title: Model generation of viral channel forming 2B protein bundles from polio and coxsackie viruses.
abstract: 2B is a 99 amino acid membrane protein encoded by enteroviruses such as polio and coxsackie viruses with two transmembrane domains. The protein is found to make membranes of infected cells permeable. Using a computational approach which positions the models and assesses stability by molecular dynamics (MD) simulations a putative tetrameric bundle model of 2B is generated. The bundles show a pore lining motif of three lysines followed by a serine. The bundle is discussed in terms of different possible orientations of the helices in the membrane and the consequences this has on the in vivo activity of 2B.
authors.affiliation: Biomembrane Structure Unit, Department of Biochemistry, Oxford University, Oxford, UK.
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Patargias
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Barke
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Watts
authors.forename: Wolfgang B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Fischer
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D019295:Computational Biology / Q000379:methods; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004770:Enterovirus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D007473:Ion Channels / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008239:Lysine / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017955:Poliovirus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D055503:Protein Multimerization; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D055672:Static Electricity; D017361:Viral Nonstructural Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: C101758:2B protein, poliovirus; D007473:Ion Channels; D017361:Viral Nonstructural Proteins; D014764:Viral Proteins; D008239:Lysine