title: Structure-based analysis of the interaction between the simian virus 40 T-antigen origin binding domain and single-stranded DNA.
abstract: The origin-binding domain (OBD) of simian virus 40 (SV40) large T-antigen (T-Ag) is essential for many of T-Ag's interactions with DNA. Nevertheless, many important issues related to DNA binding, for example, how single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) transits along the T-Ag OBD, have yet to be established. Therefore, X-ray crystallography was used to determine the costructure of the T-Ag OBD bound to DNA substrates such as the single-stranded region of a forked oligonucleotide. A second structure of the T-Ag OBD crystallized in the presence of poly(dT)(12) is also reported. To test the conclusions derived from these structures, residues identified as being involved in binding to ssDNA by crystallography or by an earlier nuclear magnetic resonance study were mutated, and their binding to DNA was characterized via fluorescence anisotropy. In addition, these mutations were introduced into full-length T-Ag, and these mutants were tested for their ability to support replication. When considered in terms of additional homology-based sequence alignments, our studies refine our understanding of how the T-Ag OBDs encoded by the polyomavirus family interact with ssDNA, a critical step during the initiation of DNA replication.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Tufts University School of Medicine, 136 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02111, USA.
authors.forename: Gretchen
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Meinke
authors.forename: Paul J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Phelan
authors.forename: Amélie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fradet-Turcotte
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bohm
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Archambault
authors.forename: Peter A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Bullock
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000957:Antigens, Viral, Tumor / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D004277:DNA, Single-Stranded / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D005454:Fluorescence Polarization; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D050505:Mutant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D013539:Simian virus 40 / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D000957:Antigens, Viral, Tumor; D004277:DNA, Single-Stranded; D050505:Mutant Proteins