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. 1986 Oct;6(10):3470-80.
doi: 10.1128/mcb.6.10.3470-3480.1986.

Identification of separate domains in the adenovirus E1A gene for immortalization activity and the activation of virus early genes

E Moran, B Zerler, T M Harrison, M B Mathews

Identification of separate domains in the adenovirus E1A gene for immortalization activity and the activation of virus early genes

E Moran et al. Mol Cell Biol. 1986 Oct.

Abstract

The transformation and early adenovirus gene transactivation functions of the E1A region were analyzed with deletion and point mutations. Deletion of amino acids from position 86 through 120 had little effect on the lytic or transforming functions of the E1A products, while deletion of amino acids from position 121 through 150 significantly impaired both functions. The sensitivity of the transformation function to alterations in the region from amino acid position 121 to 150 was further indicated by the impairment of transforming activity resulting from single amino acid substitutions at positions 124 and 135. Interestingly, conversion of a cysteine residue at position 124 to glycine severely impaired the transformation function without affecting the early adenovirus gene activating functions. Single amino acid substitutions in a different region of the E1A gene had the converse effect. All the mutants produced polypeptides of sufficient stability to be detected by Western immunoblot analysis. The single amino acid substitutions at positions 124 and 135, although impairing the transformation functions, did not detectably alter the formation of the higher-apparent-molecular-weight forms of the E1A products.

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