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J Virol. 1982 April; 42(1): 91-99

Nucleotide sequences at the phi X gene A protein cleavage site in replicative form I DNAs of bacteriophages U3, G14, and alpha 3.

ABSTRACT

Gene A protein, a bacteriophage phi X174-encoded endonuclease involved in phi X replicative form (RF) DNA replication, nicks not only phi X RFI DNA but also RFI DNAs of several other spherical single-stranded DNA bacteriophages. The position of the phi X gene A protein nick and the nucleotide sequence surrounding this site in RF DNAs of the bacteriophages U3, G14, and alpha 3 were determined. Comparison of the nucleotide sequences which surround the nick site of the gene A protein in RF DNAs of phi X174, G4, St-1, U3, G14, and alpha 3 revealed that a strongly conserved 30-nucleotide stretch occurred in RF DNAs of all six phages. However, perfect DNA sequence homology around this site was only 10 nucleotides, the decamer sequence CAACTTGATA. The present results support the hypothesis that, for nicking of double-stranded supercoiled DNA by the phi X gene A protein, the presence of the recognition sequence CAACTTGATA and a specific gene A protein binding sequence upstream from the recognition sequence are required. The sequence data obtained so far from phages U3, G14, St-1, and alpha 3 have been compared with the nucleotide sequences and amino acid sequences of both phi X and G4. According to this comparison, the evolutionary relationship between phages G4, U3, and G14 is very close, which also holds for phages alpha 3 and St-1. However, the two groups are only distantly related, both to each other and to phi X.

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