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- Document 0984
- DOCN M9620984
- TI A peptide from the heptad repeat of human immunodeficiency virus gp41
- shows both membrane binding and coiled-coil formation.
- DT 9602
- AU Rabenstein M; Shin YK; Department of Chemistry, University of
- California, Berkeley; 94720, USA.
- SO Biochemistry. 1995 Oct 17;34(41):13390-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
- MED/96027453
- AB The envelope glycoprotein gp41 from human immunodeficiency virus type 1
- (HIV-1) is involved in membrane fusion and virus entry. It contains a
- functionally important leucine zipper-like heptad repeat region
- (residues 553-590). To investigate the solution structure and
- membrane-binding properties of this region, cysteine-substituted
- variants of a 38-residue peptide derived from the heptad repeat were
- synthesized and modified with nitroxide spin labels. Analytical
- equilibrium ultracentrifugation studies indicated it is primarily
- tetrameric in solution, in contrast to the protein gp160 which is a
- mixture of trimers and tetramers. Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR)
- measurements indicated that the peptide was bound to vesicles containing
- 10 mol % negatively charged lipids. The peptides were bound parallel to
- the membrane surface, near the water-membrane interface, in a structure
- different from the solution structure, most likely as monomers. When
- Asp, Pro, or Ser was substituted for Ile at the core a position of the
- heptad repeat in the middle of the peptide, the coiled coil was
- destabilized. In addition, these peptides showed reduced
- membrane-binding affinities. Thus, mutations that destabilized
- coiled-coil formation also decreased membrane-binding propensity. These
- experimental results, taken with previous evidence, suggest two
- functions for the heptad repeat of gp41 after CD4 binding: (1) to form
- an extended coiled coil; (2) to provide a hydrophobic face that binds to
- the host-cell membrane, bringing the viral and cellular membranes closer
- and facilitating fusion.
- DE Amino Acid Sequence Binding Sites Circular Dichroism Comparative
- Study Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy Human HIV Envelope Protein
- gp41/*CHEMISTRY/*METABOLISM HIV-1/*METABOLISM *Leucine Zippers
- Molecular Sequence Data Peptide Fragments/*CHEMISTRY/CHEMICAL
- SYNTHESIS/METABOLISM Phosphatidylcholines Phosphatidylglycerols
- Protein Binding Spin Labels Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Support, U.S.
- Gov't, P.H.S. JOURNAL ARTICLE
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- SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
- protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).
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