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Journal of Virology, December 2000, p. 10920-10929, Vol. 74, No. 23
Department of Microbiology, Molecular
Genetics, and Immunology, University of Kansas Medical Center,
Kansas City, Kansas 66160-7700
Received 5 June 2000/Accepted 5 September 2000
Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) or Kaposi's sarcoma-associated
herpesvirus (KSHV) ORF59 protein (PF-8) is a processivity factor for
HHV-8 DNA polymerase (Pol-8) and is homologous to processivity factors
expressed by other herpesviruses, such as herpes simplex virus type 1 UL42 and Epstein-Barr virus BMRF1. The interaction of UL42 and BMRF1
with their corresponding DNA polymerases is essential for viral DNA
replication and the subsequent production of infectious virus. Using
HHV-8-specific monoclonal antibody 11D1, we have previously identified
the cDNA encoding PF-8 and showed that it is an early-late gene product
localized to HHV-8-infected cell nuclei (S. R. Chan, C. Bloomer,
and B. Chandran, Virology 240:118-126, 1998). Here, we have further
characterized PF-8. This viral protein was phosphorylated both in vitro
and in vivo. PF-8 bound double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) and single-stranded
DNA independent of DNA sequence; however, the affinity for dsDNA was approximately fivefold higher. In coimmunoprecipitation reactions, PF-8
also interacted with Pol-8. In in vitro processivity assays with excess
poly(dA):oligo(dT) as a template, PF-8 stimulated the production of
elongated DNA products by Pol-8 in a dose-dependent manner. Functional
domains of PF-8 were determined using PF-8 truncation mutants. The
carboxyl-terminal 95 amino acids (aa) of PF-8 were dispensable for all
three functions of PF-8: enhancing processivity of Pol-8, binding
dsDNA, and binding Pol-8. Residues 10 to 27 and 279 to 301 were
identified as regions critical for the processivity function of PF-8.
Interestingly, aa 10 to 27 were also essential for binding Pol-8,
whereas aa 1 to 62 and aa 279 to 301 were involved in binding dsDNA,
suggesting that the processivity function of PF-8 is correlated with
both the Pol-8-binding and the dsDNA-binding activities of PF-8.
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Characterization of Human Herpesvirus 8 ORF59
Protein (PF-8) and Mapping of the Processivity and Viral DNA
Polymerase-Interacting Domains
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Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of
Microbiology, Molecular Genetics, and Immunology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160. Phone: (913) 588-7043. Fax:
(913) 588-7295. E-mail: bchandra{at}kumc.edu.
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