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Geminivirus replication origins have a modular organization.

E P Fontes, H J Gladfelter, R L Schaffer, I T Petty, L Hanley-Bowdoin
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Department of Biochemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27695-7622.
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H J Gladfelter
Department of Biochemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27695-7622.
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R L Schaffer
Department of Biochemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27695-7622.
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I T Petty
Department of Biochemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27695-7622.
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Published March 1994. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.6.3.405

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Tomato golden mosaic virus (TGMV) and bean golden mosaic virus (BGMV) are closely related geminiviruses with bipartite genomes. The A and B DNA components of each virus have cis-acting sequences necessary for replication, and their A components encode trans-acting factors are required for this process. We showed that virus-specific interactions between the cis- and trans-acting functions are required for TGMV and BGMV replication in tobacco protoplasts. We also demonstrated that, similar to the essential TGMV AL1 replication protein, BGMV AL1 binds specifically to its origin in vitro and that neither TGMV nor BGMV AL1 proteins bind to the heterologous origin. The in vitro AL1 binding specificities of the B components were exchanged by site-directed mutagenesis, but the resulting mutants were not replicated by either A component. These results showed that the high-affinity AL1 binding site is necessary but not sufficient for virus-specific origin activity in vivo. Geminivirus genomes also contain a stem-loop sequence that is required for origin function. A BGMV B mutant with the TGMV stem-loop sequence was replicated by BGMV A, indicating that BGMV AL1 does not discriminate between the two sequences. A BGMV B double mutant, with the TGMV AL1 binding site and stem-loop sequences, was not replicated by either A component, indicating that an additional element in the TGMV origin is required for productive interaction with TGMV AL1. These results suggested that geminivirus replication origins are composed of at least three functional modules: (1) a putative stem-loop structure that is required for replication but does not contribute to virus-specific recognition of the origin, (2) a specific high-affinity binding site for the AL1 protein, and (3) at least one additional element that contributes to specific origin recognition by viral trans-acting factors.

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Geminivirus replication origins have a modular organization.
E P Fontes, H J Gladfelter, R L Schaffer, I T Petty, L Hanley-Bowdoin
The Plant Cell Mar 1994, 6 (3) 405-416; DOI: 10.1105/tpc.6.3.405

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Geminivirus replication origins have a modular organization.
E P Fontes, H J Gladfelter, R L Schaffer, I T Petty, L Hanley-Bowdoin
The Plant Cell Mar 1994, 6 (3) 405-416; DOI: 10.1105/tpc.6.3.405
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