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Mol Cell Biol. 1992 July; 12(7): 3087-3093

The replication activation potential of selected RNA polymerase II promoter elements at the simian virus 40 origin.

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles 90024.

ABSTRACT

Binding sites for cellular transcription factors were placed near the simian virus 40 origin of replication, and their effect on replication and TATA-dependent transcription was measured in COS cells. The hierarchy of transcriptional stimulation changed when the plasmids replicated. Only one of seven inserted sequences, a moderately weak transcription element, stimulated replication detectably. However, when two nonstimulatory sites were present in multiple copies they did activate replication. Multiple sites for the chimeric activator GAL4-VP16 did not stimulate replication even though transcription was stimulated strongly. The results indicate that the ability of a binding site to stimulate replication from the simian virus 40 ori is not based on its transcriptional activation potential but is instead related to a separate replication activation potential that can be increased by having multiple sites.

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