title: Oligomerization of the bacteriophage lambda S protein in the inner membrane of Escherichia coli.
abstract: Western blot (immunoblot) analysis of cell extracts from induced bacteriophage lambda lysogens probed with S-protein-specific antibody (raised against an S--beta-galactosidase fusion protein) demonstrated that the bacteriophage lambda S protein begins to appear 10 min after phage induction and is localized to the inner membrane at all times during the lytic cycle. Between 100 and 1,000 molecules of S protein per cell were present at the time of phage-induced lysis. Western blots of chemically cross-linked membranes from induced lysogens showed a ladder of bands at 18, 24, 32, and 42 kilodaltons (the S-protein monomer ran at 8 kilodaltons) that reacted with anti-S-protein antibody. Thus, the S protein appears to reside in the inner membrane as a multimer, and the molecular weights of the cross-linked species are consistent with those of S-protein homopolymers. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-resistant dimers were also detected when S protein was purified by immunoprecipitation.
authors: Section of Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853.
authors: M T
authors: MT
authors: Zagotta
authors: D B
authors: DB
authors: Wilson
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000906:Antibodies; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D010582:Bacteriophage lambda / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D001435:Bacteriophages / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D005838:Genotype; D007700:Kinetics; D008242:Lysogeny; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000235:genetics; D013388:Succinimides
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D013388:Succinimides; C011240:dithiobis(succinimidylpropionate)