Monoclonal antibody Y13-259 recognizes an epitope of the p21 ras molecule not directly involved in the GTP-binding activity of the protein.

AUTOR(ES)

Lacal, J C

RESUMO

The p21 products of ras proto-oncogenes are GTP-binding proteins with associated GTPase activity. Recent studies have indicated that ras p21 may be required for the initiation of normal cell DNA synthesis, since microinjection of a monoclonal antibody, Y13-259, blocks serum stimulation of DNA synthesis in quiescent cell cultures (L. S. Mulcahy, M.R. Smith, and D. W. Stacey, Nature [London] 313:241-243, 1985). We localized the structural domain within the p21 molecule recognized by the Y13-259 monoclonal antibody. By analysis of a series of bacterially expressed p21 deletion mutants, the monoclonal antibody was found to interact with a region between positions 70 and 89 in the p21 amino acid sequence. By comparison of the coding sequences of different p21 proteins recognized by this monoclonal antibody, a highly conserved amino acid region between positions 70 and 81 was found to be the most likely site for the epitope detected by the Y13-259 antibody. This monoclonal antibody was further shown not to interfere directly with in vitro biochemical functions of the molecule, including GTP binding, GTPase, and autokinase activities.

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