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. 1976 Feb;17(2):415–421. doi: 10.1128/jvi.17.2.415-421.1976

DNA synthesis in polyoma virus infection. V. Kinetic evidence for two requirements for protein synthesis during viral DNA replication.

K Yu, W P Cheevers
PMCID: PMC515432  PMID: 176423

Abstract

Protein synthesis in polyoma virus-infected cells was inhibited by 99% within 4 min after exposure to 10 mug of cycloheximide per ml. Subsequent to the block in protein synthesis, the rate of viral DNA synthesis declined via inhibition of the rate of initiation of new rounds of genome replication (Yu and Cheevers, 1976). This process was inhibited with complex kinetics: within 15 min after the addition of cycloheximide, the rate of formation of closed-circular viral DNA was reduced by about one-half. Thereafter, DNA synthesis in cycloheximide-treated cells declined more slowly, reaching a level of 10% of untreated cells only after approximately 2 h. Protein synthesis was also required for normal closure of progeny form I DNA: in the presence of cycloheximide, DNA synthesis was diverted from the production of form I to form Ic, a monomeric closed-circular DNA component deficient in superhelical turns (Yu and Cheevers, 1976). Form I is replaced by Ic with first-order exponential kinetics. It is concluded that at least two proteins are involved in the control of polyoma DNA replication. One is apparently a stoichiometric requirement involved in the initiation step of viral DNA synthesis, since this process cannot be maintained at a normal rate for more than a few minutes in the absence of protein synthesis. The second protein requirement, governing the closure of newly synthesized progeny DNA, is considered distinct from the "initiation" protein on the basis of the kinetic data.

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