Non‐Structural Protein 3 of Hepatitis C Virus Inhibits Phosphorylation Mediated by cAMP‐Dependent Protein Kinase
- 1 May 1996
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in European Journal of Biochemistry
- Vol. 237 (3), 611-618
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.0611p.x
Abstract
Inspection of the amino acid sequence of the non‐structural region of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) gene product reveals a sequence of 14 amino acids, Arg1487‐Arg‐Gly‐Arg‐Thr‐Gly‐Arg‐Gly‐Arg‐Arg‐Gly‐Ile‐Tyr‐Arg1500, located in the non‐structural protein, NS3. This sequence is highly similar to the inhibitory site of the heat‐stable inhibitor of cAMP‐dependent protein kinase (PKA) and to the autophos‐phorylation site in the hinge region of the PKA type II regulatory domain. A synthetic peptide that corresponds to the HCV sequence above and a set of shorter analogues act as competitive inhibitors of PKA. A 43.5‐kDa fragment of NS3 that consists of residues 1189–1525 of the HCV polyprotein inhibits PKA in a similar range to the investigated synthetic peptides. In contrast to the short peptides, which show competitive inhibition, HCV‐polyprotein‐(1189–1525) influences PKA in a mixed‐inhibition‐type manner. A possible mechanism explaining these differences is the formation of complexes that consist of the protein substrate, the enzyme and the HCV‐polyprotein‐(1189–1525). Binding studies with PKA and the non‐hydrolysable ATP analogue [14C]fluorosulfonylbenzoyladenosine and [3H]cAMP do not reveal any influence of the short HCV‐derived peptides or HCV‐polyprotein‐(1189–1525) upon the affinity of PKA for these nucleotides. The complex interactions of the NS3 fragments could influence one of the most important signal pathways of the cell and, therefore, could possibly provide new pathological mechanisms for HCV infections of liver.Keywords
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