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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-9-12
pubmed:abstractText
Five serotypes of human rhinovirus (HRV) were examined for sensitivity to trypsin at physiological pH, HRV1A, HRV2, and HRV14 were found to be resistant whereas in serotypes HRV49 and HRV89 degradation of VP2 was observed. However, exposure to low pH followed by neutralization, a treatment which causes irreversible conformational changes in the capsid, led to rapid cleavage by trypsin of VP1 in HRV1A, HRV2, and HRV49 at defined sites followed by degradation of VP2. In the case of HRV2, the cleavage site in VP1 was determined by direct protein sequencing and was shown to occur between Arg260 and Thr261, close to the C-terminus. HRV49 behaves similarly to HRV2 as expected from extensive sequence similarity in this region, whereas VP1 in HRV1A is most probably cleaved at a site closer to the C-terminus than that in HRV2. Although HRV14 contains the same amino acid pair present in HRV2 and HRV49, it was not cleaved under these conditions. HRV89, which lacks a basic residue at the corresponding position, was also insensitive. Examination of the cleavage site on the three-dimensional structural map of native HRV2 reveals that it is most probably buried inside the capsid and thus not accessible. Structural rearrangements of the viral capsid are thus necessary to account for the cleavage observed after low pH treatment.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0042-6822
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
171
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
611-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Trypsin sensitivity of several human rhinovirus serotypes in their low pH-induced conformation.
pubmed:affiliation
Institut für Biochemie, University of Vienna, Wien, Austria.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't