A 6700 MW membrane protein is encoded by region E3 of adenovirus type 2.
A 6700 MW membrane protein is encoded by region E3 of adenovirus type 2.
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6700 MW 膜蛋白由 2 型腺病毒 E3 区编码。
DOI:
10.1016/0042-6822(90)90395-8
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发表时间:
1990
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影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
Wold,WS
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作者:
Wilson-Rawls,J;Saha,SK;Krajcsi,P;Tollefson,AE;Gooding,LR;Wold,WS
There is an open reading frame between ATG1022and TGA1205in the E3 transcription unit of adenovirus 2 that could encode a protein of MW 6700 (6.7K) (61 amino acids). To address whether this protein is expressed, we prepared an antiserum against a synthetic peptide corresponding to residues 47–61 in the 6.7K protein. This antiserum immunoprecipitated two series of protein bands, a 7K–8K doublet and a 15K–16K doublet or triplet, as observed by electrophoresis on 10–18% gradient SDS-polyacrylamide gels. These bands were not obtained from cells infected with mutants that lack the 6.7K gene. Most, if not all, of the 7K–8K and 15K–16K bands were detected by immunoblot, indicating that they are modified versions of the 6.7K protein. Only an 8K band was observed after cell-free translation of hybridization-purified mRNA, suggesting that this may be the primary translation product. As judged by DNA sequence, the 6.7K protein has a hydrophobic domain of at least 22 residues (residues 16–37), suggesting that 6.7K may be a membrane protein. Consistent with this, the 7K–8K and 15K–16K bands were observed in the crude membrane but not the cytosol or nuclear fractions of biochemically fractionated cells. The 6.7K protein was underproduced by mutants which under-produce E3 mRNAs a and c, indicating that 6.7K is translated from these mRNAs. Since the E3-gp19K protein is also translated from mRNAs a and c, these mRNAs are bicistronic. The 6.7K protein is well-conserved in Ad5 (Ad2 and Ad5 are group C adenoviruses), and appears to be marginally conserved in Ad3 (group B).