Mutational analysis of the leucine zipper-like motif of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 envelope transmembrane glycoprotein.
The N-terminal region of the envelope (env) transmembrane protein of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) has a leucine zipper-like motif. This highly conserved zipper motif, which consists of a heptad repeat of leucine or isoleucine residues, has been suggested to play a role in HIV-1 env glycoprotein oligomerization. This hypothesis was tested by replacing the highly conserved leucine or isoleucine residues in the zipper motif with a strong alpha-helix breaker, proline. We report here that such substitutions did not abolish the ability of env protein to form oligomers, indicating that this highly conserved zipper motif does not have a crucial role in env protein oligomerization. However, the mutant viruses all showed impaired infectivity, suggesting that this conserved zipper motif can have an important role in the virus life cycle.
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- Protein Structure, Secondary
- Protein Conformation
- Proline
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Leucine Zippers
- Leucine
- Isoleucine
- HIV-1
- HIV Envelope Protein gp41
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Published In
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Start / End Page
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Related Subject Headings
- Virology
- Protein Structure, Secondary
- Protein Conformation
- Proline
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Leucine Zippers
- Leucine
- Isoleucine
- HIV-1
- HIV Envelope Protein gp41