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ArticleJournal of virology2020

Characterization of the Termini of Cytoplasmic Hepatitis B Virus Deproteinated Relaxed Circular DNA.

Dawei Cai, Ran Yan, Jerry Z Xu, Hu Zhang, Sheng Shen, Bidisha Mitra, Alexander Marchetti, Elena S Kim, Haitao Guo

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Article in Journal of virology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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17 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Dawei Cai *Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Ran Yan *Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Jerry Z XuDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Hu ZhangDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Sheng ShenDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Bidisha MitraDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Alexander MarchettiDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Elena S KimDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Haitao GuoDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA guoh4@upmc.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-7146-916X
University of Pittsburgh · USIndiana University School of MedicineUPMC Hillman Cancer Center · US

Funding

Immunology and Infectious Diseases Training ProgramT32AI060519 · NIAID · INDIANA UNIV-PURDUE UNIV AT INDIANAPOLIS · PI MARK H KAPLAN · 2004 to 2026
$6.0M
Molecular Mechanisms of HBV cccDNA FormationR01AI110762 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI GUO, HAITAO · 2016 to 2025
$3.5M
The Role of HBeAg in HBV PersistenceR01AI134818 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Haitao Guo · 2018 to 2026
$2.7M
Epigenetic Regulation of HBV cccDNA TranscriptionR01AI150255 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI GUO, HAITAO · 2020 to 2024
$2.0M
Development of an HTS Assay for Discovery of HBV cccDNA InhibitorsR01AI123271 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI GUO, HAITAO · 2017 to 2019
$1.2M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI110762NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI123271NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI134818NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI150255NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI060519
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The biosynthesis of hepatitis B virus (HBV) covalently closed circular DNA (cccDNA) requires the removal of the covalently linked viral polymerase from the 5' end of the minus strand [(-)strand] of viral relaxed circular DNA (rcDNA), which generates a deproteinated rcDNA (DP-rcDNA) intermediate. In the present study, we systematically characterized the four termini of cytoplasmic HBV DP-rcDNA by 5'/3' rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE), 5' radiolabeling, and exonuclease digestion, which revealed the following observations: (i) DP-rcDNA and rcDNA possess an identical 3' end of (-)strand DNA; (ii) compared to rcDNA, DP-rcDNA has an extended but variable 3' end of plus strand [(+)strand] DNA, most of which is in close proximity to direct repeat 2 (DR2); (iii) DP-rcDNA exhibits an RNA primer-free 5' terminus of (+)strand DNA with either a phosphate or hydroxyl group; and (iv) the 5' end of the DP-rcDNA (-)strand is unblocked at nucleotide G1828, bearing a phosphate moiety, indicating the complete removal of polymerase from rcDNA via unlinking the tyrosyl-DNA phosphodiester bond during rcDNA deproteination. However, knockout of cellular 5' tyrosyl-DNA phosphodiesterase 2 (TDP2) did not markedly affect rcDNA deproteination or cccDNA formation. Thus, our work sheds new light on the molecular mechanisms of rcDNA deproteination and cccDNA biogenesis.

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Cell LineCytoplasmDNA-Binding ProteinsDNA, CircularDNA ReplicationDNA, ViralExonucleasesHepatitis B virusHumansPhosphoric Diester HydrolasesVirus ReplicationDNA-Binding ProteinsDNA, CircularDNA, ViralExonucleasesPhosphoric Diester HydrolasesTDP2 protein, humancccDNADP-rcDNAHBV

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PMID33055252
PMCPMC7737736
OpenAlexW3093421147

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