title: Peptide matching between Epstein-Barr virus and human proteins.
abstract: Epstein-Barr virus proteins were examined for amino acid sequence matching to human proteins at the decapeptide level. We report that numerous EBV peptides of different length (from 10- to 13-mer) are present in 28 human proteins. The viral vs. human peptide overlap mainly involves the glycine-rich region allocated in the NH2 terminus of Epstein-Barr nuclear antigen 1 protein and host cellular components that play crucial roles in basic biochemical pathways, such as chromatin remodeling, RNA splicing, transmission across chemical/electrical synapses, and neurogenesis, and that, when altered, may characterize various pathologies such as immunodeficiency, systemic lupus erythematosus, myelination, and speech disorders. The present results might contribute to understand and define the (physio) pathological relationships and interactions occurring between EBV and the human host.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Biopharmaceutics, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Capone
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Calabrò
authors.forename: Guglielmo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lucchese
authors.forename: Candida
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fasano
authors.forename: Bruna
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Girardi
authors.forename: Lorenzo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Polimeno
authors.forename: Darja
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kanduc
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human / Q000378:metabolism*; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions; D006801:Humans; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D010446:Peptide Fragments; D014764:Viral Proteins
keywords: EBV EBNA1; EBV immunoevasion; EBV proteins; glycine-rich region; human proteins; peptide matching