Mutational analysis of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Eli Nef function.
AUTOR(ES)
Zazopoulos, E
RESUMO
The studies presented here define an internally consistent experimental system that permits systematic analysis of the effect of nef on the rate of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) replication in a CD4+ tumor T-cell line and in primary peripheral blood mononuclear cells. The parental full-length Nef protein, derived from the Eli strain of HIV-1, accelerates virus replication in both cell types. Mutations that destabilize or alter the intracellular location of the protein affect the ability of the Nef protein to accelerate virus replication. A set of mutants was made in amino acids proposed to be required for Nef function, including threonine and serine residues proposed to be targets for phosphorylation, and in sequences thought to resemble the G-1, G-3, and G-4 sites of the family of G proteins. In most cases alterations of the critical amino acids yield stable Nef proteins of parental phenotype. These results challenge the existing theories for the mechanism of Nef function. The results also identify two residues in the carboxyl half of the protein that are important for Nef function.
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