Divergent evolution may link human immunodeficiency virus GP41 to human CD4
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Divergent evolution may link human immunodeficiency virus GP41 to human CD4
Abstract
A local sequence similarity of HIV envelope proteins (gp120 and gp41) to immunoglobulins suggests that a mimicry phenomenon may form the basis of the HIV-cell membrane interaction and of HIV-induced autoimmune reaction. We explored the hypothesis of any deeper relationship between HIV env proteins and immunoglobulin family members. An overall DNA sequence similarity between gp41 coding region of env gene and the HIV-receptor CD4 gene was observed and a 14-base-long oligonucleotide, almost unique in the GenBank, was found in gp41 and CD4 genes. The alignment of env gene to CD4 gene and to 84 different sequences showed a significantly higher homology score and a nonrandom similarity in the CD4-env alignment. A significant similarity was also found between the env protein and the sequence encoded by an alternate reading frame of CD4 gene. Our observations suggest that gp41 coding region might have a different origin than the gp120 coding region of the env gene, and that a divergent evolution might link gp41 to CD4 or immunoglobulin family members. In this study the analysis of alternate-reading-frame products is also proposed as a novel approach to investigate evolutionary links and structure-function relationships.
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