Identification of a protein encoded by the trans activator gene tatIII of human T-cell lymphotropic retrovirus type III.
AUTOR(ES)
Goh, W C
RESUMO
The human T-cell lymphotropic virus type III (HTLV-III/LAV) is a retrovirus associated with acquired immune deficiency syndrome. The region on the viral genome that is necessary for trans-activation of the HTLV-III/LAV long terminal repeat called tatIII has previously been determined to lie between nucleotides 5365 and 5607. Here we report that a bacterial fusion protein containing amino acid sequences specified by the first coding exon of the tatIII gene is recognized by some patient antisera. We also demonstrate that lymphoid and epithelial cells that express the trans activator function express a 14-kilodalton (kDa) protein recognized by a patient antiserum that reacts with the bacterial tatIII fusion protein. Cells transiently transfected with a deletion mutant of the trans activator protein produce a 12-kDa protein rather than the 14-kDa protein. These observations indicate that the tatIII region contains a functional gene and is capable of expressing a protein that migrates with an apparent molecular size of 14 kDa in some lymphoid and epithelial cells transfected with plasmids containing the tatIII region. We propose that the product of the trans activator gene be designated p14tat-III.
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