Initiation of SV40 DNA replication: mechanism and control.
Initiation of SV40 DNA replication: mechanism and control.
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10.1101/sqb.1991.056.01.037
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1991
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L. Erdile;Kathleen L. Collins;Alicia Russo;Pamela Simancek;Donald Small;Christopher B. Umbricht;David M. Virshup;Linzhao Cheng;S. Randall;D. H. Weinberg;I. Moarefi;E. Fanning;Thomas J. Kelly
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L. Erdile;Kathleen L. Collins;Alicia Russo;Pamela Simancek;Donald Small;Christopher B. Umbricht;David M. Virshup;Linzhao Cheng;S. Randall;D. H. Weinberg;I. Moarefi;E. Fanning;Thomas J. Kelly
The replication of the cellular genome is a critical event in the cell cycle. The time of onset of DNA replication is tightly controlled, and mechanisms exist to ensure that each segment of the chromosome is duplicated once and only once. To better understand these control mechanisms, it is essential to identify and characterize the proteins involved in DNA replication and to study their functional interactions. Since the size and complexity of the eukaryotic chromosome make detailed analysis of cellular DNA replication difficult, we have chosen to use SV40 as a model system. The utility of this viral model derives from the fact that replication of SV40 DNA requires the participation of only a single viral protein, the SV40 large T antigen, so that most of the enzymatic functions necessary for DNA synthesis are provided by cellular proteins. In addition, the mechanisms involved in the control of viral DNA replication may be similar to those regulating the replication of cellular DNA (for review, see Challberg and Kelly 1989; Stillman 1989; Hurwitz et al. 1990).Since DNA replication, both viral and cellular, is likely to be regulated at the level of initiation, in this paper, we summarize our recent work on the biochemical mechanism of the initiation reaction. We describe the functional interactions among the initiation proteins and summarize what is known about the factors that control the efficiency of initiation. Finally, we present some ideas on the possible relevance of these data to the regulation of DNA replication during the cell cycle.