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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-9-25
pubmed:abstractText
Several experimental studies on hepatitis C virus (HCV) have suggested the envelope glycoprotein E2 as a key antigen for an effective vaccine against the virus. Knowledge of its structure, therefore, would present a significant step forward in the fight against this disease. This paper reports the application of fold recognition methods in order to produce a model of the HCV E2 protein. Such investigation highlighted the envelope protein E of Tick Borne Encephalitis virus as a possible template for building a model of HCV E2. Mapping of experimental data onto the model allowed the prediction of a composite interaction site between E2 and its proposed cellular receptor CD81, as well as a heparin binding domain. In addition, experimental evidence is provided to show that CD81 recognition by E2 is isolate or strain specific and possibly mediated by the second hypervariable region (HVR2) of E2. Finally, the studies have also allowed a rough model for the quaternary structure of the envelope glycoproteins E1 and E2 complex to be proposed. Proteins 2000;40:355-366.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0887-3585
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2000 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
40
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
355-66
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10861927-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10861927-Antigens, CD, pubmed-meshheading:10861927-Antigens, CD81, pubmed-meshheading:10861927-Antigens, Viral, pubmed-meshheading:10861927-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:10861927-Computer Simulation, pubmed-meshheading:10861927-Dimerization, pubmed-meshheading:10861927-Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:10861927-Hepacivirus, pubmed-meshheading:10861927-Heparin, pubmed-meshheading:10861927-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10861927-Models, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:10861927-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:10861927-Protein Structure, Secondary, pubmed-meshheading:10861927-Receptors, Virus, pubmed-meshheading:10861927-Sequence Alignment, pubmed-meshheading:10861927-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:10861927-Surface Properties, pubmed-meshheading:10861927-Viral Envelope Proteins
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
A model for the hepatitis C virus envelope glycoprotein E2.
pubmed:affiliation
Istituto di Ricerche di Biologia Molecolare P. Angeletti, Pomezia (Rome), Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't