has been cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. P17 acts late in phage assembly, after capsid protein folding and multimerization, and sorting of membrane proteins has occurred. P17 has been purified to near homogeneity. It is a tetrameric protein displaying a rather high heat stability. The protein is largely in an alpha-helical conformation and possesses a putative leucine zipper which is not essential for protein function, as judged by in vitro mutagenesis and complementation analysis. Although heating does not cause structural changes in the conformation of the protein, the dissociation of the tetramer into smaller units is evident as diminished self-quenching of the fluorescently labeled P17. Similarly, dissociation of the tetramer is also obtained by dialysis of the protein against 6-M guanidine hydrochloride (GdnHCl) or 1% SDS. The reassembly of these smaller units upon cooling is evident from resonance energy transfer.
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- J Caldentey
- Institute of Biotechnology, Viikki Biocenter, University of Helsinki, Finland.
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King AJ, Teertstra WR, van der Vliet PC. Dissociation of the protein primer and DNA polymerase after initiation of adenovirus DNA replication. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:24617-23. [PMID: 9305930 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.39.24617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Initiation of adenovirus DNA replication occurs by a jumping back mechanism in which the precursor terminal priming protein (pTP) forms a pTP.trinucleotide complex (pTP.CAT) catalyzed by the viral DNA polymerase (pol). This covalent complex subsequently jumps back 3 bases to permit the start of chain elongation. Before initiation, pTP and pol form a tight heterodimer. We investigated the fate of this pTP.pol complex during the various steps in replication. Employing in vitro initiation and elongation on both natural viral templates and synthetic oligonucleotides followed by glycerol gradient separation of the reaction products, we established that pTP and pol are separated during elongation. Whereas pTP.C and pTP. CA were still bound to the polymerase, after the formation of pTP. CAT 60% of the pTP.pol complex had dissociated. Dissociation coincides with a change in sensitivity to inhibitors and in Km for dNTPs, suggesting a conformational change in the polymerase, both in the active site and in the pTP interaction domain. In agreement with this, the polymerase becomes a more efficient enzyme after release of the pTP primer. We also investigated whether the synthesis of a pTP initiation intermediate is confined to three nucleotides. Employing synthetic oligonucleotide templates with a sequence repeat of two nucleotides (GAGAGAGA ... instead of the natural GTAGTA ... ) we show that G5 rather than G3 is used to start, leading to a pTP. tetranucleotide (CTCT) intermediate that subsequently jumps back. This indicates flexibility in the use of the start site with a preference for the synthesis of three or four nucleotides during initiation rather than two.
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- A J King
- Laboratory for Physiological Chemistry, University of Utrecht, 3508 TA Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Grahn AM, Haase J, Lanka E, Bamford DH. Assembly of a functional phage PRD1 receptor depends on 11 genes of the IncP plasmid mating pair formation complex. J Bacteriol 1997; 179:4733-40. [PMID: 9244259 PMCID: PMC179318 DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.15.4733-4740.1997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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PRD1, a lipid-containing double-stranded DNA bacteriophage, uses the mating pair formation (Mpf) complex encoded by conjugative IncP plasmids as a receptor. Functions responsible for conjugative transfer of IncP plasmids are encoded by two distinct regions, Tra1 and Tra2. Ten Tra2 region gene products (TrbB to TrbL) and one from the Tra1 region (TraF) form the Mpf complex. We carried out a mutational analysis of the PRD1 receptor complex proteins by isolating spontaneous PRD1-resistant mutants. The mutations were distributed among the trb genes in the Tra2 region and accumulated predominantly in three genes, trbC, trbE, and trbL. Three of 307 phage-resistant mutants were weakly transfer proficient. Mutations causing a phage adsorption-deficient, transfer-positive phenotype were analyzed by sequencing.
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- A M Grahn
- Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Finland
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Mendez J, Blanco L, Salas M. Protein-primed DNA replication: a transition between two modes of priming by a unique DNA polymerase. EMBO J 1997; 16:2519-27. [PMID: 9171364 PMCID: PMC1169851 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.9.2519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Phage phi29 from Bacillus subtilis is a paradigm of the protein-primed replication mechanism, in which a single-subunit DNA polymerase is involved in both the specific protein-primed initiation step and normal DNA elongation. To start phi29 DNA replication, the viral DNA polymerase must interact with a free molecule of the viral terminal protein (TP), to prime DNA synthesis once at each phi29 DNA end. The results shown in this paper demonstrate that the DNA polymerase-primer TP heterodimer is not dissociated immediately after initiation. On the contrary, there is a transition stage in which the DNA polymerase synthesizes a five nucleotide-long DNA molecule while complexed with the primer TP, undergoes some structural change during replication of nucleotides 6-9, and finally dissociates from the primer protein when nucleotide 10 is inserted onto the nascent DNA chain. This behaviour probably reflects the polymerase requirement for a DNA primer of a minimum length to efficiently catalyze DNA elongation. The significance of such a limiting transition stage is supported by the finding of abortive replication products consisting of the primer TP linked up to eight nucleotides, detected during in vitro replication of phi29 TP-DNA particularly under conditions that decrease the strand-displacement capacity of phi29 DNA polymerase.
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- J Mendez
- Centro de Biologia Molecular Severo Ochoa (C.S.I.C.-U.A.M.), Universidad Autonoma, Canto Blanco, Madrid, Spain
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King AJ, Teertstra WR, Blanco L, Salas M, van der Vliet PC. Processive proofreading by the adenovirus DNA polymerase. Association with the priming protein reduces exonucleolytic degradation. Nucleic Acids Res 1997; 25:1745-52. [PMID: 9108156 PMCID: PMC146662 DOI: 10.1093/nar/25.9.1745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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By using a baculovirus expression system, the adenovirus (Ad) DNA polymerase was purified to homogeneity and shown to display a 3'-->5'exonuclease activity which is coupled to the polymerase activity. On a partial duplex structure the exonuclease activity had a marked preference for excision of a mismatched versus a matched 3'-terminus, which enables the Ad DNA polymerase to act as a proofreading enzyme. On single-stranded DNA the exonuclease action is distributive, but during replication removal of mismatched nucleotides and the switch to synthesis occurs without dissociation of the polymerase from the template. When the Ad DNA polymerase is bound to the precursor terminal protein, the rate of exonucleolysis was four times slower. Moreover, degradation could not proceed as far as with the free Ad polymerase, indicating also a qualitative difference. These results suggest a reduced proofreading capacity of the precursor terminal protein-polymerase complex, which might affect the initial stages of DNA replication.
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- A J King
- Laboratory for Physiological Chemistry, University of Utrecht, PO Box 80042, 3508 TA Utrecht, The Netherlands
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