Alternatively spliced forms in the carboxy-terminal domain of the p53 protein regulate its ability to promote annealing of complementary single strands of nucleic acids.

AUTOR(ES)

Wu, L

RESUMO

The carboxy-terminal domain of the p53 protein comprising amino acid residues 311 to 393 is able to promote the reassociation of single-stranded RNA or DNA into duplex hybrids. This domain is as efficient as the intact p53 protein in both the rate and the extent of the double-stranded product produced in this reaction. Both wild-type and mutant p53 proteins from cancerous cells carry out this reaction. The monoclonal antibody PAb421, which detects an epitope between residues 370 and 378, blocks the ability of p53 to reassociate single strands of RNA or DNA. Similarly, the alternative splice form of the murine p53 protein, which removes amino acid residues 364 to 390 and replaces them with 17 new amino acids, does not carry out the reassociation reaction with RNA or DNA. This is the first indication of functionally distinct properties of the alternative splice forms of p53. These results suggest that this splice alternative can regulate a p53-mediated reaction that may be related to the functions of this protein.

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