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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 277, Issue 23, 20541-20548, June 7, 2002

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Species Specificity of Simian Virus 40 DNA Replication in Vitro Requires Multiple Functions of Human DNA Polymerase ^*

Richard W. P. Smith, Claudia Steffen, Frank Grosse, and Heinz-Peter Nasheuer^§

From the Abteilung Biochemie, Institut für Molekulare Biotechnologie, D-07745 Jena, Germany

Human cell extracts support the replication of SV40 DNA, whereas mouse cell extracts do not. Species specificity is determined at the level of initiation of DNA replication, and it was previously found that this requires the large subunit, p180, of DNA polymerase -primase to be of human origin. Furthermore, a functional interaction between SV40 large T antigen (TAg) and p180 is essential for viral DNA replication. In this study we determined that the N-terminal regions of human p180, which contain the TAg-binding sites, can be replaced with those of murine origin without losing the ability to support SV40 DNA replication in vitro. The same substitutions do not prevent SV40 TAg from stimulating the activity of DNA polymerase -primase on single-stranded DNA in the presence of replication protein A. Furthermore, biophysical studies show that the interactions of human and murine DNA polymerase -primase with SV40 TAg are of a similar magnitude. These studies strongly suggest that requirement of SV40 DNA replication for human DNA polymerase  depends neither on the TAg-binding site being of human origin nor on the strength of the binary interaction between SV40 TAg and DNA polymerase -primase but rather on sequences in the C-terminal region of human p180.

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