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. 1991 Dec;65(12):7016–7019. doi: 10.1128/jvi.65.12.7016-7019.1991

Low-level inversion of the L component of pseudorabies virus is not dependent on sequence homology.

G F Rall 1, S Kupershmidt 1, X Q Lu 1, T C Mettenleiter 1, T Ben-Porat 1
PMCID: PMC250819  PMID: 1658393

Abstract

Pseudorabies virus has a class 2 genome in which the S component is found in two orientations relative to the L component. The L component is bracketed by sequences that are partially homologous; it is found mainly in one orientation, but a small proportion is inverted (J. M. DeMarchi, Z. Lu, G. Rall, S. Kuperschmidt, and T. Ben-Porat, J. Virol. 64:4968-4977, 1990). We have ascertained the role of the patchy homologous sequences bracketing the L component in its inversion. A viral mutant, vYa, from which the sequences at the right end of the L component were deleted was constructed. Despite the absence of homologous sequences bracketing the L component in vYa, its L component inverted to an extent similar to that of the L component in the wild-type virus. These results show the following. (i) The low-frequency inversion of the L component of PrV is not mediated by homologous sequences bracketing this component. (ii) Cleavage of concatemeric DNA at the internal junction between the S and L components is responsible for the appearance of the minority of genomes with an inverted L component in populations of pseudorabies virus. (iii) The signals present near or at the end of the S component are sufficient to allow low-frequency cleavage of concatemeric DNA; the sequences at the end of the L component are not essential for cleavage, although they enhance it considerably.

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