title: Evidence for DNA hairpin recognition by Zta at the Epstein-Barr virus origin of lytic replication.
abstract: The Epstein-Barr virus immediate-early protein (Zta) plays an essential role in viral lytic activation and pathogenesis. Zta is a basic zipper (b-Zip) domain-containing protein that binds multiple sites in the viral origin of lytic replication (OriLyt) and is required for lytic-cycle DNA replication. We present evidence that Zta binds to a sequence-specific, imperfect DNA hairpin formed by an inverted repeat within the upstream essential element (UEE) of OriLyt. Mutations in the OriLyt sequence that are predicted to disrupt hairpin formation also disrupt Zta binding in vitro. Restoration of the hairpin rescues the defect. We also show that OriLyt DNA isolated from replicating cells contains a nuclease-sensitive region that overlaps with the inverted-repeat region of the UEE. Furthermore, point mutations in Zta that disrupt specific recognition of the UEE hairpin are defective for activation of lytic replication. These data suggest that Zta acts by inducing and/or stabilizing a DNA hairpin structure during productive infection. The DNA hairpin at OriLyt with which Zta interacts resembles DNA structures formed at other herpesvirus origins and may therefore represent a common secondary structure used by all herpesvirus family members during the initiation of DNA replication.
authors.affiliation: The Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce St., Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Rennekamp
authors.forename: Pu
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Paul M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Lieberman
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000378:metabolism*; D020031:Epstein-Barr Virus Infections / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009154:Mutation; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D018741:Replication Origin / Q000235:genetics*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014779:Virus Replication
chemical_list: C063676:BZLF1 protein, Herpesvirus 4, Human; D004279:DNA, Viral; D015534:Trans-Activators
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