CA - P24, Core Antigen capsid protein

HIV CA forms the conical core of the viral particle.

Homology model of CA made using 1E6J as a reference structure - created by Ryan Doherty using SwissModel, SwissPDB Viewer and POV-Ray
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ViralZone:HIV-1
PDB: 1E6J (HIV-1 CA)
SwissProt: P04591 (HIV-1 HXB2 GAG)
Chime Tutorial: not available
Los Alamos HIV structure DB: Core Antigen Capsid
EMBL: K03455 [EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ]
BioAfrica: Gag Protein Data Mining Tool


Isoforms:

  • p24 (231 amino acids)

Cleavage site:


Localization:

  • Virion
  • Cell Cytoplasm

Function:

  • Forms the conical core of the viral particle that encapsulates the genomic RNA-nucleocapsid complex (Ref. # 7)


Additional Information:

  • CA is phosphorylated
  • CA interacts with Cyclophilin A, leading to its incorporation into the virion (Ref. #4 & #5)
  • disruption of the CA/Cyclophilin A interaction leads to inhibition of viral replication (Ref. #6)

Genomic Location: [TOP]

Reference Sequences:

HIV-1 (HXB2): 

          10         20         30         40         50         60         70 
           |          |          |          |          |          |          | 
  PIVQNIQGQM VHQAISPRTL NAWVKVVEEK AFSPEVIPMF SALSEGATPQ DLNTMLNTVG GHQAAMQMLK 
          80         90        100        110        120        130        140 
           |          |          |          |          |          |          | 
  ETINEEAAEW DRVHPVHAGP IAPGQMREPR GSDIAGTTST LQEQIGWMTN NPPIPVGEIY KRWIILGLNK 
         150        160        170        180        190        200        210 
           |          |          |          |          |          |          | 
  IVRMYSPTSI LDIRQGPKEP FRDYVDRFYK TLRAEQASQE VKNWMTETLL VQNANPDCKT ILKALGPAAT 
         220        230  
           |          | 
  LEEMMTACQG VGGPGHKARV L

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Length: 231 amino acids
Molecular Weight: 25579 Da
Theoretical pI: 6.26
Protein Domains/Folds/Motifs: [TOP]

InterPro signature for Retrovirus capsid, C-terminal - IPR008916


InterPro signature for Retrovirus capsid, N-terminal core - IPR008919



Secondary Structure prediction:

Antigenic Sites - EMBOSS:
Predicted Motifs: Printer-friendly version
N-glycosylation:
N-myristoylation:
Amidation:
Protein kinase C:
Casein kinase II:
Tyrosine kinase:
cAMP / cGMP kinase:
Cell attachment motif:
Asp Protease motif:
Asp Prot Retro motif:
Cysteine-rich Region:
Tryptophan-rich Region:
Zinc-finger CCHC motif:
Leucine Zipper motif:

Protein-Protein Interactions: [TOP]

  • CA interacts with Cyclophilin A, which acts during the disassembly of the viral core after infecting a new cell (Ref. #6)
Primary and Secondary Database Entries: [TOP]

Identifiers:

ViralZone: HIV-1
PDB/MMDB: Search for HIV-1 & Capsid

SwissProt: P04591 (HIV-1 HXB2 GAG)
EMBL: K03455; AAB50258.1 [EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ]

PIR: UNKNOWN
HIV: K03455; UNKNOWN$HXB2
InterPro: IPR000721
Pfam: PF00607
Prints: none
ProDom: PD000209 (1 - 28) / PD460115 (1 - 57) / PD003398 (1 - 95) / PD613442 (1 - 28) / PD006198 (13 - 85)
PD579426 (29 - 64) / PD401881 (43 - 102) / PD000278 (61 - 132) / PD000267 (148 - 231)
SCOP: SSF47943 Retroviral Core Antigen N-terminus / SSF47353 Retroviral Core Antigen N-terminus
BLOCKS: P04591
Prosite: P04591
ProtoNet: P04591
ProtoMap: P04591
PRESAGE: P04591
Database of Interacting Proteins: P04591
ModBase: P04591
Swiss-2DPAGE: 2D gel

BioAfrica Tools:
- Gag Protein Data Mining Tool provides real-time analysis of HIV-1 Gag isolates
- HIV Structure BLAST searches for similar HIV sequences that have known structures
- HIV Proteomics Resource contains protein sequence and structure analysis tools
Reviews and References: [TOP]

Cite the resource by citing the following paper:
Doherty R et al. BioAfrica's HIV-1 Proteomics Resource: Combining protein data with bioinformatics tools. Retrovirology (2005), 9;2(1):18.

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Thali M, Bukovsky A, Kondo E.
Nature 372: 363-365 (1994) [pubmed: 7969495]
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