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BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
卷 333, 期 3, 页码 996-1002出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.06.012
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JC polyomavirus; progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy; capsid protein; VPl; outer loop; amino acid substitution
Recently, we found that JC polyomavirus (JCPyV) associated with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) frequently undergoes amino acid substitutions (designated VP1 loop mutations) in the outer loops of the major capsid protein, VP1. To further characterize the mutations, we analyzed the VP1 region of the JCPyV genome in brain-tissue or cerebrospinal fluid samples from 20 PML patients. VP1 loop mutations occurred far more frequently than silent mutations. Polymorphic residues were essentially restricted to three positions (55, 60, and 66) within the BC loop, one (123) within the DE loop, and three (265, 267, and 269) within the HI loop. The mutations at most polymorphic residues showed a trend toward a change to specific amino acids. Finally, we presented evidence that the VP1 loop mutations were associated with the progression of PML. These findings should form the basis for elucidating the biological significance of the VP1 loop mutations. (c) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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