Comparative sequence analysis and predictions for the envelope glycoproteins of insect endogenous retroviruses.
Insect endogenous retroviruses (IERVs) are present in the genome of several species. Previous studies have shown a relationship between the envelope glycoproteins (Envs) and fusion proteins (FPs) of several baculoviruses. We used this sequence similarity to predict fusion domains in the Envs of IERVs. We suggest that FPs and Envs share several specific sequence and structural motifs with other RNA viruses in the viral transmembrane protein superfamily.
Misseri
Yolande
Y
Institut de Génétique Humaine, 141 rue de la cardonille, F-34396 Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
Labesse
Gilles
G
Bucheton
Alain
A
Terzian
Christophe
C
D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D016367:Baculoviridae / Q000235:genetics; D020077:Endogenous Retroviruses / Q000235:genetics; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D007313:Insecta / Q000235:genetics / Q000821:virology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D020539:Sequence Analysis, Protein; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D014760:Viral Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics
D006023:Glycoproteins; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; D014760:Viral Fusion Proteins