Analysis of the Secondary Structure of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Proteins pl7, gpl20, and gp41 by Computer Modeling Based on Neural Network Methods
作者:
H. Andreassen,
H. Bohr,
J. Bohr,
S. Brunak,
T. Bugge,
R. Cotterill,
C. Jacobsen,
P. Kusk,
B. Lautrup,
S. Petersen,
T. Særmark,
K. Ulrich,
期刊:
Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
(OVID Available online 1990)
卷期:
Volume 3,
issue 6
页码: 615-622
ISSN:0894-9255
年代: 1990
出版商: OVID
关键词: HIV;env protein;gag protein;Structure;Computer modeling;Neural network.
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
A neural network computer program, trained to predict secondary structure of proteins by exposing it to matching sets of primary and secondary structures from a database, was used to analyze the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) proteins pl7, gpl20, and gp41 from their amino acid sequences. The results are compared to those obtained by the Chou-Fasman analysis. Two α-helical sequences corresponding to the putative fusigenic domain and to the transmembrane domain of gp41 could be predicted, as well as a possible binding site between pl7 and gp41. On the basis of the secondary structure predictions, a three-dimensional model of pl7 was constructed. This model was found to represent a stable conformation by an analysis using an energy-minimization program. The model predicts that pl7 is attached to the membrane only by the acylated N-terminus, in analogy with the N-terminus of the gag protein of other retroviruses and also with the src oncogene protein p60src. The intracellular C-terminal part of gp41 may act as a receptor by electrostatic interaction with pl7.
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