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. 1980 Mar;33(3):1034-45.
doi: 10.1128/JVI.33.3.1034-1045.1980.

Translational products encoded by newly acquired sequences of independently derived feline sarcoma virus isolates are structurally related

W J Van de Ven, A S Khan, F H Reynolds Jr, K T Mason, J R Stephenson

Translational products encoded by newly acquired sequences of independently derived feline sarcoma virus isolates are structurally related

W J Van de Ven et al. J Virol. 1980 Mar.

Abstract

Polyproteins encoded by several independent isolates of feline sarcoma virus (FeSV) were analyzed with respect to molecular weight, extent of phosphorylation, and tryptic peptide composition. As previously reported, cells nonproductively transformed by the Gardner strain of FeSV express a polyprotein which has a molecular weight of approximately 115,000 and contains feline leukemia virus p15, p12, and minor portion of p30. In addition, a major 72,000-dalton possible cleavage product can be identified. Snyder-Theilen FeSV-transformed cells express a major polyprotein of approximately 115,000 daltons and a second highly related 80,000-dalton protein. The p12 structural component of Gardner FeSV P115, but not Snyder-Theilen FeSV 115, corresponds to feline leukemia virus subgroup A with respect to immunological type specificity, a finding consistent with the independent origin of these viruses. Tryptic peptide analysis revealed five methionine-containing peptides specific to the nonstructural portion of Gardner FeSV 115, three of which were also represented in Snyder-Theilen FeSV P115, three of which were also represented in Snyder-Theilen FeSV P115. None of these [35S]methionine-labeled tryptic peptides were present in translational products representative of the complete feline leukemia virus subgroup A genome, including Pr180gag-pol, Pr65gag, and Pr82env. Similarly phosphorylated tryptic peptides within the structural (p12) and nonstructural components of Gardner FeSV P115 and Snyder-Theilen FeSV P115 Are highly related. These findings support the possibility that acquired sequences of two independently derived isolates of FeSV encode structurally related proteins.

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