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Journal of Virology, November 2005, p. 13829-13836, Vol. 79, No. 21
0022-538X/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JVI.79.21.13829-13836.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Latency-Associated Nuclear Antigen Induces a Strong Bend on Binding to Terminal Repeat DNA

Lai-Yee Wong and Angus C. Wilson*

Department of Microbiology and NYU Cancer Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016

Received 22 June 2005/ Accepted 29 July 2005

During latency, the Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus genome is maintained as a circular episome, replicating in synchrony with host chromosomes. Replication requires the latency-associated nuclear antigen (LANA) and an origin of latent DNA replication located in the viral terminal repeats, consisting of two LANA binding sites (LBSs) and a GC-rich sequence. Here, we show that the recruitment of a LANA dimer to high-affinity site LBS-1 bends DNA by 57° and towards the major groove. The cooccupancy of LBS-1 and lower-affinity LBS-2 induces a symmetrical bend of 110°. By changing the origin architecture, LANA may help to assemble a specific nucleoprotein structure important for the initiation of DNA replication.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016. Phone: (212) 263-0206. Fax: (212) 263-8276. E-mail: angus.wilson{at}med.nyu.edu.

Journal of Virology, November 2005, p. 13829-13836, Vol. 79, No. 21
0022-538X/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JVI.79.21.13829-13836.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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