For fixed sequences $$u = (u_i)_{i\in {{\mathbb {N}}}}, \varphi =(\varphi _i)_{i\in {{\mathbb {N}}}}$$
u
=
(
u
i
)
i
∈
N
,
φ
=
(
φ
i
)
i
∈
N
, we consider the weighted composition operator $$W_{u,\varphi }$$
W
u
,
φ
with symbols $$u, \varphi $$
u
,
φ
defined by $$x=(x_i)_{i\in {{\mathbb {N}}}}\mapsto u(x\circ \varphi )= (u_ix_{\varphi _i})_{i\in {{\mathbb {N}}}}$$
x
=
(
x
i
)
i
∈
N
↦
u
(
x
∘
φ
)
=
(
u
i
x
φ
i
)
i
∈
N
. We characterize the continuity and the compactness of the operator $$W_{u,\varphi }$$
W
u
,
φ
when it acts on the weighted Banach spaces $$l^p(v)$$
l
p
(
v
)
, $$1\le p\le \infty $$
1
≤
p
≤
∞
, and $$c_0(v)$$
c
0
(
v
)
, with $$v=(v_i)_{i\in {{\mathbb {N}}}}$$
v
=
(
v
i
)
i
∈
N
a weight sequence on $${{\mathbb {N}}}$$
N
. We extend these results to the case in which the operator $$W_{u,\varphi }$$
W
u
,
φ
acts on sequence (LF)-spaces of type $$l_p(\mathcal {V})$$
l
p
(
V
)
and on sequence (PLB)-spaces of type $$a_p(\mathcal {V})$$
a
p
(
V
)
, with $$p\in [1,\infty ] \cup \{0\}$$
p
∈
[
1
,
∞
]
∪
{
0
}
and $$\mathcal {V}$$
V
a system of weights on $${{\mathbb {N}}}$$
N
. We also characterize other topological properties of $$W_{u,\varphi }$$
W
u
,
φ
acting on $$l_p(\mathcal {V})$$
l
p
(
V
)
and on $$a_p(\mathcal {V})$$
a
p
(
V
)
, such as boundedness, reflexivity and to being Montel.