Nucleotide sequence required for resolution of the concatemer junction of vaccinia virus DNA.
AUTOR(ES)
Merchlinsky, M
RESUMO
The mature form of the vaccinia virus genome consists of a linear, 185,000-base-pair (bp) DNA molecule with a 10,000-bp inverted terminal repetition and incompletely base-paired 104-nucleotide hairpin loops connecting the two strands at each end. In concatemeric forms of intracellular vaccinia virus DNA, the inverted terminal repetitions of adjacent genomes form an imperfect palindrome. The apex of this palindrome corresponds in sequence to the double-stranded form of the hairpin loop. Circular plasmids containing palindromic concatemer junction fragments of 250 bp or longer are converted into linear minichromosomes with hairpin ends when they are transfected into vaccinia virus-infected cells, providing a model system with which to study the resolution process. To distinguish between sequence-specific and structural requirements for resolution, plasmids with symmetrical insertions, deletions, and oligonucleotide-directed mutations within the concatemer junction were constructed. A sequence (ATTTAGTGTCTAGAAAAAAA) located on both sides of the apex segment was found to be critical for resolution. Resolution was more efficient when additional nucleotides, TGTG, followed the run of A residues. Both the location and sequence of the proposed resolution signal are highly conserved among poxviruses.
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