title: Herpes simplex virus type 1 origin-specific binding protein: oriS-binding properties and effects of cellular proteins.
abstract: The herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) origin of replication, oriS, contains three highly homologous sequences, sites I, II, and III. The HSV-1 origin-binding protein (OBP), the product of the UL9 gene, has been shown to bind specifically to sites I and II. In this study, gel shift analysis was used to characterize interactions between site I DNA and proteins in infected and uninfected cell extracts. The formation of two protein-DNA complexes, bands A and B, was demonstrated with infected cell extracts, and one predominant protein-DNA complex, band M, was identified with mock-infected extracts. Protein interactions with the highly homologous site II and III DNAs were also characterized. Incubation of infected cell extracts with the lower-affinity site II DNA as a probe resulted in the appearance of two protein-DNA complexes with mobilities identical to those of the A and B complexes, while incubation with site III DNA resulted in the formation of a single complex with the mobility of band B; no A-like band was observed. Incubation of high concentrations of partially purified OBP with site I DNA resulted in the formation of two novel complexes, bands 9-1 and 9-2. Addition of uninfected or HSV-1-infected cell extracts to the purified OBP-site I DNA mix significantly enhanced the formation of complex 9-1. The enhanced formation of complex 9-1 by uninfected cell extracts implicates a cellular factor or factors in the formation or stabilization of the OBP-site I DNA complex.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Tumor Virus Genetics, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Dabrowski
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Schaffer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000378:metabolism*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D005814:Genes, Viral; D006561:Herpes Simplex / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D018139:Simplexvirus / Q000235:genetics*; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014764:Viral Proteins; C055789:origin-binding proteins, viral