Primary structure of p19 species of avian sarcoma and leukemia viruses.

AUTOR(ES)

Vogt, V M

RESUMO

The internal structural proteins of avian sarcoma and leukemia viruses are derived from a precursor polypeptide that is the product of the viral gag gene. The N-terminal domain of the precursor gives rise to p19, a protein that interacts with the lipid envelope of the virus and that may also interact with viral RNA. The C terminus of p19 from the Prague C strain of Rous sarcoma virus was previously assigned to a tyrosine residue 175 amino acids from the N terminus. We have used metabolic labeling and carboxypeptidase digestion to show that the C terminus of p19 is actually tyrosine 155. This implies the existence of a sixth gag protein 22 amino acids in length and located between p19 and p10 on the gag precursor. The p19 species of some recombinant avian sarcoma viruses and of the defective endogenous virus derived from the ev-1 locus migrate on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis as if they were about 4,000 daltons smaller than p19. We have elucidated the structure of these forms, called p19 beta, by analysis of the proteins and determination of the DNA sequence of the p19 region of the gag gene from ev-1 and ev-2. Esterification of carboxyl groups completely suppressed the differences in migration of p19 and p19 beta. Peptide mapping showed the altered mobility to be determined by sequences in the C-terminal cyanogen bromide fragment of the proteins. We conclude from the DNA sequence that a single glutamate-lysine alteration is responsible for the altered electrophoretic mobility.

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