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. 1988 Dec;62(12):4730–4736. doi: 10.1128/jvi.62.12.4730-4736.1988

p59v-rel, the transforming protein of reticuloendotheliosis virus, is complexed with at least four other proteins in transformed chicken lymphoid cells.

S Simek 1, N R Rice 1
PMCID: PMC253588  PMID: 2846883

Abstract

Previous studies have identified the protein product of v-rel, the oncogene carried by reticuloendotheliosis virus (REV), as a 59,000-dalton phosphoprotein located predominantly in the cytosol of transformed chicken lymphoid cells. In immune precipitates of p59v-rel, there is a closely associated protein kinase activity. In chicken lymphoid cells that do not contain REV, p68c-rel is found free in the cytosol not associated with other proteins and not detectably phosphorylated. In this study, we found that immune precipitates of 59v-rel from REV-transformed cells contain at least four other proteins, of approximate molecular weights 124, 115, 68, and 36 kilodaltons (kDa). The 124-, 115-, and 36-kDa proteins are apparently unrelated to p59v-rel in sequence, and their coprecipitation suggests that they are complexed with p59v-rel. The coprecipitating 68-kDa protein was found to be p68c-rel, which, like the other three proteins, precipitates by virtue of its association with p59v-rel. Glycerol gradient analysis suggested the presence of more than one type of complex: one containing p115, p68c-rel, p59v-rel, and p36, and another containing p124, p115, p59v-rel, and possibly p68c-rel. In vitro kinase activity was found in all size classes, coinciding with the distribution of p115 and p59v-rel. The complex(es) was stable under a variety of conditions, including a wide range of ionic strengths, chelators, and detergents, and through multiple cycles of immune precipitation and elution. This suggests a specific and functionally significant interaction among the members that may be of direct relevance to the mechanism of REV-induced transformation.

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