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Journal of Virology, September 2004, p. 9016-9029, Vol. 78, No. 17
0022-538X/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JVI.78.17.9016-9029.2004

Palindrome Regeneration by Template Strand-Switching Mechanism at the Origin of DNA Replication of Porcine Circovirus via the Rolling-Circle Melting-Pot Replication Model

Andrew K. Cheung*

Virus and Prion Diseases of Livestock Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Ames, Iowa

Received 8 March 2004/ Accepted 30 April 2004

Palindromic sequences (inverted repeats) flanking the origin of DNA replication with the potential of forming single-stranded stem-loop cruciform structures have been reported to be essential for replication of the circular genomes of many prokaryotic and eukaryotic systems. In this study, mutant genomes of porcine circovirus with deletions in the origin-flanking palindrome and incapable of forming any cruciform structures invariably yielded progeny viruses containing longer and more stable palindromes. These results suggest that origin-flanking palindromes are essential for termination but not for initiation of DNA replication. Detection of template strand switching in the middle of an inverted repeat strand among the progeny viruses demonstrated that both the minus genome and a corresponding palindromic strand served as templates simultaneously during DNA biosynthesis and supports the recently proposed rolling-circle "melting-pot" replication model. The genome configuration presented by this model, a four-stranded tertiary structure, provides insights into the mechanisms of DNA replication, inverted repeat correction (or conversion), and illegitimate recombination of any circular DNA molecule with an origin-flanking palindrome.

* Mailing address: National Animal Disease Center, P.O. Box 70, Ames, IA 50010. Phone: (515) 663-7497. Fax: (515) 663-7458. E-mail: acheung{at}nadc.ars.usda.gov.

Journal of Virology, September 2004, p. 9016-9029, Vol. 78, No. 17
0022-538X/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JVI.78.17.9016-9029.2004




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