[Identification of a functional ITAM-like sequence within G1 cytoplasmic tail of Hantaan virus]

Bing Du Xue Bao. 2007 Nov;23(6):424-8.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

The G1 cytoplasmic tail of Hantaan virus (HTNV) harbors a highly conserved region, which is homologous to immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motifs (ITAM) and is termed the ITAM-like sequence. To demonstrate the potential signal-transducing activity of G1 ITAM-like sequence resembling the canonical ITAM within immune and endothelial cells, a series of experiments were performed to define its interaction with cellular kinases. The synthesized G1 ITAM-like peptide was shown to coprecipitate with cellular phosphoprotein complexes by an immune-complex kinase assay. Mutational analyses showed that this ITAM-like sequence was a substrate for the Src family kinase Fyn, and two conserved tyrosine residues were required for coprecipitating Lyn, Syk, and ZAP-70 kinases. These findings demonstrated that HTNV envelope glycoprotein G1 contains a functional ITAM-like sequence in its cytoplasmic tail, which can bind critical cellular kinases that regulate immune and endothelial cell functions.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Hantaan virus / chemistry*
  • Hantaan virus / physiology
  • Humans
  • Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / physiology
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Phosphorylation
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / physiology
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fyn / physiology
  • Signal Transduction*
  • Syk Kinase
  • Viral Envelope Proteins / chemistry*
  • Viral Envelope Proteins / physiology

Substances

  • Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
  • Viral Envelope Proteins
  • glycoprotein G1, Hantavirus
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fyn
  • SYK protein, human
  • Syk Kinase