Table 1.
Proteome of F12/HIV-1 a
| Viral gene | Amino acid substitutions | Viral protein product |
|---|---|---|
|
gag
|
p17: 1 |
Inefficient cleavage of the p55 precursor
[12,13] |
| |
p24: 6 |
|
| |
p15: 3 |
|
|
pol
|
Pro: 3 |
Apparently intact
[12] |
| |
RT: 10 |
|
| |
Endo: 2 |
|
|
env
|
gp120: 4 |
No cleavage of the gp160 precursor
[11,12] |
| |
gp41: 2 |
|
|
nef
|
3 |
Defects in trafficking and signaling functions
[13,14] |
|
tat
|
0 |
Functional
[12] |
|
rev
|
0 |
Functional
[12] |
|
vif
|
14 |
Functionally defective
[12,15] |
|
vpr
|
3 |
Premature stop codon at aa 76
[12] |
| vpu | 0 | Apparently intact [12] |
aThe F12/HIV-1 amino acid sequence was compared to a consensus sequence obtained with multiple alignments of 5 type B HIV-1 isolates. No nucleotide substitutions have been found in the LTRs, TAR, and RRE HIV-1 regulatory sequences.