Transformation-defective mutants of Snyder-Theilen feline sarcoma virus lack tyrosine-specific protein kinase activity.

AUTOR(ES)

Barbacid, M

RESUMO

Four phenotypically normal mink cell clones, each containing a transformation-defective provirus of the Snyder-Theilen strain of feline sarcoma virus (ST-FeSV), synthesized an 85,000-dalton viral polyprotein (P85) indistinguishable in size and antigenic complexity from that encoded by wild-type transforming ST-FeSV. An additional transformation-defective, ST-FeSV-containing flat cell clone produced a polyprotein of 88,000 daltons (P88). The viral polyproteins immunoprecipitated from cytoplasmic extracts of these cells lacked the tyrosine-specific protein kinase activity associated with the wild-type ST-FeSV gene product. In addition, the products encoded by representative transformation-defective ST-FeSV genomes were poorly phosphorylated in vivo and lacked detectable phosphotyrosine residues. Whereas proteins of ST-FeSV transformants contained elevated levels of phosphotyrosine, those of mink cells containing transformation-defective ST-FeSV exhibited phosphotyrosine levels no higher than those found in uninfected cells. These findings provide genetic evidence that the tyrosine-specific protein kinase activity associated with ST-FeSV P85 is required for virus-induced transformation.

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