The growth-related 25-kDa protein (p25) of Ehrlich ascites tumor (EAT) has been characterized by molecular cloning and sequencing of cDNA clones detected by hybridization with oligonucleotide probes synthesized according to the amino acid sequence of a tryptic peptide of p25. Detection of p25 mRNA in EAT of the exponential growth phase and of the stationary phase using cDNA-derived RNA probes demonstrated that the abundance of p25 mRNA is also growth-related. High-level expression of p25 in Escherichia coli has been established by oligonucleotide-directed mutagenesis of cDNA and insertion of the mutated cDNA into a T7-promoter expression vector. Recombinant p25 from the expressed cDNA sequence has been shown to comigrate with EAT p25 in electrophoresis and to react with antibodies against the EAT p25. On the amino acid level, p25 shows about 80% sequence homology to the human stress protein hsp27. Furthermore, p25 has similar isoforms of phosphorylation as demonstrated for small mammalian stress proteins from rat and human. From the results obtained, it is concluded that p25 is a mammalian stress protein, the abundance of which is related to growth characteristics of the Ehrlich ascites tumor.Various genes and corresponding proteins are known to be expressed in a cell-cycle-dependent or, more generally, growthdependent manner, i.e. the levels of specific mRNAs and proteins vary over a cell cycle and in different growth phases of cell populations (for reviews see [l, 21).It is known that after transplantation of the Ehrlich ascites tumor (EAT) in mice the tumor shows exponential growth. Later on, the growth rate of the tumor declines continuously and EAT ultimately reaches a stationary phase without any further increase in tumor mass. Recently, it has been shown that the different stages of development of EAT in mice are correlated with changes in the synthesis as well as in the abundance of several proteins [3,4]. One of the most striking changes in the abundance of EAT proteins during tumor growth is the accumulation of a 25-kDa protein (p25) and its differently phosphorylated isoforms within the stationary phase of the EAT [3-51, in which cells are preferentially in the late S and G2 phase [6].In this paper we describe molecular cloning, sequencing and expression in Escherichiu coli of the growth-related 25-kDa EAT protein (p25). From the data obtained, the homology of p25 to small mammalian stress proteins is shown.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Purification of p25The nonphosphorylated isoform of p25 was purified by preparative two-dimensional electrophoresis ('giant' gels) [7] with the modified conditions described by Neville [8] for the second dimension.
Tryptic digestion and peptide sequence analysisEAT p25 (4 nmol) was digested with trypsin in 80 p10.1 M N-ethylmorpholine acetate pH 8.1 for 4 h at 37°C (enzyme/ substrate ratio: 1:50). The digest was acidified with 10% trifluoroacetic acid to pH 2 and separated by HPLC on a Vydac C-4 column (4.6 x 75 mm) using a linear gradient of 0 -60% acetonitrile in 0.05% t...
Protein-RNA interactions in the 5S rRNA-protein L5 complex from rat liver ribosomes were studied by limited digestion of free and protein bound 5S rRNA with ribonuclease A and T1. In the complex with protein L5 the digestion of 5S rRNA by ribonuclease T1 is decreased at G37 and G89, whereas U38 and C39, and to a lower extent also C10 and U12 become accessible for ribonuclease A.
Cross-linking of proteins within the small subunit of rat liver ribosomes by the bifunctional reagent dimethyl 4,7-dioxo-5,6-dihydroxy-3,8-diazadecanbisimidate produced numerous covalently linked protein dimers which could be separated by a combination of ion-exchange chromatography on carboxymethyl cellulose and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The protein components of the dimers were identified electrophoretically after periodate cleavage of the cross-link(s). The analysis revealed 42 cross-linked dimers involving 25 different proteins. Among these, proteins S3, S4 and S20 occurred in combinations with six, eight and seven different proteins, respectively. For proteins S13, S14 and S17 five protein neighbours could be identified, while 13 of the remaining proteins were linked to three or four different protein partners. The involvement of the majority of proteins in the formation of multiple cross-linked dimers implies that a large number of protein-protein interaction sites exist within the ribosomal subunit. A preliminary model illustrating the arrangement of 16 proteins in the small ribosomal subunit is presented and discussed with respect to possible functions, especially in the event of translation initiation.
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