DNA binding properties of simian virus 40 T-antigens synthesized in vivo and in vitro.

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Prives, C

RESUMO

Simian virus 40 large T- and small t-antigens have been shown previously to share immunological determinants and common sequences and to have roles in virus-induced cell transformation. However, only large T-antigen is a DNA binding protein. Under all conditions tested, small t-antigen did not interact with DNA. Large T-antigen synthesized in infected cells bound to both native calf thymus and simian virus 40 DNAs. As its binding efficiency was less than 100%, it is likely that there are different forms of T-antigen which vary in their affinity for DNA. Large T-antigen synthesized in cell-free protein-synthesizing systems primed by simian virus 40 mRNA also bound to DNA-cellulose, whereas small t-antigen similarly synthesized in vitro did not. An 82,000-molecular-weight T-antigen polypeptide synthesized in cell-free protein-synthesizing systems primed by simian virus 40 complementary RNA transcribed in vitro from simian virus 40 DNA by Escherichia coli RNA polymerase bound efficiently to simian virus 40 DNA. As this product did not share sequences with the small t-antigen, it can be concluded that the amino-terminal portion of the T-antigen is not required for some of its specific DNA binding properties.

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