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CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF ALIX IN COMPLEX WITH THE SIVMAC239 PYKEVTEDL LATE DOMAINCRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF ALIX IN COMPLEX WITH THE SIVMAC239 PYKEVTEDL LATE DOMAIN
Structural highlights
Publication Abstract from PubMedRetroviral Gag proteins contain short late domain motifs that recruit cellular ESCRT pathway proteins to facilitate virus budding. ALIX-binding late domains often contain the core consensus sequence: "YPXnL" (where Xn can vary in sequence and length). However, some SIV Gag proteins lack this consensus sequence, yet still bind ALIX. We mapped divergent, ALIX-binding late domains within the p6(Gag) proteins of SIVmac239 (40SREKPYKEVTEDLLHLNSLF59) and SIVagmTan-1 (24AAGAYDPARKLLEQYAKK41). Crystal structures revealed that anchoring tyrosines (bold) and nearby hydrophobic residues (underlined) contact the ALIX V domain, revealing how lentiviruses employ a diverse family of late domain sequences to bind ALIX and promote virus budding. Identification and Structural Characterization of the ALIX-Binding Late Domains of SIVmac239 and SIVagmTan-1.,Zhai Q, Landesman M, Robinson H, Sundquist WI, Hill CP J Virol. 2010 Oct 20. PMID:20962096[1] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See AlsoReferences
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