{"doi":"10.1074/jbc.270.21.12801","title":"The Role of the 34-kDa Subunit of Human Replication Protein A in Simian Virus 40 DNA Replication in Vitro","abstract":null,"journal":"Journal of Biological Chemistry","year":1995,"id":590861,"datarank":4.194601872210994,"base_score":4.356708826689592,"endowment":4.356708826689592,"self_citation_contribution":0.6535063240034389,"citation_network_contribution":3.541095548207555,"self_endowment_contribution":0.6535063240034389,"citer_contribution":3.541095548207555,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":77,"citer_count":67,"citers_with_citation_signal":64,"citers_with_endowment":64,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":null,"is_data_producer":false,"deposit_databanks":null,"is_oa":false,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":null,"fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":1511696,"name":"Dong Kyoo Kim","orcid":null,"position":1,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":191539,"name":"Suk-Hee Lee","orcid":null,"position":0,"is_corresponding":false}],"reference_count":0,"raw_metadata":{"has_enrichment":true,"resolved":true,"title":"The Role of the 34-kDa Subunit of Human Replication Protein A in Simian Virus 40 DNA Replication in Vitro","abstract":"Human replication protein A (RPA) is a three subunit protein complex involved in DNA replication, repair, and recombination. We investigated the role of the 34-kDa subunit (p34) of RPA in DNA replication by generating a series of p34 mutants. While deletion of the N-terminal domain of p34 prevented its phosphorylation by both cyclin-dependent kinase (Cdk) and DNA-dependent kinase, a double point mutant that lacks the major phosphorylation sites for Cdk could be phosphorylated by DNA-dependent kinase. In simian virus 40 (SV40) DNA replication, RPA containing either of these mutants functioned as efficiently as wild-type RPA. However, mutant RPA containing C-terminally deleted p34 was only marginally active. This indicates that the C-terminal region, but not the phosphorylation domain of p34, is necessary for RPA function in DNA replication. Furthermore, RPA containing the C-terminally deleted p34 mutant could stimulate DNA polymerase α, and bind to single-stranded DNAs but was limited in its ability to unwind DNA or interact with SV40 large T antigen (T Ag). These results suggest that RPA p34 interacts with SV40 T Ag during the initiation of SV40 DNA replication and may be necessary for DNA unwinding. Human replication protein A (RPA) is a three subunit protein complex involved in DNA replication, repair, and recombination. We investigated the role of the 34-kDa subunit (p34) of RPA in DNA replication by generating a series of p34 mutants. While deletion of the N-terminal domain of p34 prevented its phosphorylation by both cyclin-dependent kinase (Cdk) and DNA-dependent kinase, a double point mutant that lacks the major phosphorylation sites for Cdk could be phosphorylated by DNA-dependent kinase. In simian virus 40 (SV40) DNA replication, RPA containing either of these mutants functioned as efficiently as wild-type RPA. However, mutant RPA containing C-terminally deleted p34 was only marginally active. This indicates that the C-terminal region, but not the phosphorylation domain of p34, is necessary for RPA function in DNA replication. Furthermore, RPA containing the C-terminally deleted p34 mutant could stimulate DNA polymerase α, and bind to single-stranded DNAs but was limited in its ability to unwind DNA or interact with SV40 large T antigen (T Ag). These results suggest that RPA p34 interacts with SV40 T Ag during the initiation of SV40 DNA replication and may be necessary for DNA unwinding. INTRODUCTIONThe in vitro simian virus 40 (SV40)1( 1The abbreviations used are: SV40simian virus 40pol α and δDNA polymerase α and δ, respectivelytopotopoisomerasePCRpolymerase chain reactionRPAreplication protein ASSBsingle stranded DNA-binding proteinssDNAsingle-stranded DNAT AgSV40 large tumor antigenDTTdithiothreitolTBETris borate-EDTA bufferPBSphosphate-buffered salineELISAenzyme-linked immunosorbent assayCdkcyclin-dependent kinasekbkilobase pair(s)ABTS2,2-azino-bis(3-ethyl-benzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid.) DNA replication system has been used extensively as a model to understand eukaryotic DNA replication because it uses the host replication machinery for its own DNA replication together with the virally encoded SV40 large T antigen (T Ag). The development of cell-free SV40 DNA replication (Li and Kelly, 1984Li J.J. Kelly T.J. