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. 1997 May;71(5):4128–4132. doi: 10.1128/jvi.71.5.4128-4132.1997

A novel 39-kilodalton membrane protein binds GTP in polyomavirus-transformed cells.

P H Bauer 1, T L Benjamin 1
PMCID: PMC191570  PMID: 9094695

Abstract

To investigate the possible involvement of GTP-binding proteins in transformation by the DNA tumor virus polyomavirus, the GTP-binding activities of Ras-like proteins and G protein alpha subunit proteins were examined in polyomavirus-transformed cells. No differences in the degrees or patterns of expression of Ras-like proteins were observed. However, a 39-kDa protein specifically bound GTP in membranes from polyomavirus-transformed cells. This protein was not seen in nontransformed or lytically infected cells or in phenotypically normal revertants of polyomavirus-transformed cells. It reappeared, however, in spontaneous retransformants derived from the revertants. The 39-kDa protein was not found stably associated with polyomavirus T antigens, nor was it phosphorylated on tyrosine. The 39-kDa protein was not recognized by an antiserum specific for members of the Gi alpha subfamily of G proteins or by antisera against all other known GTP-binding proteins of similar molecular mass. These results suggest that this novel 39-kDa GTP-binding membrane protein is observed as part of a long-term response that accompanies stable transformation by the virus.

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