Genetic Economy of Polyoma Virus: Capsid Proteins Are Cleavage Products of Same Viral Gene
Abstract
Two-dimensional tryptic peptide maps of the nonhistone proteins of purified polyoma virus show marked similarities. Protein P1 is a nondisaggregated, possibly covalent, dimer of the major capsid protein P2, whereas P3 and P4 share several new peptides as well as many of the peptides derived from P2. Extensive use of this kind of processing of viral proteins during the biosynthesis of DNA-containing animal viruses has not been reported previously.
