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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2010

A specific docking site for DNA polymerase {alpha}-primase on the SV40 helicase is required for viral primosome activity, but helicase activity is dispensable.

Hao Huang, Kun Zhao, Diana R Arnett, Ellen Fanning

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hao HuangFrom the Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235-1634.
Kun ZhaoFrom the Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235-1634.
Diana R ArnettFrom the Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235-1634.
Ellen FanningFrom the Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235-1634. Electronic address: Ellen.fanning@vanderbilt.edu.
Vanderbilt University · US

Funding

Tumor Immunology and Microenvironment Research ProgramP30CA068485 · NCI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI STACIE B DUSETZINA · 1995 to 2026
$172.8M
CONTROL OF SIMIAN VIRUS 40 AND CELLULAR DNA REPLICATIONR01GM052948 · NIGMS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI FRIEDMAN, KATHERINE LOUISE · 1995 to 2013
$6.1M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA068485NIGMS NIH HHS GM52948NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM052948
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Replication of simian virus 40 (SV40) DNA, a model for eukaryotic chromosomal replication, can be reconstituted in vitro using the viral helicase (large tumor antigen, or Tag) and purified human proteins. Tag interacts physically with two cellular proteins, replication protein A and DNA polymerase α-primase (pol-prim), constituting the viral primosome. Like the well characterized primosomes of phages T7 and T4, this trio of proteins coordinates parental DNA unwinding with primer synthesis to initiate the leading strand at the viral origin and each Okazaki fragment on the lagging strand template. We recently determined the structure of a previously unrecognized pol-prim domain (p68N) that docks on Tag, identified the p68N surface that contacts Tag, and demonstrated its vital role in primosome function. Here, we identify the p68N-docking site on Tag by using structure-guided mutagenesis of the Tag helicase surface. A charge reverse substitution in Tag disrupted both p68N-binding and primosome activity but did not affect docking with other pol-prim subunits. Unexpectedly, the substitution also disrupted Tag ATPase and helicase activity, suggesting a potential link between p68N docking and ATPase activity. To assess this possibility, we examined the primosome activity of Tag with a single residue substitution in the Walker B motif. Although this substitution abolished ATPase and helicase activity as expected, it did not reduce pol-prim docking on Tag or primosome activity on single-stranded DNA, indicating that Tag ATPase is dispensable for primosome activity in vitro.

Indexed as

Amino Acid MotifsAntigens, Polyomavirus TransformingDNADNA HelicasesDNA Polymerase IDNA PrimaseDNA ReplicationDNA, Single-StrandedDNA, ViralHumansMutagenesisProtein Structure, TertiaryReplication OriginReplication Protein ASimian virus 40Antigens, Polyomavirus TransformingDNADNA HelicasesDNA polymerase alpha-primaseDNA Polymerase IDNA PrimaseDNA, Single-StrandedDNA, ViralOkazaki fragmentsReplication Protein A

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PMID20685648
PMCPMC2963361
OpenAlexW2026933728

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