A comparative study of the polypeptides of three iridescent viruses by N-terminal analysis,amino acid analysis,and surface labeling |
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Authors: | Norman F. Moore David C. Kelly |
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Affiliation: | NERC, Unit of Invertebrate Virology, 5, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3UB, England |
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Abstract: | Polyacrylamide gel analysis of the structural proteins of three types of iridescent viruses (2, 6, and 9) demonstrated that the purified virions had one major and more than 20 minor polypeptides. Surface labeling procedures performed on pure intact virions, using 125I in the presence of lactoperoxidase and chloramine T (at low iodine concentrations), demonstrated that the major and two or three minor polypeptides were located on the outside. The major structural polypeptide was isolated from each virus type by preparative polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Amino acid analysis indicated that this protein was very similar in the three iridescent viruses. The three polypeptides had an identical N terminal (proline). While the major polypeptide of each virus has a slightly different molecular weight as determined by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, the similarities in iodine labeling, N terminals, and amino acids suggests a common function for this protein. |
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Keywords: | Iridescent viruses viral proteins lactoperoxidase iodination chloramine T iodination amino acid analysis |
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