title: Effects of the cellular p53 protein on Simian-virus-40-T-antigen-catalyzed DNA unwinding in vitro.
abstract: It is known that large T antigen, the regulatory protein encoded by Simian virus 40 (SV40), forms tight complexes with the cellular p53 protein in SV40-transformed rodent cells. Using immunoaffinity procedures we have purified large T antigen and, in separate experiments, the cellular p53 protein. The two proteins formed complexes in vitro which bound well to double-stranded DNA fragments although in a sequence-unspecific manner. Free, uncomplexed T antigen readily converted double-stranded DNA into a single-stranded form whereas in-vitro-formed p53-T-antigen complexes were inactive in this reaction. We conclude that one function of p53 in SV40-transformed mouse cells could be the inhibition of the replication initiating activity of T antigen.
authors.affiliation: Fakultät für Biologie, Universität Konstanz.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kienzle
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baack
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Knippers
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000952:Antigens, Polyomavirus Transforming; D002460:Cell Line; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; D004265:DNA Helicases / Q000378:metabolism*; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D010957:Plasmids; D011485:Protein Binding; D013539:Simian virus 40 / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53
chemical_list: D000952:Antigens, Polyomavirus Transforming; D004279:DNA, Viral; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53; D004265:DNA Helicases