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 1984; 81: 6973-6977Crossref PubMed Scopus (351) Google Scholar; Wobbe et al., 1985Wobbe C.R. Dean F.B. Weissbach L. Hurwitz J. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 1985; 82: 5710-5714Crossref PubMed Scopus (226) Google Scholar; Stillman and Gluzman, 1985Stillman B. Gluzman Y. Mol. Cell. Biol. 1985; 5: 2051-2060Crossref PubMed Scopus (252) Google Scholar) has led to the identification of a number of human replication factors involved in SV40 DNA replication in vitro (Challberg and Kelly, 1989Challberg M.D. Kelly T.J. Annu. Rev. Biochem. 1989; 58: 671-717Crossref PubMed Google Scholar; Stillman, 1989Stillman B. Annu. Rev. 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However, the  mutant was not phosphorylated  either  as  by both      and  for kinase   not   that the N-terminal  of p34 is necessary for its phosphorylation by both  This            and  in  to the major  sites for Cdk    and   vitro phosphorylation of wild-type and mutant RPA      in the       of either wild-type or mutant    of      of     or   of SV40  DNA    the  RPA p34 was                C-terminal but  the N-terminal  of RPA p34   for  SV40 DNA   RPA p34 is phosphorylated  the   and  phosphorylated during   that p34 phosphorylation may be  to DNA replication.   is not phosphorylated by   in      mutant     RPA p34 phosphorylation is  involved in the replication      RPA p34 mutants  SV40 DNA replication in  RPA containing  or  functioned as  as wild-type    to the    in  SV40 DNA replication system         DNA replication. We also  the function of these mutants in the SV40  system which      and SV40 T Ag      to SV40 replication with       only   of the   by wild-type RPA or the   mutants. This  indicates that RPA p34  its C-terminal  but not  to function  in  SV40 DNA replication    wild-type and mutant RPA function in SV40 DNA replication in   SV40 DNA replication in vitro with      SV40  DNA  SV40 T  the       of        and the   of either wild-type or mutant RPA.     for     and the    for    SV40 DNA replication in vitro with     The replication      of SV40 T    complex  and   respectively),     and the   of wild-type or mutant  as  as   of     for     and  for           p34   in the   but  in the   of DNA    which  of DNA replication are  by  by  the  of SV40 DNA replication in  containing     with wild-type RPA or RPA containing  The replication       and     the   in    A  the       and   indicates the  of   DNA  DNA  was  in the  containing   in  containing wild-type  However, the   in both  of     that the mutant  DNA   the  of initiation     of SV40 DNA  in the  of wild-type or mutant RPA.   containing  SV40 T    and   of either wild-type or mutant      and        in   and   SV40 T  and the  in     RPA.  the      and     by         was  by      and   the single-stranded  and single-stranded   of              replication  including either wild-type RPA or RPA containing      for       to  the  of chain   initiation    the   of  DNA  in mutant    to that in wild-type   the  of  was    both    wild-type and mutant RPA function in chain  during SV40 DNA replication in      in the  of    for         and     the      by     for DNA chain      the  as   in the  for       of either wild-type or mutant RPA was   in   and    to  in   and   with the  that SV40 T Ag was   the  in   and   and   the single-stranded  and single-stranded   of       in           of RPA    a  role for RPA p34 in DNA replication,   the  of RPA containing  with that of wild-type RPA in    the  of  α  the  of SV40   SV40 T Ag  and  to  the  subunit of RPA  was  to be  by  α to stimulate the  of    et al.,   Wold M.S. Kelly T.J. J. Biol. Chem. 1990; 265:  Full Text PDF PubMed Google Scholar). However, in the  of the    p34 and p11, the   of  may be      the  of wild-type RPA as  as RPA containing    α       these  both wild-type and mutant RPA   α  by    that the  replication  of RPA containing  is not  to its ability to stimulate    of wild-type and mutant RPA  DNA  α  The   of either wild-type or mutant RPA  and  was  to the   which    of human  α,    and   of    for             the  of    RPA        and     human RPA in SV40    et al.,   Lee S.-H. Hurwitz J. