title: NF-kappa B p100 is one of the high-molecular-weight proteins complexed with the v-Rel oncoprotein in transformed chicken spleen cells.
abstract: The Rel/NF-kappa B family of proteins includes several interacting cellular transcription factors and the v-Rel oncoprotein of the avian Rev-T retrovirus. We report the isolation of a chicken cDNA for the NF-kappa B p52 precursor protein p100. Full-length p100 only weakly binds DNA in vitro; removal of the ankyrin-like repeats generates C-terminally truncated p100 proteins (like p52) that have an increased ability to bind an oligonucleotide containing a kappa B site. In addition, we show that chicken p100 is identical to a protein previously designated p115, which is found in a complex with v-Rel in transformed chicken spleen cells. Furthermore, p100 and v-Rel can form a complex when synthesized in vitro. Using cDNAs for chicken NF-kappa B p105, NF-kappa B p100, c-Rel, and v-Rel, we show that one of the complexes in v-Rel-transformed spleen cells can be reconstituted in vitro.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Boston University, Massachusetts 02215.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sif
authors.forename: T D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Gilmore
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000378:metabolism*; D002645:Chickens; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D020572:Oncogene Proteins v-rel; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D015682:Retroviridae Proteins, Oncogenic / Q000378:metabolism*; D017384:Sequence Deletion; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology*
chemical_list: D016328:NF-kappa B; D020572:Oncogene Proteins v-rel; D011498:Protein Precursors; D015682:Retroviridae Proteins, Oncogenic