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Journal of Virology, January 2002, p. 338-345, Vol. 76, No. 1
0022-538X/01/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JVI.76.1.338-345.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Biochemical Characterization of Junonia coenia Densovirus Nonstructural Protein NS-1

Chuantian Ding,1 Masashi Urabe,1 Max Bergoin,2 and Robert M. Kotin1*

Laboratory of Biochemical Genetics, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland,1 Laboratoire de Pathologie Comparée, Université Montpellier II, Montpellier, France2

Received 11 July 2001/ Accepted 4 October 2001

Junonia coenia densovirus (JcDNV) is an autonomous parvovirus that infects the larvae of the common buckeye butterfly, Junonia coenia. Unlike vertebrate parvoviruses, the genes encoding the structural protein and nonstructural (NS) proteins of JcDNV are in opposite orientations; thus, each strand contains a sense and antisense open reading frame (ORF). The promoter at map position 93 controls expression of NS ORFs 2, 3, and 4, which encode three NS proteins, NS-1, NS-2, and NS-3. These proteins are likely to be involved in viral DNA replication, among other functions. In contrast to the nonstructural proteins of the vertebrate parvoviruses, the NS proteins of the Densovirinae have not been characterized. Here, we describe biochemical properties of the NS-1 protein of JcDNV. The NS-1 ORF was cloned in frame with the Escherichia coli malE gene, which encodes the bacterial maltose binding protein (MBP). Using electrophoretic mobility shift and DNase I protection assays, we identified the region of the JcDNV terminal sequence that is recognized specifically by the MBP-NS-1 fusion protein. The site consists of (GAC)4 and is located on the A-A' region of the terminal palindrome. In addition, the MBP-NS-1 fusion protein catalyzes the cleavage of single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) substrates derived from the JcDNV putative origin of replication, primarily at two sites in the motif 5'-G*TAT*TG-3'. One cleavage site is between the thymidine dinucleotide at positions 92 and 93 and the other site corresponds to thymidine at nucleotide 95; both sites are on the complementary strand of the sequence assigned GenBank accession number A12984. Cleavage of ssDNA is dependent on the presence of a divalent metal cofactor but does not require nucleoside triphosphate hydrolysis. Parvovirus NS proteins contain the phylogenically conserved Walker A- and B-site ATPase motifs. These sites in JcDNV NS-1 diverge from the consensus, yet despite these atypical motifs our analyses support that MBP-NS-1 has ATP-dependent helicase activity. These results indicate that JcDNV NS-1 possesses activities common to the superfamily of rolling-circle replication initiator proteins in general and the parvovirus replication proteins in particular, and they provide a basis for comparative analyses of the structure and function relationships among the parvovirus NS-1 equivalents.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: NHLBI, 10 Center Bldg. 10, Rm. 7D18, Bethesda, MD 20892-1654. Phone: (301) 496-1594. Fax: (301) 496-9985. E-mail: kotinr{at}nhlbi.nih.gov.

Journal of Virology, January 2002, p. 338-345, Vol. 76, No. 1
0022-538X/01/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JVI.76.1.338-345.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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