| Literature DB >> 7966638 |
Y Tanji1, M Hijikata, Y Hirowatari, K Shimotohno.
Abstract
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) serine proteinase (Cpro-2) is responsible for the processing of HCV nonstructural (NS) protein processing. To clarify the mechanism of Cpro-2-dependent processing, pulse-chase and mutation analyses were performed by using a transient protein production system in cultured cells. Pulse-chase study revealed the sequential production of HCV-NS proteins. Production of p70(NS3) and p66(NS5B) were rapid. An 89-kDa processing intermediate protein (p89) was observed during the early part of the chase. p89 seemed to be cleaved first into a 31-kDa protein (p31) and a p58/56(NS5A). p31 was further processed into p4(NS4A) and p27(NS4B). Mutation analysis of cleavage sites of NS4A/4B, NS4B/5A, and NS5A/5B revealed that cleavage at each site is essentially independent from cleavage occurring at the other site.Entities:
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Year: 1994 PMID: 7966638 PMCID: PMC237315 DOI: 10.1128/JVI.68.12.8418-8422.1994
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Virol ISSN: 0022-538X Impact factor: 5.103