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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
48
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-1-7
pubmed:abstractText
The human immunodeficiency virus HIV envelope glycoprotein gp160 is synthesized as an inactive precursor, which is processed into its fusiogenic form gp120/gp41 by host cell proteinases during its intracellular trafficking. Kexin/subtilisin-related endoproteases have been proposed to be enzyme candidates for this maturation process. In the present study, 1) we examined the ability of partially purified precursor convertases and their isoforms to cleave gp160 in vitro. The data demonstrate that all the convertases tested specifically cleave the HIV envelope glycoprotein into gp120 and gp41. 2) We demonstrated that a 19-amino acid model peptide spanning the gp120/gp41 junction is cleaved by all convertases at the same gp160 site as that recognized in HIV-infected cells. 3) In an effort to evaluate specific convertase inhibitors, we showed that the alpha1-antitrypsin variant, alpha1-PDX, inhibits equally well the ability of the tested convertases to cleave gp160 in vitro. 4) Three lymphocyte cell lines were screened by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction in an effort to identify which are the convertases expressed in the most common HIV target, the CD4(+) lymphocytes. The data demonstrate that furin, PC5/6, and the newly cloned PC7 are the main transcribed convertases, suggesting that these proteinases are the major gp160-converting enzymes in T4 lymphocytes.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Calcium, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Furin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/HIV Envelope Protein gp160, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/PCSK6 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/PCSK7 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proprotein Convertase 2, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proprotein Convertase 5, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proprotein Convertases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Messenger, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Recombinant Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Serine Endopeptidases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Subtilisins
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
29
pubmed:volume
271
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
30442-50
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8940009-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8940009-Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases, pubmed-meshheading:8940009-CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:8940009-Calcium, pubmed-meshheading:8940009-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:8940009-Furin, pubmed-meshheading:8940009-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:8940009-HIV Envelope Protein gp160, pubmed-meshheading:8940009-HIV-1, pubmed-meshheading:8940009-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8940009-Hydrogen-Ion Concentration, pubmed-meshheading:8940009-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:8940009-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:8940009-Proprotein Convertase 2, pubmed-meshheading:8940009-Proprotein Convertase 5, pubmed-meshheading:8940009-Proprotein Convertases, pubmed-meshheading:8940009-Protein Processing, Post-Translational, pubmed-meshheading:8940009-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:8940009-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8940009-Serine Endopeptidases, pubmed-meshheading:8940009-Subtilisins
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Identification of the paired basic convertases implicated in HIV gp160 processing based on in vitro assays and expression in CD4(+) cell lines.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratoire de Chimie Physique des Macromolécules aux Interfaces, CP206/2, Université libre de Bruxelles, 1050, Brussels, Belgium.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't