The central hydrophobic domain of the bovine papillomavirus E5 transforming protein can be functionally replaced by many hydrophobic amino acid sequences containing a glutamine.
Kulke R, Horwitz B, Zibello T, DiMaio D. The central hydrophobic domain of the bovine papillomavirus E5 transforming protein can be functionally replaced by many hydrophobic amino acid sequences containing a glutamine. Journal Of Virology 1992, 66: 505-11. PMID: 1727496, PMCID: PMC238311, DOI: 10.1128/jvi.66.1.505-511.1992.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHydrophobic amino acidsAmino acidsE5 proteinRandom hydrophobic sequencesHydrophobic domainRodent fibroblast cell linesCentral hydrophobic domainHydrophobic amino acid sequenceCarboxyl-terminal amino acidsMouse C127 cellsAmino acid sequenceClasses of mutantsAbsence of glutamineBovine papillomavirus E5Mutant proteinsTransforming proteinDefective mutantsHydrophobic sequenceFibroblast cell lineProtein stabilityAcid sequenceC127 cellsHomodimer formationEfficient transformationProtein