Antiserum specific for the carboxy terminus of the transforming protein of Rous sarcoma virus

J Virol. 1982 Nov;44(2):467-74. doi: 10.1128/JVI.44.2.467-474.1982.

Abstract

An antiserum specific for the carboxy terminus of p60src, the transforming protein of Rous sarcoma virus, was produced by immunization of rabbits with a conjugate of bovine serum albumin and the synthetic peptide NH2-Tyr-Val-Leu-Glu-Val-Ala-Glu-COOH. The carboxy-terminal six amino acids of this peptide correspond in sequence to that deduced for the carboxy terminus of the p60src of the Schmidt-Ruppin strain of Rous sarcoma virus of subgroup A. The p60src proteins of the several strains of Rous sarcoma virus and the cellular homolog of the viral transforming protein, p60c-src, comprise a polymorphic family of polypeptides. The anticarboxy-terminal serum reacted readily with the p60src proteins of three different strains of Rous sarcoma virus. In contrast, no precipitation of cellular p60c-src could be detected with this serum. This suggests that the viral p60src proteins have identical carboxy termini and that the carboxy terminus of cellular p60c-src may be different from that of viral p60src. The anticarboxy-terminal serum reacted poorly with the subpopulation of viral p60src which is present in a complex with two cellular phosphoproteins. Apparently, the presence of the two cellular proteins interferes with the recognition of p60src by the anticarboxy-terminal serum. It seems likely, therefore, that these two cellular proteins bind to the carboxy-terminal domain of p60src.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Avian Sarcoma Viruses / analysis
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Chickens
  • Immune Sera*
  • Oncogene Protein pp60(v-src)
  • Phosphoproteins / metabolism
  • Precipitin Tests
  • Protein Kinases / immunology*
  • Protein Kinases / metabolism
  • Rabbits
  • Species Specificity
  • Viral Proteins / immunology*
  • Viral Proteins / metabolism

Substances

  • Immune Sera
  • Phosphoproteins
  • Viral Proteins
  • Protein Kinases
  • Oncogene Protein pp60(v-src)