title: Comparison of the interactions of the adenovirus type 2 major core protein and its precursor with DNA.
abstract: The interactions of the major core protein of adenovirus type 2 (Ad2) protein VII, and its precursor, protein pre-VII, with viral DNA, were studied using UV light induced crosslinking of 32P-labelled oligonucleotides to the proteins. Proteolytic fragments of these two proteins that contain DNA-binding domains were identified by virtue of their covalently attached, alkali-resistant 32P-radioactivity. The overall efficiency of crosslinking of protein pre-VII to DNA, in H2ts1 virions assembled at 39 degrees C, was comparable to that of the crosslinking of protein VII to DNA in Ad2 virions. However, a protease V8 fragment comprising the N-terminal half of protein pre-VII crosslinked to DNA at least ten times more efficiently than the corresponding N-terminal fragment of protein VII, which is truncated by the removal of 23 amino acids from the N-terminus of protein pre-VII during virion maturation.
mesh_terms: D000260:Adenoviruses, Human / Q000235:genetics*; D001665:Binding Sites; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000378:metabolism*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009024:Morphogenesis; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000378:metabolism; D014758:Viral Core Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D004279:DNA, Viral; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D011498:Protein Precursors; D014758:Viral Core Proteins