期刊
FEBS LETTERS
卷 477, 期 1-2, 页码 145-149出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(00)01785-3
关键词
membrane fusion; viral fusion; HIV-1; gp41; fusion peptide; peptide-lipid interaction
We have investigated membrane interactions and perturbations induced by NH2-DKWASLWNWFNITNWL-WYIK-COOH (HIVc), representing the membrane interface-partitioning region that precedes the transmembrane anchor of the human immunodeficiency virus type-1 gp41 fusion protein. The HIVc peptide bound with high affinity to electrically neutral vesicles composed of dioleoylphosphatidylcholine, dioleoylphosphatidylethanolamine and cholesterol (molar ratio, 1:1:1), and induced vesicle leakage and lipid mixing. Infrared spectra suggest that these effects were promoted by membrane-associated peptides adopting an alpha-helical conformation. A sequence representing a defective gp41 phenotype unable to mediate both cell-cell fusion and virus entry, was equally unable to induce vesicle fusion, and adopted a non-helical conformation in the membrane. We conclude that membrane perturbation and adoption of the alpha-helical conformation by this gp41 region might be functionally meaningful. (C) 2000 Federation of European Biochemical Societies. Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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