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. 1986 Dec;60(3):935-42.
doi: 10.1128/JVI.60.3.935-942.1986.

Spacing between simian virus 40 early transcriptional control sequences is important for regulation of early RNA synthesis and gene expression

K Khalili, G Khoury, J Brady

Spacing between simian virus 40 early transcriptional control sequences is important for regulation of early RNA synthesis and gene expression

K Khalili et al. J Virol. 1986 Dec.

Abstract

We have analyzed the effect of insertion mutants between the simian virus 40 (SV40) 21-base pair (bp) repeats and the early-early (EE) TATA sequence. Insertion of 4, 42, or 90 bp of DNA at the SV40 NcoI site (map position 37) has been analyzed for its effect on expression of the SV40 early gene and positioning of the RNA 5' ends. Insertion of 4 bp reduced SV40 early promoter-dependent chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) expression by six- to eightfold. Increasing the size of the insertion to 42 or 90 bp resulted in a further drop in early gene expression to basal levels. At the RNA level, the 4-bp insertion reduced EE RNA synthesis approximately 10-fold. No concomitant increase in late-early (LE) RNA synthesis was observed. Insertion of 42 or 90 bp of DNA resulted in a decrease of EE RNA synthesis and a stimulation of LE RNA synthesis. Deletion of the SV40 72-bp repeats from the insertion mutants demonstrated that some, but not all, of the LE RNA depends upon the presence of these sequences. These studies suggest that the ability of RNA polymerase II to utilize the EE (TATA-directed) transcriptional control sequence requires an interaction with the upstream 21-bp repeats or the 72-bp repeats or both. That LE RNA levels in pJI1-in42 CAT and pJI1-in90 CAT were equivalent to the level of EE RNA in pJI1-CAT, yet the level of CAT gene expression was decreased greater than 10-fold, suggests that LE mRNA is under translational control and probably prefers a 5' initiation codon proximal to that of the CAT gene.

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