title: Two cellular single-strand-specific DNA-binding proteins interact with two regions of the bovine papillomavirus type 1 genome, including the origin of DNA replication.
abstract: We have identified and purified to near homogeneity two specific single-stranded DNA-binding factors (SPSF I and II) with molecular masses of 42 and 39 kDa, respectively, from calf thymus. Gel retention analysis and competition experiments demonstrate that the ubiquitous proteins SPSF I and II specifically interact with single-stranded DNA derived from the minimal in vitro origin of replication of bovine papillomavirus type 1 and a region of the viral genome proposed to be involved in plasmid maintenance. Bovine papillomavirus type 1 proteins do not interfere with DNA binding of SPSF I and II. The exact location of the binding domains of SPSF I and II on the DNA has been determined by methylation interference and T4 DNA polymerase footprinting. A potential cellular binding site for SPSF I and II is the major promoter (P2) of the human c-myc gene.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Biochemie, Universität München im Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, Germany.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Habiger
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stelzer
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Schwarz
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Winnacker
mesh_terms: D016475:3T3 Cells; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D052688:Bovine papillomavirus 1 / Q000235:genetics*; D002417:Cattle; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D004261:DNA Replication; D004277:DNA, Single-Stranded / Q000378:metabolism*; D004279:DNA, Viral; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005814:Genes, Viral; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D008745:Methylation; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004277:DNA, Single-Stranded; D004279:DNA, Viral; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D014764:Viral Proteins