title: Structural comparison of the external glycoproteins of human and simian immunodeficiency virus.
abstract: The structural variability of the external glycoproteins of primate immunodeficiency viruses, has, so far, been investigated exclusively by sequence comparison of the respective proviral genomes. We have examined the structural relationship amount the external glycoproteins from three specific human immunodeficiency viruses (HIF-1, HIV-2), three specific simian immunodeficiency viruses from macaques (SIVmac) and three specific SIV from African green monkeys (SIVagm) by peptide mapping. Differences among glycoproteins were most pronounced between HIV-1 and SIVmac, as well as HIV-2. Two specific glycoproteins from independent SIVagm isolates were closely related to HIV-1, whereas the glycoprotein from a third SIVagm isolate was more similar to those of SIVmac and HIV-2. Our analysis reflects the classification of primate immunodeficiency viruses into three groups, the HIV-2 and SIVmac viruses, the green monkey isolates and HIV-1.
authors.affiliation: Department of Virology and Immunology, German Primate Center, Göttingen, FRG.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lüke
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fendrich
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schreiner
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sprenger
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rietschel
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hunsmann
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002499:Centrifugation, Density Gradient; D015699:HIV Envelope Protein gp120 / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000032:analysis*; D015498:HIV-2 / Q000032:analysis*; D010449:Peptide Mapping; D012191:Retroviridae Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D016097:Simian Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000382:microbiology; D015302:Simian Immunodeficiency Virus / Q000032:analysis*; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure
chemical_list: D015699:HIV Envelope Protein gp120; D012191:Retroviridae Proteins; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins