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Journal of Virology, April 2001, p. 3556-3567, Vol. 75, No. 8
0022-538X/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JVI.75.8.3556-3567.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

DNase Protection Analysis of Retrovirus Integrase at the Viral DNA Ends for Full-Site Integration In Vitro

Ajaykumar Vora and Duane P. Grandgenett*

St. Louis University Health Sciences Center, Institute for Molecular Virology, St. Louis, Missouri 63110

Received 2 November 2000/Accepted 16 January 2001

Retrovirus intasomes purified from virus-infected cells contain the linear viral DNA genome and integrase (IN). Intasomes are capable of integrating the DNA termini in a concerted fashion into exogenous target DNA (full site), mimicking integration in vivo. Molecular insights into the organization of avian myeloblastosis virus IN at the viral DNA ends were gained by reconstituting nucleoprotein complexes possessing intasome characteristics. Assembly of IN-4.5-kbp donor complexes capable of efficient full-site integration appears cooperative and is dependent on time, temperature, and protein concentration. DNase I footprint analysis of assembled IN-donor complexes capable of full-site integration shows that wild-type U3 and other donors containing gain-of-function attachment site sequences are specifically protected by IN at low concentrations (<20 nM) with a defined outer boundary mapping ~20 nucleotides from the ends. A donor containing mutations in the attachment site simultaneously eliminated full-site integration and DNase I protection by IN. Coupling of wild-type U5 ends with wild-type U3 ends for full-site integration shows binding by IN at low concentrations probably occurs only at the very terminal nucleotides (<10 bp) on U5. The results suggest that assembly requires a defined number of avian IN subunits at each viral DNA end. Among several possibilities, IN may bind asymmetrically to the U3 and U5 ends for full-site integration in vitro.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: St. Louis Health Sciences Center, Institute for Molecular Virology, 3681 Park Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110. Phone: (314) 577-8411. Fax: (314) 577-8406. E-mail: Grandgdp{at}SLU.EDU.

Journal of Virology, April 2001, p. 3556-3567, Vol. 75, No. 8
0022-538X/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JVI.75.8.3556-3567.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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