title: Mouse monoclonal antibodies recognizing the activation domain of HIV-1 rev transactivator.
abstract: The rev protein of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), a phosphoprotein of 20 kDa apparent molecular weight, is essential to target the mRNA for virion polypeptides into the cytoplasm. So far, at least four necessary functional domains have been assigned to the HIV-1 rev protein: (1) one for RNA binding; (2) a second for nuclear/nucleolar localization that may be indistinguishable from the RNA binding motif; (3) two domains for multimerization; and (4) a putative activation domain (AD) that is suppressed in trans by dominant-negative mutant rev protein. We report three IgG1 kappa mouse monoclonal antibodies (mabs) that were independently raised against rev protein expressed in Escherichia coli. Epitopes are mapped by immunoprecipitation and Western blot screening with 40 different rev mutant peptides. Surprisingly, monoclonal antibodies from all three hybridomas recognized the activation domain of HIV-1 rev.
authors.affiliation: Institut für klinische und molekulare Virologie, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kreusel
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Aepinus
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lang
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Beninga
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Prenzel
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fleckenstein
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology*; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D001665:Binding Sites; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D000939:Epitopes / Q000276:immunology; D015694:Gene Products, rev / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology*; D015483:HIV Antibodies / Q000276:immunology*; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000276:immunology*; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology; D054321:rev Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000939:Epitopes; D015694:Gene Products, rev; D015483:HIV Antibodies; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D054321:rev Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus