SIMIAN VIRUS-40 LARGE T-ANTIGEN POINT MUTANTS THAT ARE DEFECTIVE IN VIRAL-DNA REPLICATION BUT COMPETENT IN ONCOGENIC TRANSFORMATION
SIMIAN VIRUS-40 LARGE T-ANTIGEN POINT MUTANTS THAT ARE DEFECTIVE IN VIRAL-DNA REPLICATION BUT COMPETENT IN ONCOGENIC TRANSFORMATION
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DOI:
10.1128/mcb.4.6.1125
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
影响因子:
5.3
通讯作者:
GLUZMAN, Y
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作者:
MANOS, MM;GLUZMAN, Y
The large T antigen of SV40 is a multifunctional protein that is essential in both the virus lytic cycle and the oncogenic transformation of cells by SV40. To investigate the role of the numerous biochemical and physiological activities of T antigen in the lytic and transformation processes, DNA replication-deficient, transformation-competent large T-antigen mutants were studied. The genetic and biochemical analyses of 2 such mutants, C2/SV40 and C11/SV40 is described. The mutants were isolated by rescuing the integrated SV40 DNA from C2 and C11 cells (African green monkey kidney CV-1 cell lines transformed with UV-irradiated SV40). The mutant viral early regions were cloned into the plasmid vector pK1 to generate pC2 and pC11. The mutations that are responsible for the deficiency in viral DNA replication were localized by marker rescue. Subsequent DNA sequencing revealed point mutations that predict amino acid substitutions in the carboxyl third of the protein in both mutants. The pC2 mutation predicts the change of Lys .fwdarw. Arg at amino acid 516. pC11 has 2 mutations, one predicting a change of Pro .fwdarw. Ser at residue 522, and another predicting a Pro .fwdarw. Arg change at amino acid 549. The 2 C11 mutations were separated from each other to form 2 distinct viral genomes in pC11A and pC11B. pC2, pC11, pC11A and pC11B are able to transform both primary and established rodent cell cultures. The C11 and C11A T antigens are defective in ATPase activity, suggesting that wild-type levels of ATPase activity are not necessary for the oncogenic transformation of cells by T antigen.