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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 275, Issue 52, 40897-40903, December 29, 2000

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The Formation of a Flexible DNA-binding Protein Chain Is Required for Efficient DNA Unwinding and Adenovirus DNA Chain Elongation^*

Bas van Breukelen, Panagiotis N. Kanellopoulos^§, Paul A. Tucker^§, and Peter C. van der Vliet^¶

From the  University Medical Center of Utrecht, Department of Physiological Chemistry and Centre for Biomedical Genetics, Utrecht 3584 CG, The Netherlands and ^§ European Molecular Biology Laboratory, c/o DESY, Notkestraße 85, D22603 Hamburg, Germany

The adenovirus DNA-binding protein (DBP) binds cooperatively to single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) and stimulates both initiation and elongation of DNA replication. DBP consists of a globular core domain and a C-terminal arm that hooks onto a neighboring DBP molecule to form a stable protein chain with the DNA bound to the internal surface of the chain. This multimerization is the driving force for ATP-independent DNA unwinding by DBP during elongation. As shown by x-ray diffraction of different crystal forms of the C-terminal domain, the C-terminal arm can adopt different conformations, leading to flexibility in the protein chain. This flexibility is a function of the hinge region, the part of the protein joining the C-terminal arm to the protein core. To investigate the function of the flexibility, proline residues were introduced in the hinge region, and the proteins were purified to homogeneity after baculovirus expression. The mutant proteins were still able to bind ss- and double-stranded DNA with approximately the same affinity as wild type, and the binding to ssDNA was found to be cooperative. All mutant proteins were able to stimulate the initiation of DNA replication to near wild type levels. However, the proline mutants could not support elongation of DNA replication efficiently. Even the elongation up to 26 nucleotides was severely impaired. This defect was also seen when DNA unwinding was studied. Binding studies of DBP to homo-oligonucleotides showed an inability of the proline mutants to bind to poly(dA)₄₀, indicating an inability to adapt to specific DNA conformations. Our data suggest that the flexibility of the protein chain formed by DBP is important in binding and unwinding of DNA during adenovirus DNA replication. A model explaining the need for flexibility of the C-terminal arm is proposed.

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