PMID- 1374813 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19920616 LR - 20200724 IS - 0022-538X (Print) IS - 1098-5514 (Electronic) IS - 0022-538X (Linking) VI - 66 IP - 6 DP - 1992 Jun TI - Gene for the major antigenic structural protein (p100) of human herpesvirus 6. PG - 3918-24 AB - A human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) structural protein of 100 kDa (p100) is the polypeptide most frequently and intensively reactive in immunoblotting analyses with human sera on HHV-6-infected cells or partially purified virions. The gene for p100 was identified by screening a bacteriophage lambda library with monospecific rabbit antisera. The gene codes for a polypeptide of 870 amino acids with a calculated molecular size of 97 kDa. Its amino-terminal third is weakly homologous to the immunogenic basic matrix phosphoprotein pp150 of human cytomegalovirus. Five fragments representing more than 93% of HHV-6 p100 were prokaryotically expressed. The antigenic epitopes of p100 were preliminary mapped by immunoblotting with human sera. They are located within the carboxy-terminal part which is neither homologous nor cross-reactive to pp150 of human cytomegalovirus. Availability of the gene for the immunodominant structural protein should provide tools for studies of pathogenesis by HHV-6. FAU - Neipel, F AU - Neipel F AD - Institut fur klinische und molekulare Virologie, Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg, Germany. FAU - Ellinger, K AU - Ellinger K FAU - Fleckenstein, B AU - Fleckenstein B LA - eng SI - GENBANK/M87287 PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - J Virol JT - Journal of virology JID - 0113724 RN - 0 (Epitopes) RN - 0 (Peptide Fragments) RN - 0 (Phosphoproteins) RN - 0 (Recombinant Fusion Proteins) RN - 0 (Viral Matrix Proteins) RN - 0 (Viral Proteins) RN - 0 (pp150 protein, Cytomegalovirus) RN - 147338-03-2 (p100 protein, Human herpesvirus 6) SB - IM MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - Base Sequence MH - Chromosome Mapping MH - Epitopes/*immunology MH - Escherichia coli/genetics MH - Gene Library MH - Herpesvirus 6, Human/*genetics/immunology MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Peptide Fragments/biosynthesis/genetics/immunology MH - *Phosphoproteins MH - Recombinant Fusion Proteins/biosynthesis/genetics/immunology MH - *Viral Matrix Proteins MH - Viral Proteins/blood/*genetics/immunology PMC - PMC241182 EDAT- 1992/06/01 00:00 MHDA- 1992/06/01 00:01 PMCR- 1992/06/01 CRDT- 1992/06/01 00:00 PHST- 1992/06/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1992/06/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1992/06/01 00:00 [entrez] PHST- 1992/06/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1128/JVI.66.6.3918-3924.1992 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Virol. 1992 Jun;66(6):3918-24. doi: 10.1128/JVI.66.6.3918-3924.1992.