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. 1987 Apr;61(4):1147–1154. doi: 10.1128/jvi.61.4.1147-1154.1987

Phosphorylation of polyomavirus large T antigen: effects of viral mutations and cell growth state.

B J Bockus, B Schaffhausen
PMCID: PMC254075  PMID: 3029409

Abstract

Phosphorylation is responsible for the shift in electrophoretic mobility of polyomavirus large T antigen observed in pulse-chase or continuous-labeling experiments. Phosphorylated forms migrated more slowly than newly synthesized [35S]methionine large T antigen, and alkaline phosphatase treatment reversed the mobility shift. Analysis of phosphopeptides with Staphylococcus aureus V8 protease showed that large T antigen forms of intermediate mobility were enriched in peptides 1 to 4, 8, and 9, while the slower migrating species had all nine phosphopeptides, including peptides 5 and 7. The phosphorylations represented by phosphopeptides 5 and 7 were of particular interest. These phosphopeptides were entirely lacking in large T antigen from tsa mutants such as ts616 labeled at the nonpermissive temperature. Also, the phosphorylation of peptides 5 and 7 depends on the growth state of the cell. Early in infection of quiescent cells intermediate mobility forms of large T antigen with little or no phosphorylation, particularly of peptides 5 and 7, were seen, whereas peptides 5 and 7 were well represented at the same time in patterns from growing cells. Later in infection of growth-arrested cells, these phosphorylations were observed, suggesting that infection stimulates the relevant kinase. Because large T antigen of hrt mutants, which lack middle and small T antigens, showed phosphorylation of peptides 5 and 7, large T antigen was apparently responsible for the stimulation. Because some differences in the distribution of phosphopeptides were noted between hrt mutants and the wild type, middle T antigen, small T antigen, or both may play a modulating role in large T antigen phosphorylation.

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