Identification of cellular proteins that bind the central conserved region of p53.
The bacterial fusion protein between glutathione S-transferase and the central conserved region of human p53(GST-p53) was purified and fixed on the beads and then used in the binding assay with radiolabeled cell extract from human hepatocarcinoma cell line, Hep3B. The binding assay disclosed the presence of cellular proteins that interact with GST-p53 but not with GST. SV40 large T antigen abrogated the bindings of two cellular proteins with molecular weights of 50 kda and 40 kda. The binding of the proteins to p53 was observed in a cell cycle-dependent manner. These two proteins are candidate cellular proteins which regulate the function of p53.
Institute for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Osaka University, Japan.
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000187:drug effects; D002460:Cell Line; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D006918:Hydroxyurea / Q000494:pharmacology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*
D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53; D005982:Glutathione Transferase; D006918:Hydroxyurea