Abstract
The bovine papillomavirus E6 gene can independently transform mouse C127 cells. To characterize E6 in greater detail, we created 16 site-directed mutations in E6, including substitution mutations in the cysteine codons of the four Cys-X-X-Cys motifs that are conserved in all papillomavirus E6 proteins. Proteins mutated in six of the seven cysteines tested, as well as those lacking the nonconserved C-terminus, were stable in transfected cells but were unable to induce morphological transformation, indicating that these amino acids play an important role in the function of E6.
MeSH Terms
Amino Acid Sequence
Animals
Bovine papillomavirus 1/genetics
Cell Line
Cell Transformation, Viral
DNA Mutational Analysis
DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics
Genes, Viral
Metalloproteins/genetics
Mice
Molecular Sequence Data
Papillomaviridae/genetics
Precipitin Tests
Transcription Factors/genetics
Viral Proteins/genetics,immunology
Chemicals
DNA-Binding Proteins
Metalloproteins
Transcription Factors
Viral Proteins
Authors & Affiliations
4 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Vousden K H
Laboratory of Cellular Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
Androphy E J
Schiller J T
Lowy D R
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