Complementary peptide sequences in partner proteins of the adenovirus capsid.
Peptides quite similar to the signal peptide of secretory proteins were found in adenovirus serotype 2 fibre. This was surprising because this protein does not have this property. Because the N-end fibre is implicated in the penton base-fibre interaction and complementary peptides to the N-sequence fibre were found in penton base protein, these complementary peptides might be involved in the protein-protein recognition and interaction process. So far, known structural data agree with such an hypothesis.
Unité de Virologie Moléculaire de l'INSERM (U. 233), Lille, France.
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D000256:Adenoviridae / Q000235:genetics*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D002213:Capsid / Q000235:genetics; D008957:Models, Genetic; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics*
D010446:Peptide Fragments; D014764:Viral Proteins