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. 1994 Feb;68(2):1139–1148. doi: 10.1128/jvi.68.2.1139-1148.1994

Correlation between fusogenicity of synthetic modified peptides corresponding to the NH2-terminal extremity of simian immunodeficiency virus gp32 and their mode of insertion into the lipid bilayer: an infrared spectroscopy study.

I Martin 1, M C Dubois 1, F Defrise-Quertain 1, T Saermark 1, A Burny 1, R Brasseur 1, J M Ruysschaert 1
PMCID: PMC236552  PMID: 8289343

Abstract

The amino-terminal extremity of the simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) transmembrane protein (gp32) has been shown to play a pivotal role in cell-virus fusion and syncytium formation. We provide here evidence of a correlation between the structure and orientation of the modified SIV fusion peptide after insertion into the lipid membrane and its fusogenic activity. The sequence of the wild-type SIV peptide has been modified in such a way that the calculated angles of insertion correspond to an oblique, parallel, or normal orientation with respect to the lipid-water interface. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy was used to gain experimental informations about the structures and orientations, of the membrane-inserted peptides with respect to the lipid acyl chains. The peptides adopt mainly a beta-sheet conformation in the absence of lipids. After interaction with large unilamellar liposomes, this beta sheet is partly converted into alpha helix. The ability of the modified peptides to promote lipid mixing was assessed by a fluorescence energy transfer assay. The data provide evidence that alpha-helix formation is not sufficient to induce lipid mixing and that the fusogenic activity of the peptide depends on its orientation in the lipid bilayer.

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