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JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY
卷 77, 期 12, 页码 7143-7149出版社
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.77.12.7143-7149.2003
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- NIAID NIH HHS [P01 AI045976, AI45976] Funding Source: Medline
- NIGMS NIH HHS [GM08296, T32 GM008296] Funding Source: Medline
The capsid proteins of two flaviviruses, yellow fever virus and dengue virus, were expressed in Escherichia coli and purified to near homogeneity suitable for biochemical characterization and structure determination by nuclear magnetic resonance. The oligomeric properties of the capsid protein in solution were investigated. In the absence of nucleic acid, both proteins were predominately dimeric in solution. Further analysis of both proteins with far-UV circular dichroism spectroscopy indicated that they were largely alpha-helical. The secondary structure elements of the dengue virus capsid were determined by chemical shift indexing of the sequence-specific backbone resonance assignments. The dengue virus capsid protein devoid of its C-terminal signal sequence was found to be composed of four alpha helices. The longest alpha helix, 20 residues, is located at the C terminus and has an amphipathic character. In contrast, the N terminus was found to be unstructured and could be removed without disrupting the structural integrity of the protein.
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