title: Immunochemical characterization of pyrimidine kinase induced by varicella-zoster virus.
abstract: Thymidine kinase (TK) induced by varicella-zoster virus (VZV) was precipitated with ammonium sulphate and purified by Sephadex G-150, QAE-Sephadex and Blue Sepharose column chromatographies. The purified TK fraction also contained deoxycytidine kinase (dCK) activity and a 35000 mol. wt. (35K) polypeptide as a major component. The TK and dCK activities were both neutralized by anti-VZV serum. Antiserum to an extract of cells infected with a bromodeoxyuridine (BUdR)-resistant mutant virus contained no antibody to the viral TK and dCK activities or to the 35K polypeptide. Antiserum to the purified viral TK fraction was prepared and absorbed with a lysate of BUdR-resistant mutant virus-infected cells. The resulting absorbed antiserum (anti-vTK serum) neutralized the viral activities of both TK and dCK, and specifically immunoprecipitated a 35K polypeptide from the lysate of parental virus-infected cells, but did not immunoprecipitate any detectable polypeptide from cells infected with BUdR-resistant mutant virus. Anti-vTK serum stained mainly the nuclei of cells infected with the parental virus strain, but did not stain those infected with BUdR-resistant mutant virus by an indirect fluorescent antibody test. These results suggest that the 35K polypeptide produced in VZV-infected cells is responsible for the viral TK and dCK activities, and that the TK and dCK are mainly localized in the nuclei of infected cells.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shiraki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ogino
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamanishi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takahashi
mesh_terms: D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000276:immunology; D001973:Bromodeoxyuridine / Q000494:pharmacology; D003842:Deoxycytidine Kinase / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014645:Herpesvirus 3, Human / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000276:immunology; D007158:Immunologic Techniques; D010770:Phosphotransferases / Q000276:immunology*; D013937:Thymidine Kinase / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D014764:Viral Proteins; D010770:Phosphotransferases; D013937:Thymidine Kinase; D003842:Deoxycytidine Kinase; D001973:Bromodeoxyuridine