Heat shock increases the synthesis of the poly(A)-binding protein in HeLa cells

Autor: Max Schönfelder, Hans Peter Schmid, Andrea Horsch
Rok vydání: 1985
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Zdroj: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 82:6884-6888
ISSN: 1091-6490
0027-8424
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.82.20.6884
Popis: When HeLa cells are shifted from 37 degrees C to 45 degrees C, the synthesis of two proteins increases. Their approximate molecular masses are 73 kDa [heat shock protein 73 (hsp73)] and 87 kDa (hsp87), respectively. One of them, the hsp73, shows a specific affinity for poly(A). This protein is identical with a protein regularly found associated with translatable mRNAs in all vertebrate cells. It is well characterized by its high affinity to the poly(A) sequence of polyribosomal mRNA, and it occurs free in cytoplasm. hsp73 and the poly(A)-binding protein have the same isoelectric point and molecular size. The peptide analysis indicates that they are identical.
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