Affiliation:
1. Unité d'Oncologie Moléculaire, Institut de Recherches Scientifiques sur le Cancer, Villejuif, France.
Abstract
We have investigated the biochemical properties of Xenopus laevis p53. With an in vitro binding assay, we can detect a specific association between X. laevis p53 and simian virus 40 large T antigen. Furthermore, X. laevis p53 expressed in monkey COS cells is stably associated with this viral antigen. Like mammalian p53, X. laevis p53 in complex with simian virus 40 large T antigen exhibits a 20-fold increase of its half-life. On the other hand, X. laevis p53 is unable to associate either in vivo or in vitro with adenovirus type 5 E1B 55-kilodalton protein. We show by an immunological technique that X. laevis p53 forms specific complexes with mammalian hsp72 and hsp73 heat shock proteins only at a temperature well above the optimal growth temperature for X. laevis. Our results suggest that the protein-binding properties of p53 are closely related to the functional activity of the protein.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Virology,Insect Science,Immunology,Microbiology
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