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The bovine papillomavirus type 4 E8 protein binds to ductin and causes loss of gap junctional intercellular communication in primary fibroblasts.

The E8 open reading frame of bovine papillomavirus type 4 encodes a small hydrophobic polypeptide which contributes to cell transformation by conferring anchorage-independent growth. Using an in vitro translation system, we show that the E8 polypeptide binds to ductin, the 16-kDa proteolipid that forms transmembrane channels in both gap junctions and vacuolar H+-ATPase. This association is not due to nonspecific hydrophobic interactions. PPA1, a Saccharomyces cerevisiae polypeptide homologous (with 25% identity) to ductin, does not complex with E8. Furthermore, E5B, structurally similar to E8 but with no transforming activity, does not form a complex with ductin. Primary bovine fibroblasts expressing E8 show a loss of gap junctional intercellular communication, and it is suggested that this results from the interaction between E8 and ductin.[1]

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  1. The bovine papillomavirus type 4 E8 protein binds to ductin and causes loss of gap junctional intercellular communication in primary fibroblasts. Faccini, A.M., Cairney, M., Ashrafi, G.H., Finbow, M.E., Campo, M.S., Pitts, J.D. J. Virol. (1996) [Pubmed]
 
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