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ArticleBMC structural biology2011

The host-pathogen interaction of human cyclophilin A and HIV-1 Vpr requires specific N-terminal and novel C-terminal domains.

Sara M Ø Solbak, Victor Wray, Ole Horvli, Arnt J Raae, Marte I Flydal, Petra Henklein, Peter Henklein, Manfred Nimtz, Ulrich Schubert, Torgils Fossen

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Article in BMC structural biology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
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  3. Structural host-microbiota interaction networks.PLoS computational biology · 2017
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  5. Current progress in antiviral strategies.Trends in pharmacological sciences · 2014
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  9. Virus-host interactomes--antiviral drug discovery.Current opinion in virology · 2012
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10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Sara M Ø SolbakCentre of Pharmacy, University of Bergen, N-5007 Bergen Norway.
Victor Wray
Ole Horvli
Arnt J Raae
Marte I Flydal
Petra Henklein
Peter Henklein
Manfred Nimtz
Ulrich Schubert
Torgils Fossen
University of Bergen · NOCharité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin · DEHelmholtz Centre for Infection Research · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCyclophilin A (CypA) represents a potential key molecule in future antiretroviral therapy since inhibition of CypA suppresses human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) replication. CypA interacts with the virus proteins Capsid (CA) and Vpr, however, the mechanism through which CypA influences HIV-1 infectivity still remains unclear.

resultsHere the interaction of full-length HIV-1 Vpr with the host cellular factor CypA has been characterized and quantified by surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy. A C-terminal region of Vpr, comprising the 16 residues 75GCRHSRIGVTRQRRAR90, with high binding affinity for CypA has been identified. This region of Vpr does not contain any proline residues but binds much more strongly to CypA than the previously characterized N-terminal binding domain of Vpr, and is thus the first protein binding domain to CypA described involving no proline residues. The fact that the mutant peptide Vpr75-90 R80A binds more weakly to CypA than the wild-type peptide confirms that Arg-80 is a key residue in the C-terminal binding domain. The N- and C-terminal binding regions of full-length Vpr bind cooperatively to CypA and have allowed a model of the complex to be created. The dissociation constant of full-length Vpr to CypA was determined to be approximately 320 nM, indicating that the binding may be stronger than that of the well characterized interaction of HIV-1 CA with CypA.

conclusionsFor the first time the interaction of full-length Vpr and CypA has been characterized and quantified. A non-proline-containing 16-residue region of C-terminal Vpr which binds specifically to CypA with similar high affinity as full-length Vpr has been identified. The fact that this is the first non-proline containing binding motif of any protein found to bind to CypA, changes the view on how CypA is able to interact with other proteins. It is interesting to note that several previously reported key functions of HIV-1 Vpr are associated with the identified N- and C-terminal binding domains of the protein to CypA.

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Host-Pathogen InteractionsAmino Acid SequenceAmino Acid SubstitutionCyclophilin AHIV-1HumansModels, MolecularMutationPeptide FragmentsProtein BindingProtein Structure, SecondaryProtein Structure, Tertiaryvpr Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency VirusCyclophilin APeptide Fragmentsvpr Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virusvpr protein, Human immunodeficiency virus 1

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PMID22185200
PMCPMC3269379
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