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. 1986 Mar;57(3):1023-36.
doi: 10.1128/JVI.57.3.1023-1036.1986.

Characterization of the genes encoding herpes simplex virus type 1 and type 2 alkaline exonucleases and overlapping proteins

K G Draper, G Devi-Rao, R H Costa, E D Blair, R L Thompson, E K Wagner

Characterization of the genes encoding herpes simplex virus type 1 and type 2 alkaline exonucleases and overlapping proteins

K G Draper et al. J Virol. 1986 Mar.

Abstract

A detailed sequence analysis of the herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) and HSV-2 DNA encoding the alkaline exonuclease mRNA clusters has been completed. Three partially colinear mRNAs (2.3, 1.9, and 0.9 kilobases) are completely encoded within the DNA sequence presented. The putative promoter regions of the transcripts were inserted upstream of a plasmid-borne chloramphenicol acetyl transferase (CAT) gene and assayed for their ability to induce transcription of the CAT gene upon low multiplicity of infection with HSV in transient expression assays. We conclude that the expression of all three transcripts appear to be controlled by individual promoters. The 2.3-kilobase mRNA contains an open translational reading frame sufficient to encode 626 amino acids for the HSV-1 alkaline exonuclease enzyme; this value is 620 amino acids for HSV-2. A comparison of the predicted amino acid sequences of the HSV-1 and HSV-2 alkaline exonuclease enzymes revealed significant amino acid differences in the N-terminal portions of the two proteins; however, computer analyses suggest that the three-dimensional structures of the HSV-1 and HSV-2 nuclease enzymes are very similar. The 0.9-kilobase mRNA contains an open reading frame which shares a small amount of out-of-phase overlap with the C-terminal portion of the alkaline nuclease open reading frame. This open reading frame has the capacity to encode a 96-amino-acid polypeptide (10,500 daltons).

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