Interaction domain of glycoproteins gB and gH of Marek's disease virus and identification of an antiviral peptide with dual functions.

ABSTRACT: Our previous study reported that both glycoproteins gB and gH of the herpesvirus Marek's disease virus (MDV) contain eleven potential heptad repeat domains. These domains overlap with α-helix-enriched hydrophobic regions, including the gH-derived HR1 (gHH1) and HR3 (gHH3) and gB-derived HR1 (gBH1) regions, which demonstrate effective antiviral activity, with 50% inhibitory concentrations (IC(50)) of less than 12 µM. Plaque formation and chicken embryo infection assays confirmed these results. In this study, biochemical and biophysical analyses detected potential interactions between these peptides. gHH1, gHH3, and gBH1 were found to interact with each other in pairs. The complex formed by gHH3 and gBH1 showed the most stable interaction at a molar ratio of 1:3, the binding between gHH1 and

SUBMITTER: Chi XJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3566115 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature