title: The role of the 34-kDa subunit of human replication protein A in simian virus 40 DNA replication in vitro.
abstract: Human replication protein A (RPA) is a three subunit protein complex involved in DNA replication, repair, and recombination. We investigated the role of the 34-kDa subunit (p34) of RPA in DNA replication by generating a series of p34 mutants. While deletion of the N-terminal domain of p34 prevented its phosphorylation by both cyclin-dependent kinase (Cdk) and DNA-dependent kinase, a double point mutant that lacks the major phosphorylation sites for Cdk could be phosphorylated by DNA-dependent kinase. In simian virus 40 (SV40) DNA replication, RPA containing either of these mutants functioned as efficiently as wild-type RPA. However, mutant RPA containing C-terminally deleted p34 was only marginally active. This indicates that the C-terminal region, but not the phosphorylation domain of p34, is necessary for RPA function in DNA replication. Furthermore, RPA containing the C-terminally deleted p34 mutant could stimulate DNA polymerase alpha, and bind to single-stranded DNAs but was limited in its ability to unwind DNA or interact with SV40 large T antigen (T Ag). These results suggest that RPA p34 interacts with SV40 T Ag during the initiation of SV40 DNA replication and may be necessary for DNA unwinding.
authors.affiliation: Department of Virology and Molecular Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38101-0318, USA.
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D018844:Cyclin-Dependent Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D004265:DNA Helicases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D004257:DNA Polymerase II / Q000378:metabolism; D004261:DNA Replication; D004277:DNA, Single-Stranded / Q000378:metabolism; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010766:Phosphorylation; D017354:Point Mutation; D011485:Protein Binding; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D051716:Replication Protein A; D013539:Simian virus 40 / Q000254:growth & development*; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D004277:DNA, Single-Stranded; D004279:DNA, Viral; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C497167:RPA1 protein, human; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D051716:Replication Protein A; D018844:Cyclin-Dependent Kinases; D004257:DNA Polymerase II; D004265:DNA Helicases