Some lymphoid cell lines transformed by Abelson murine leukemia virus lack a major 36,000-dalton tyrosine protein kinase substrate.

AUTOR(ES)

Sefton, B M

RESUMO

Fibroblasts transformed by Abelson murine leukemia virus differ from normal fibroblasts in that they contain several cellular proteins, including one of 29 and one of 36 kilodaltons, which are phosphorylated at tyrosine residues. Since it has been shown before that these proteins also become phosphorylated at tyrosine after transformation of fibroblasts by a number of other retroviruses, their phosphorylation may play an important role in the transformation of these cells. In contrast, the 36-kilodalton phosphoprotein was not detectable in three of the four lines of Abelson virus-transformed B lymphoma cell lines studied here. These three cell lines, RAW307.1.1, 18-48, and 18-81, and a B lymphoma induced by mineral oil, WEHI 279, were all found to lack both the phosphorylated and unphosphorylated forms of the 36-kilodalton protein. It thus appears that expression of this major cell protein is not essential for the survival of B lymphoma cells in culture and that the phosphorylation of the 36-kilodalton protein at tyrosine is not essential for transformation of pre-B lymphocytes by Abelson virus.

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