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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
18
pubmed:dateCreated
1983-10-28
pubmed:abstractText
Site-specific antibodies to pp60src, the transforming protein of Rous sarcoma virus (RSV), have been prepared by immunizing rabbits with a chemically synthesized pentadecapeptide corresponding to residues 498-512 (Cys-Trp-Arg-Lys-Asp-Pro-Glu-Glu-Arg-Pro-Thr-Phe-Lys-Tyr-Leu) as deduced from the nucleotide sequence of the Prague C src gene. Antibodies specific for the synthetic peptide were purified from immune sera by affinity chromatography on peptide-bound Sepharose and characterized by a number of immunocytochemical techniques. Immunoprecipitation and Western blot analyses of normal and RSV-transformed cell lines revealed that this peptide antibody identified the authentic viral src gene product. This finding was further supported by indirect immunofluorescence on RSV-transformed rat kidney cells. The anti-peptide antibodies produced dramatic intracellular staining patterns characteristic of the src protein. Although able to immunoprecipitate pp60src, in vitro kinase reactions indicated that, unlike sera from RSV-induced tumor-bearing rabbits, the peptide antibody did not serve as a phosphate acceptor in the immunocomplex. Moreover, immunoprecipitates of pp60src prepared from this site-specific immune reagent were unable to phosphorylate exogenously added casein or the synthetic peptide substrate, Arg-Arg-Leu-Ile-Glu-Asp-Ala-Glu-Tyr-Ala-Ala-Arg-Gly. In contrast, pp60src-containing immunoprecipitates made from an anti-peptide serum specific for the COOH-terminal six amino acids (residues 521-526), a region only eight amino acids removed, readily phosphorylated both substrates. This evidence indicates that an antibody directed against residues 498-512 neutralizes the kinase activity of pp60src and suggests that this region may be functionally necessary for the tyrosine-specific kinase activity of this transforming protein.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
25
pubmed:volume
258
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
11219-28
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1983
pubmed:articleTitle
Antibodies to a defined region of pp60src neutralize the tyrosine-specific kinase activity.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.