title: Initiation of SV40 DNA replication in vitro: analysis of the role played by sequences flanking the core origin on initial synthesis events.
abstract: Replication initiation events are suppressed over the SV40 core origin in vitro; they are also greatly reduced over sequences flanking the origin which contain binding sites for several transcription factors. To address the biochemical basis for the gap in initiation events over the flanking sequences, initial synthesis events have been characterized on templates lacking these sequences. Herein, it is demonstrated that previously functional initiation sites are nearly inactive when moved to positions that are proximal to the core origin. Thus, the gap in initiation events depends, in part, on the proximity of the initiation sites to the SV40 core origin. Additional experiments demonstrate that removal of the flanking sequences had little or no effect on DNA unwinding or on the efficiency of initiation of DNA synthesis in vitro. These results indicate that, under our in vitro conditions, initiation of SV40 DNA synthesis is not enhanced by binding of transcription factors to the flanking sequences.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA. PBULLOCK@OPAL.TUFTS.EDU
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Bullock
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Joo
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Sreekumar
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mello
mesh_terms: D000957:Antigens, Viral, Tumor / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D001483:Base Sequence; D002474:Cell-Free System; D004265:DNA Helicases / Q000378:metabolism; D004261:DNA Replication; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000096:biosynthesis; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D017384:Sequence Deletion; D013539:Simian virus 40 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D013698:Templates, Genetic; D014779:Virus Replication
chemical_list: D000957:Antigens, Viral, Tumor; D004279:DNA, Viral; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D012367:RNA, Viral; D004265:DNA Helicases