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Mop-like replication and the formation of replication foci of archaeal virus SIRV2 carrying linear dsDNA with hairpin ends
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Title: Mop-like replication and the formation of replication foci of archaeal virus SIRV2 carrying linear dsDNA with hairpin ends

Presenter: Prof. Xu Peng

University: University of Copenhagen  

Time: 9:00-10:00, April 8, 2016

Venue: Room A202, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Abstract: Viruses have been found to employ diverse replication strategies. In contrast to the two well-defined re2plication modes employed by some viruses, the θ replication and the σ replication, much less is known about the more complex replication involving multimeric and highly branched viral replicative intermediates. Here, we describe a novel replication strategy exploited by the crenarchaeal rudivirus SIRV2 carrying linear dsDNA with hairpin ends. We find that SIRV2 forms large, multimeric and branched replication intermediates with unusual “mop-like” structures, resulted from strand-displacement replication with multiple consecutive reinitiation events from one parental template. Moreover, our data suggest the involvement of a diversity of replication modes in SIRV2 replication including strand-displacement from both termini of the linear dsDNA genome, rolling-circle mode of replication and bidirectional replication from a circular dimeric intermediate. Further, SIRV2 forms replication centers in the infected host cells where host replication proteins such as DNA polymerase DpoI and PCNA concentrate, mimicking eukaryotic viral factories.

 
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