title: Herpesvirus saimiri protein StpB associates with cellular Src.
abstract: Subgroup B isolates of Herpesvirus saimiri are less efficient in T lymphocyte transformation when compared with subgroups A or C. Here it is shown that subgroup B strain SMHI encodes a protein, StpB, at a position equivalent to those of the ORFs for the saimiri transforming proteins (Stp) of subgroups A and C. StpB shares little similarity with StpA or StpC, but interacts with the SH2 domain of cellular Src, as does StpA. Thus, factors other than c-Src binding determine the efficiency of primary T cell transformation by Herpesvirus saimiri.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Klinische und Molekulare Virologie, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Schloßgarten 4, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany1.
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hör
authors.affiliation: Institut für Klinische und Molekulare Virologie, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Schloßgarten 4, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany1.
authors.forename: Armin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ensser
authors.affiliation: Institut für Klinische und Molekulare Virologie, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Schloßgarten 4, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany1.
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Reiss
authors.affiliation: Institute for Radiobiology at the Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232 Villigen-PSI, Switzerland2.
authors.forename: Kurt
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ballmer-Hofer
authors.affiliation: Institut für Klinische und Molekulare Virologie, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Schloßgarten 4, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany1.
authors.forename: Brigitte
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Biesinger
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D019556:COS Cells; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006567:Herpesvirus 2, Saimiriine / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011485:Protein Binding; D016392:Proto-Oncogene Proteins pp60(c-src) / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D014162:Transfection; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D018909:src Homology Domains
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; C421620:StpB protein, herpesvirus saimiri; D014764:Viral Proteins; D016392:Proto-Oncogene Proteins pp60(c-src)