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Arroyo, M. et al.

Association of the human papillomavirus type 16 E7 protein with the S-phase-specific E2F- cyclin A complex.

The transcription factor E2F has been shown to be involved in the expression of several cell cycle-regulated genes, and the activity of this factor is controlled by cellular proteins such as pRB and p107. E2F is also a target of the DNA virus oncoproteins (adenovirus E1A, simian virus 40 T antigen, and human papillomavirus [HPV] E7) (see the review by J. R. Nevins [Science 258: 424-429, 1992]). These viral oncoproteins dissociate an inactive complex between E2F and the retinoblastoma tumor suppressor protein (pRB), and this dissociation of the E2F-pRB complex correlates with a stimulation of the E2F-dependent transcription. In the S phase of the cell cycle, E2F forms a complex with p107, cyclin A, and the cdk2 kinase ( E2F- cyclin A complex). The cellular function of this S-phase-specific complex is unclear. The adenovirus E1A protein dissociates the E2F- cyclin A complex. The HPV type 16 (HPV-16) E7 protein, which possesses significant sequence homology with E1A, does not dissociate the E2F- cyclin A complex. We find that the HPV-16 E7 protein associates very efficiently with the E2F- cyclin A complex. This association is dependent on the sequences that are also necessary for the transforming activity of E7. Moreover, the E7 protein of a low-risk HPV (type 6b) is much less efficient in binding to the E2F- cyclin A complex compared with that of the high-risk type. We also find that the E2F- cyclin A complex remains endogenously associated with the E7 protein in extracts of Caski cells, which express high levels of HPV-16 E7 protein. Finally, we have extensively purified the E2F- cyclin A complex from mouse L-cell extracts and show that, in cell extracts, the E2F- cyclin A complex remains associated with other cellular proteins.[1]

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Association of the human papillomavirus type 16 E7 protein with the S-phase-specific E2F-cyclin A complex. Arroyo, M., Bagchi, S., Raychaudhuri, P. Mol. Cell. Biol. (1993) [Pubmed]

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