Poliovirus proteins

Fig. I. Examples of Western blots stained with colloidal gold for total protein followed by immunostaining of individual antigensJ.anes 1—3 Proteins on a Western blot from a cytoplasmic extract of poliovirus-infected HEp-2 cells were stained with colloidal gold. The probing monoclonal antibodies, recognizing the viral proteins VP1 and precursor, VPO and VP2, and VP3, respectively, are detected by peroxidase-coupled rabbit-antimouse antibody (asterisks). Lane 4 Western blot of an E. coli lysate, containing a fusion protein composed of protein A and the poliovirus protein 2B. The fusion protein (arrowhead) is detected on the gold-stained blot by peroxidase-coupled IgG that binds to the protein A moiety.

Proteolytic processing of poliovirus proteins. A single polyprotein is synthesized from the infecting (+)-strand RNA. Subsequent proteolytic processing results in the accumulation of the various poliovirus proteins required for virus production. 

Growth hormone Haemoglobin tryptic peptides Viral membrane glycoprotein fragments HMG proteins HMG proteins Poliovirus protein... 

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Bottom panel Recovery of protease activity from preparative polyacrylamide gel of poliovirus proteins. 

The most interesting class of protease inhibitors in viral studies has been the chloromethyl ketone derivatives of amino acids (54j 55) These were designed as affinity labels of serine-type proteases, and react irreversibly with histidine and serine residues in the active sites of proteases. There is a basis for selectivity of the chloromethyl ketones phenylalanyl and lysyl derivatives were synthesized, which had specificity for chymotrypsin and trypsin, respectively (54) This specificity led to studies on inhibition of poliovirus protein cleavage, with positive results (25, 26). 

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