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ArticleVirus genes2015

Production and characterisation of Epstein-Barr virus helicase-primase complex and its accessory protein BBLF2/3.

Eric Thierry, Martha Brennich, Adam Round, Marlyse Buisson, Wim P Burmeister, Stephanie Hutin

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Article in Virus genes, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Eric ThierryUniv. Grenoble Alpes, UVHCI, 38000, Grenoble, France.
Martha BrennichEuropean Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), 38000, Grenoble, France.
Adam RoundEMBL Grenoble Outstation, UVHCI, 38000, Grenoble, France.
Marlyse BuissonLaboratoire de Virologie, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire de Grenoble, B.P. 217, 38043, Grenoble Cedex 9, France.
Wim P BurmeisterUniv. Grenoble Alpes, UVHCI, 38000, Grenoble, France. wim.burmeister@ujf-grenoble.fr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0876-6118
Stephanie HutinUniv. Grenoble Alpes, UVHCI, 38000, Grenoble, France. hutin@uvhci.fr.
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRCentre Hospitalier Universitaire de Grenoble · FREuropean Bioinformatics Institute · GBEuropean Synchrotron Radiation Facility · FR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The helicase-primase complex is part of the lytic DNA replication machinery of herpesviruses, but up to now, almost nothing is known about its structure. For Epstein-Barr virus it consists in the helicase BBLF4, the primase BSLF1 and the accessory protein BBLF2/3. The accessory protein shows only weak sequence homology within the herpesvirus family but may be related to an inactive B-family polymerase. BSLF1 belongs to the archaeo-eukaryotic primase family, whereas the helicase BBLF4 has been related either to Dda helicases of caudovirales or to Pif1 helicases. We produced the helicase-primase complex in insect cells using a baculovirus coding for all three proteins simultaneously. The soluble monomeric helicase-primase complex containing the three proteins with 1:1:1 stoichiometry showed ATPase activity, which is strongly stimulated in the presence of ssDNA oligomers. Furthermore, we expressed BBLF2/3 as soluble monomeric protein and performed small-angle X-ray scattering experiments which yielded an envelope whose shape is compatible with B-family polymerases.

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Adenosine TriphosphateAnimalsBaculoviridaeCell LineDNA HelicasesGenetic VectorsHerpesvirus 4, HumanInsectaRecombinant ProteinsScattering, Small AngleViral ProteinsAdenosine TriphosphateDNA HelicasesRecombinant ProteinsViral ProteinsDNA helicaseDNA replicationEBVEpstein–Barr virusGammaherpesvirusPrimase

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PMID26292944
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