The product of the split sunY gene of bacteriophage T4 is a processed protein.
AUTOR(ES)
Zeeh, A
RESUMO
The sunY gene of bacteriophage T4 contains a self-splicing group I intron. The ligated exons encode an open reading frame of 605 amino acids, whose inferred molecular mass is 68 kDa. However, none of the proteins made following T4 infection have been assigned to the sunY gene, and no mutations have been mapped to this locus. We show here that the primary product of the sunY gene is a protein with an apparent molecular mass of 64 kDa, which is processed to a protein approximately 4 kDa smaller. Unlike most other processed T4 proteins, cleavage occurs independently of both the T4 processing protease, the product of gene 21, and late phage protein synthesis. Insertional mutagenesis demonstrated that the sunY protein is not necessary for normal T4 growth under the conditions tested.
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