title: [Selection and characterization of peptides that specifically binding to hepatitis C virus serine protease].
abstract: The HCV NS3 serine protease that plays important role in the processing of polyprotein and the replication of virus is a prime target for antiviral drugs and therapy research. Based on the crystallographic structure of HCV sreine protease, a single-chain protease was contstructed in which the central sequence of NS4A was fused to the N-terminus of NS3 serine protease domain via a flexible linker and it was expressed at high level in soluble form in E. coli. The purified protease could cleave the recombinant protein NS5ab into two parts. The purified protease was used as target to screen binding peptides from phage displayed peptide library. After three rounds of affinity screening, 37 out of 44 randomly selected phages could bind specifically with the single-chain serine protease and their specificity were verified by competitive ELISA. The 13 sequenced clones represents 6 kinds of sequences of which the amino acids composition is in bias and there is a consensus sequence: [H/F/W]-H-W-X-X-W.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Molecular Biology, Beijing Institute of Microbiology & Epidemiology, Beijing 100071, China.
authors.forename: Guixin
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Lihua
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hou
authors.forename: Wanrong
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yongguo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Haitao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D016174:Hepacivirus / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D019151:Peptide Library; D010455:Peptides / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D017361:Viral Nonstructural Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: C093542:NS4 protein, hepatitis C virus; D019151:Peptide Library; D010455:Peptides; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D017361:Viral Nonstructural Proteins; D014764:Viral Proteins; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases; C107824:NS2-3 protease