Identification of a highly conserved valine-glycine-phenylalanine amino acid triplet required for HIV-1 Nef function.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Nef protein of HIV facilitates virus replication and disease progression in infected patients. This role as pathogenesis factor depends on several genetically separable Nef functions that are mediated by interactions of highly conserved protein-protein interaction motifs with different host cell proteins. By studying the functionality of a series of nef alleles from clinical isolates, we identified a dysfunctional HIV group O Nef in which a highly conserved valine-glycine-phenylalanine (VGF) region, which links a preceding acidic cluster with the following proline-rich motif into an amphipathic surface was deleted. In this study, we aimed to study the functional importance of this VGF region.

Results

The dysfunctional HIV group O8 nef allele was restored to th

SUBMITTER: Meuwissen PJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3476393 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature