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. 1996 Mar;70(3):1759–1767. doi: 10.1128/jvi.70.3.1759-1767.1996

Functional order of assembly of herpes simplex virus DNA replication proteins into prereplicative site structures.

L M Liptak 1, S L Uprichard 1, D M Knipe 1
PMCID: PMC190001  PMID: 8627698

Abstract

Herpes simplex virus replicates its DNA within nuclear structures called replication compartments. In contrast, in cells in which viral DNA replication is inhibited, viral replication proteins localize to punctate structures called prereplicative sites. We have utilized viruses individually mutated in each of the seven essential replication genes to assess the function of each replication protein in the assembly of these proteins into prereplicative sites. We observed that four replication proteins, UL5, UL8 UL52, and UL9, are necessary for the localization of ICP8 (UL29) to prereplicative sites natural infection conditions. Likewise, four of the seven viral DNA replication proteins, UL5, UL52, UL9, and ICP8, are necessary for the localization of the viral DNA polymerase to prereplicative sites. On the basis of these results, we present a model for prereplicative site formation in infected cells in which the helicase-primase components (UL5, UL8, and UL52), the origin-binding protein (UL9), and the viral single-stranded DNA-binding protein (ICP8) assemble together to initiate the process. This is followed by the recruitment of the viral polymerase into the structures, a step facilitated by the polymerase accessory protein, UL42. Host cell factors can apparently substitute for some of these viral proteins under certain conditions, because the viral protein requirements for prereplicative site formation are reduced in transfected cells and in infected cells treated with drugs that inhibit DNA synthesis.

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