Das P, Hari V
Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.
Arch Virol. 1994;137(1-2):179-83. doi: 10.1007/BF01311185.
The 126 K protein of tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) is an NTP binding protein that has guanylyl transferase activity and is predicted to be an ATPase/helicase. In this paper we report the generation of monoclonal antibodies (Mabs) that react with specific amino acid sequences of the 126K protein. The Mabs were generated after immunizing mice with a partially purified preparation of the 126 K protein (native) obtained by centrifugal fractionation of the infected tissue extracts. The Mabs were assayed for specific reactivity by western blotting and by their reactivity with non-overlapping decapeptides corresponding to the entire amino acid sequence of the 126 K protein of TMV. A total of 11 Mabs reactive with specific peptides and three other Mabs that did not react with any peptide but reacted with the 126 K protein were identified.