Human cytomegalovirus UL102 gene.
AUTOR(ES)
Smith, J A
RESUMO
We have identified and characterized the transcript for the human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) UL102 gene. The UL102 gene product is proposed to encode the primase-associated factor. The primase-associated factor is one of the three components of the helicase-primase complex, along with UL105 (helicase) and UL70 (primase). In order to characterize the UL102 transcription unit we used single-stranded antisense RNA probes to identify an abundant 2.7-kb transcript originating from the UL102 region. This transcript can be initially detected at 24 h postinfection and in the presence of phosphonoformic acid but not in the presence of cycloheximide. A 2.7-kb cDNA clone containing this transcript was isolated from a 72-h HCMV (strain Towne) cDNA library. Sequence analysis of this clone revealed a continuous unspliced transcript between the region of UL101X and UL102; the only in-frame translational stop codon is 2,619 bp downstream from the first ATG in the message. Genome sequencing of the UL102 region from strains AD169 and Towne revealed that the UL101X stop codon TAA was actually TAC and that the cDNA and genomic sequences were in agreement. The cDNA clone starts 5 nucleotides (nt) upstream of the UL101X ATG, continues through the putative ATG of UL102, and ends 97 nt downstream of the putative termination codon of the UL102 open reading frame. Primer extension analysis indicated a transcriptional start site 23 nt upstream of the UL101X open reading frame.
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