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. 1979 Feb;29(2):587–596. doi: 10.1128/jvi.29.2.587-596.1979

Effect of alkylation on the physical properties of simian virus 40 T-antigen species.

L V Crawford, P Z O'Farrell
PMCID: PMC353192  PMID: 219248

Abstract

We analyzed large and small species of T-antigen by immunoprecipitation and two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. The T-antigen species were subjected to electrophoresis either directly or after reduction and alkylation with N-ethylmaleimide. Treatment with N-ethylmaleimide improved the resolution of large-T by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and was a requirement for the resolution of small-t antigen on two dimensional gels. Large-T did not form a discrete protein spot, but rather formed a streak from approximately pH 6.5 to 6.9 on isoelectric focusing gels. Small-t formed a sharp protein spot at approximately pH 7.2 when subjected to electrophoresis under non-equilibrium conditions which extended the pH gradient to include proteins with basic isoelectric points. Treatment with N-ethylmaleimide decreased the mobility of the T-antigen species during sodium dodecyl sulfate gel electrophoresis. We suggest that the apparent increase in molecular weight was due to the association of N-ethylmaleimide with cysteine-rich regions of these proteins. Viable deletion mutants of simian virus 40 which do not induce the synthesis of small-t but product small-t-related polypeptides were used to localize the cysteine-rich region of small-t to between 0.54 and 0.59 on the genetic map of simian virus 40.

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