Myristoylated src-oncogene products are potently detected by the monoclonal antibody to the NH2-terminal myristoyl-Gly-Ser-Ser-Lys src-peptide

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
S ShojiY Kubota

Abstract

Monoclonal antibodies were raised against a synthetic NH2-terminal myristoyl tetrapeptide (N-myristoyl-Gly-Ser-Ser-Lys) which is characteristic of an NH2-terminal portion of pp60src, the transforming protein of src-oncogene. The antibody reacted with the albumin conjugated with both the N-myristoyl and N-lauroyl-tetrapeptides, but concentrations at which 50% of the immunoreaction was inhibited were 5 pmol for the N-myristoyl and 830 pmol for N-lauroyl tetrapeptidyl albumin. On the other hand, N-palmitoyl tetrapeptidyl and underivatized albumin, and Gly-Ser-Ser-Lys-Ser-Lys-Pro-Lys octapeptide had no effects. These results suggest a high affinity of the antibody for an N-myristoyl-Gly-Ser-Ser-Lys moiety. src-Oncogene products in Rous sarcoma virus-transformed cells and human colon carcinoma tumor cells were selectively identified as myristoylated pp60src by immunoprecipitation analyses with the antibody.

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