A model for the hepatitis B virus core protein: prediction of antigenic sites and relationship to RNA virus capsid proteins.

AUTOR(ES)

Argos, P

RESUMO

The sequences of the core proteins from several serotypes of human hepatitis B virus and related mammalian and avian hepadnaviruses are aligned with the vp3 capsid protein of mengo virus, a picornavirus. The homology indicates an eight-stranded antiparallel beta-barrel fold for the hepatitis protein, as observed in the tertiary structure of the picornavirus protein. The locations of known antigenic sites and other modifications are consistent with this structure for the core protein. The predicted folding suggests additional exposed antigenic sites and supports an evolutionary relationship between this family of enveloped DNA viruses and enveloped and non-enveloped RNA viruses.

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