title: Complex formation of the nonstructural protein 3 of hepatitis C virus with the p53 tumor suppressor.
abstract: By co-immunoprecipitation analysis, we demonstrated that wt-p53 formed a complex with non-structural protein (NS) 3 of hepatitis C virus, both in the absence and the presence of NS4A, a viral cofactor that strongly associates with NS3. Deletional analysis revealed that a portion near the N-terminus of NS3 (amino acids (aa) 1055 and 1200), which is different from the NS4A binding site, was necessary for the complex formation with wt-p53. On the other hand, a portion near the C-terminus of wt-p53 (aa 301-360), which has been reported to contain the oligomerization domain, was important for the complex formation with NS3.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Kobe University School of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ishido
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hotta
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D017931:DNA Primers; D006367:HeLa Cells; D016174:Hepacivirus / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D017384:Sequence Deletion; D014162:Transfection; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D017361:Viral Nonstructural Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases; D043583:Nucleoside-Triphosphatase; D053487:DEAD-box RNA Helicases; D000085242:Viral Proteases
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53; D017361:Viral Nonstructural Proteins; C084422:NS3 protein, hepatitis C virus; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases; D043583:Nucleoside-Triphosphatase; D053487:DEAD-box RNA Helicases; D000085242:Viral Proteases; C093542:NS4 protein, hepatitis C virus