title: Viral proteins associated with the Epstein-Barr virus transactivator, ZEBRA.
abstract: The BamHI Z Epstein-Barr replication activator (ZEBRA) mediates disruption of latency and induction of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) early gene expression in latently infected lymphocytes. Polyclonal rabbit sera raised against ZEBRA were used to immunoprecipitate ZEBRA-associated proteins (ZAPs). ZAPs of 19, 21, 23, and 42 kDa were coimmunoprecipitated with ZEBRA from extracts of EBV-producing lymphoid cell lines. ZAPs were not recognized directly by the rabbit sera, but they were antigenic for EBV+ human sera. Immunoprecipitation of ZAPs by ZEBRA-specific antisera required the presence of ZEBRA. ZAPs were not coprecipitated with ZEBRA from mouse cells expressing only ZEBRA, from Raji (a cell line in which EBV is unable to complete lytic replication), or from cells treated with inhibitors of viral DNA synthesis. Thus, ZAPs are late EBV-encoded proteins. ZEBRA and ZAPs colocalized to a salt-insoluble nuclear fraction, and both were found extracellularly in crude preparations of virions. ZAPs might function to affect the cellular localization of ZEBRA, to alter its capacity to transactivate, or to influence its target gene specificity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Katz
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Baumann
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Kolman
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D002460:Cell Line; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development; D006801:Humans; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D011485:Protein Binding; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000378:metabolism*; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D014779:Virus Replication
chemical_list: C063676:BZLF1 protein, Herpesvirus 4, Human; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D015534:Trans-Activators; D014764:Viral Proteins