Functional implications of oligomerization of simian virus 40 large T antigen during lytic virus infection.
AUTOR(ES)
Wachter, M
RESUMO
The formation of oligomers of simian virus 40 (SV40) large T antigen in SV40-infected and -transformed monkey cells was analyzed by sucrose density gradient centrifugation. The overall distribution of total T antigen during lytic infection showed mainly low-molecular-weight forms (monomers and dimers) in the early phase (10 h postinfection) and an increase in the number of oligomers in the late phase of the lytic cycle (36 h postinfection), indicating an accumulation of these final products. In contrast, studying the conversion of newly synthesized T antigen into oligomers by appropriate pulse-chase radiolabeling of infected cells revealed that this processing decelerates considerably during the late phase of infection. This mechanism can be reaccelerated by blocking DNA replication with aphidicolin. Since none of these results could be obtained by using synchronized SV40-transformed monkey cells (COS-1), these observations are compatible with the idea that the process of T antigen oligomerization may be involved in viral, but not in cellular, DNA synthesis.
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