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 1989;   PubMed Scopus  Google   that the role of RPA in DNA  is not  to  single-stranded     the  of wild-type and mutant  in      that as   the  of  the  that        to that  with wild-type RPA. However,   DNA  was  in the  containing    This   could   SV40 DNA replication with the  mutant is     the ability of wild-type and mutant RPA to unwind SV40   The   was   in the  of   of SV40 T      and      and       and  and         and  of either wild-type or mutant RPA as   the  of the   indicates the  of    and   the  of     DNA  and  DNA                 ability to bind to  and to interact with SV40 T   RPA  that are  to be involved in DNA unwinding. A   of wild-type or mutant RPA was  to    and   with   of SV40 T      et al.,          Kelly T.J.   EMBO J.    PubMed Scopus  Google  wild-type RPA  with SV40 T Ag in      RPA containing   lacks p34 phosphorylation   with SV40 T Ag to a   as wild-type RPA. 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This  that the phosphorylation of  by DNA-dependent kinase is  of its phosphorylation by  The          and  in the N-terminal  of p34 may be the  for DNA-dependent kinase  the mutant     could not be phosphorylated by either kinase.  the   of the N-terminal  may be necessary for the kinase to  RPA p34,   to   phosphorylation   mutants  to   be  to    has been  that RPA phosphorylation by Cdk is involved in the  of    that    SV40 DNA replication  et al.,          1990;   PubMed Scopus  Google Scholar;  and Stillman,  A. Stillman B. EMBO J.    PubMed Scopus  Google Scholar).    suggest that RPA p34  by either Cdk or DNA-dependent kinase, is not  for SV40 DNA replication in    be    that SV40 is a  model and that RPA p34 phosphorylation may be involved in     as  DNA  kinase  RPA p34 only  RPA  with   and      EMBO J.    PubMed Scopus  Google Scholar;  et al.,    A.     Hurwitz J. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A.    PubMed Scopus  Google Scholar;      that RPA p34 and  A  to the replication  during   et al.,      B. Cell.    Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus  Google Scholar). These results suggest  in  RPA p34 phosphorylation may  only  RPA has been  to the replication   it may be involved in the  of DNA  Furthermore,   and   of human   been  to   of RPA p34  and      Mol. Cell. Biol.    PubMed Scopus  Google Scholar;  et al.,  M.P.    S.   EMBO J.    PubMed Scopus  Google Scholar) and to  the ability of RPA to  in vitro DNA replication  et al.,  M.P.    S.   EMBO J.    PubMed Scopus  Google Scholar). This  that RPA phosphorylation may be involved in the  of DNA replication  by DNA  of     the   of RPA p34   the  of SV40 DNA replication  in the  of    that   of p34 is necessary for RPA function in DNA replication.   suggest that the C-terminal  of RPA p34 is involved in the   RPA and SV40 T     to  during the initiation  of DNA replication. The   of mutant RPA was    to that of wild-type   that the   RPA and SV40 T Ag is  for   of SV40     be    that the    of RPA containing  was    that of wild-type RPA     of RPA.    be necessary to  the role of RPA p34 in DNA      both in vitro SV40 DNA replication and the   of RPA   α  However,   has     the  of SV40  DNA  et al.,    U.   Hurwitz J. J. Biol. Chem. 1990; 265:  Full Text PDF PubMed Google Scholar). In   mutant RPA that lacks the      C-terminal  of RPA   SV40 DNA replication   because it  to interact with SV40 T  The     stimulate  α  These results could be  as    to the   to p34 and  the   which is necessary for  α   the    the  domain is  and  interact with     the p34      SV40 DNA  mutant RPA containing C-terminally deleted p34   DNA unwinding. This   be  by the  that the deleted   both the    and the  necessary for  SV40 DNA unwinding. These        sites  the deleted  INTRODUCTIONThe in vitro simian virus 40 (SV40)1( 1The abbreviations used are: SV40simian virus 40pol α and δDNA polymerase α and δ, respectivelytopotopoisomerasePCRpolymerase chain reactionRPAreplication protein ASSBsingle stranded DNA-binding proteinssDNAsingle-stranded DNAT AgSV40 large tumor antigenDTTdithiothreitolTBETris borate-EDTA bufferPBSphosphate-buffered salineELISAenzyme-linked immunosorbent assayCdkcyclin-dependent kinasekbkilobase pair(s)ABTS2,2-azino-bis(3-ethyl-benzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid.) DNA replication system has been used extensively as a model to understand eukaryotic DNA replication because it uses the host replication machinery for its own DNA replication together with the virally encoded SV40 large T antigen (T Ag). The development of cell-free SV40 DNA replication (Li and Kelly, 1984Li J.J. Kelly T.J. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. 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