Transactivation of both early and late simian virus 40 promoters by large tumor antigen does not require nuclear localization of the protein.

AUTOR(ES)

Wildeman, A G

RESUMO

The early gene product of simian virus 40, large tumor antigen (T antigen), is required for the onset of viral replication. This protein has also been reported to transactivate viral late gene expression, independently of replication. In this study I have used a vector that permits simultaneously a precise quantitation of simian virus 40 early and late promoter activity with a single nuclease S1 mapping probe. The results show that T antigen can activate the early promoter as well as the late promoter and that only on replicating templates does a shift occur in the ratio of late-to-early transcription. This simultaneous transactivation of early and late promoters occurs in human (HeLa) and monkey (CV-1) cells but does not occur in mouse embryonal carcinoma cells. It is seen with either wild-type T antigen or with a T antigen protein that carries a mutation in the nuclear localization signal. The mutant protein cannot bring about an early-to-late shift, consistent with its inability to support viral replication.

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