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. 1978 Mar;75(3):1404–1408. doi: 10.1073/pnas.75.3.1404

Amino- and carboxyl-terminal amino acid sequences of proteins coded by gag gene of murine leukemia virus

Stephen Oroszlan *,†, Louis E Henderson *, John R Stephenson ‡, Terry D Copeland *, Cedric W Long *, James N Ihle §, Raymond V Gilden *
PMCID: PMC411480  PMID: 206897

Abstract

The amino- and carboxyl-terminal amino acid sequences of proteins (p10, p12, p15, and p30) coded by the gag gene of Rauscher and AKR murine leukemia viruses were determined. Among these proteins, p15 from both viruses appears to have a blocked amino end. Proline was found to be the common NH2 terminus of both p30s and both p12s, and alanine of both p10s. The amino-terminal sequences of p30s are identical, as are those of p10s, while the p12 sequences are clearly distinctive but also show substantial homology. The carboxyl-terminal amino acids of both viral p30s and p12s are leucine and phenylalanine, respectively. Rauscher leukemia virus p15 has tyrosine as the carboxyl terminus while AKR virus p15 has phenylalanine in this position. The compositional and sequence data provide definite chemical criteria for the identification of analogous gag gene products and for the comparison of viral proteins isolated in different laboratories. On the basis of amino acid sequences and the previously proposed H-p15-p12-p30-p10-COOH peptide sequence in the precursor polyprotein, a model for cleavage sites involved in the post-translational processing of the precursor coded for by the gag gene is proposed.

Keywords: Rauscher leukemia virus, AKR leukemia virus, type C virus, structural proteins

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