Extensive mutagenesis of the nuclear location signal of simian virus 40 large-T antigen.
AUTOR(ES)
Colledge, W H
RESUMO
Site-directed mutagenesis was used to change Lys-128 of the simian virus 40 large-T nuclear location signal to Met, Ile, Arg, Gln, Asn, Leu, or His. Except for the large-T antigen of the Arg mutation, which was present in cytoplasmic and nuclear compartments, the resultant proteins were unable to enter the nucleus. By contrast, mutations at other sites within the signal were generally less severe in their effect. In some cases (Lys-128 to Gln, Asn, and His), the apparently cytoplasmic variants were able to support limited plasmid DNA replication, suggesting that low levels of large-T antigen undetectable by immunofluorescence were present in the nucleus. Such mutants did not support viral DNA replication. We conclude that there is a strong requirement for a basic residue at position 128 in the large-T nuclear location signal, with Lys the preferred residue.
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