EBOV Glycoprotein/GP Recombinant Protein | EBOV-G recombinant protein

Ebola virus EBOV (Subtype Sudan, strain Gulu) Glycoprotein/GP Protein (aa:Met1-Asn637, His Tag)

Cat. Num. AAA8122151

• Purity: >85% as determined by SDS-PAGE
• Synonyms: EBOV Glycoprotein/GP; Ebola virus EBOV (Subtype Sudan; strain Gulu) Glycoprotein/GP Protein (aa:Met1-Asn637; His Tag); EBOV-G recombinant protein

• Host: Baculovirus-Insect Cells
• Purity/Purification: >85% as determined by SDS-PAGE
• Form/Format: Lyophilized from sterile 20mM Tris, 500mM NaCl, 10% glycerol, pH7.4. Normally 5%-8% trehalose, mannitol and 0.01% Tween80 are added as protectants before lyophilization. Please refer to the specific buffer information in the hard copy of CoA.
• Sequence: Met1-Asn637

• Species: EBOV
• Endotoxin: <1.0EU per ug of the protein as determined by the LAL method
• Predicted N Terminal: Met 33
• Tag: C-His
• Protein Construction: A DNA sequence encoding Sudan ebolavirus (strain Uganda-00) GP (YP_138523.1)(Met1-Asn637) was expressed with a C-terminal polyhistidine tag.
• Reconstitution: A hardcopy of COA with reconstitution instruction is sent along with the products. Please refer to it for detailed information.
• Preparation and Storage: Samples are stable for up to twelve months from date of receipt at -20 degree C to -80 degree C. Store it under sterile conditions at -20 degree C to -80 degree C. It is recommended that the protein be aliquoted for optimal storage. Avoid repeated freeze-thaw cycles.; In general, recombinant proteins are provided as lyophilized powder which are shipped at ambient temperature. Bulk packages of recombinant proteins are provided as frozen liquid.; They are shipped out with blue ice.

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Related Product Information for EBOV-G recombinant protein

Background: The fourth gene of the EBOV genome encodes a 16-kDa envelope-attached glycoprotein (GP) and a 11kDa secreted glycoprotein (sGP). Both GP and sGP have an identical 295-residue N-terminus, however, they have different C-terminal sequences. Recently, great attention has been paid to GP for vaccines design and entry inhibitors isolation. GP is a class I fusion protein which assembles as trimers on viral surface and plays an important role in virus entry and attachment. Mature GP is a disulfide-linked heterodimer formed by two subunits, GP1 and GP2, which are generated from the proteolytical process of GP precursor (pre-GP) by cellular furin during virus assembly. The GP1 subunit contains a mucin domain and a receptor-binding domain (RBD); the GP2 subunit has a fusion peptide, a helical heptad-repeat (HR) region, a transmembrane (TM) domain, and a 4-residue cytoplasmic tail. The RBD of GP1 mediates the interaction of EBOV with cellular receptor (e.g. DC-SIGN/LSIGN, TIM-1, hMGL, NPC1, beta-integrins, folate receptor-alpha, and Tyro3 family receptors), of which TIM1 and NPC1 are essential for EBOV entry; the mucin domain having N- and O-linked glycans enhances the viral attachment to cellular hMGL, and participates in shielding key neutralization epitopes, which helps the virus evades immune elimination. There are large conformation changes of GP2 during membrane fusion, which enhance the insertion of fusion loop into cellular membrane and facilitate the release of viral nucleocapsid core to cytoplasm.

References

Volchkov VE, et al. Processing of the Ebola virus glycoprotein by the proprotein convertase furin. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 May 12;95(10):5762-7. Lee JE, et al. Structure of the Ebola virus glycoprotein bound to an antibody from a human survivor. Nature. 2008 Jul 10;454(7201):177-82. doi: 10.1038/nature07082. Hood CL, et al. Biochemical and structural characterization of cathepsin L-processed Ebola virus glycoprotein: implications for viral entry and immunogenicity. J Virol. 2010 Mar;84(6):2972-82. doi: 10.1128/JVI.02151-09. Cook JD and Lee JE. The secret life of viral entry glycoproteins: moonlighting in immune evasion. PLoS Pathog. 2013 May;9(5):e1003258. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003258. Miller EH and Chandran K. Filovirus entry into cells - new insights. Curr Opin Virol. 2012 Apr;2(2):206-14. doi: 10.1016/j.coviro.2012.02.015.

NCBI and Uniprot Product Information

• NCBI GI #: 55770812
• NCBI GeneID: 3160774
• NCBI Accession #: YP_138523.1
• NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #: NC_006432.1
• UniProt Accession #: Q7T9D9
• NCBI Official Full Name: spike glycoprotein
• NCBI Official Symbol: GP
• NCBI Protein Information: spike glycoprotein; small secreted glycoprotein; second secreted glycoprotein
• UniProt Protein Name: Envelope glycoprotein
• UniProt Gene Name: GP
• UniProt Synonym Gene Names: GP

Uniprot Description

GP1 is responsible for binding to the receptor(s) on target cells. Interacts with CD209/DC-SIGN and CLEC4M/DC-SIGNR which act as cofactors for virus entry into the host cell. Binding to CD209 and CLEC4M, which are respectively found on dendritic cells (DCs), and on endothelial cells of liver sinusoids and lymph node sinuses, facilitate infection of macrophages and endothelial cells. These interactions not only facilitate virus cell entry, but also allow capture of viral particles by DCs and subsequent transmission to susceptible cells without DCs infection (trans infection). Binding to the macrophage specific lectin CLEC10A also seem to enhance virus infectivity. Interaction with FOLR1/folate receptor alpha may be a cofactor for virus entry in some cell types, although results are contradictory. Members of the Tyro3 receptor tyrosine kinase family also seem to be cell entry factors in filovirus infection. Once attached, the virions are internalized through clathrin-dependent endocytosis and/or macropinocytosis. After internalization of the virus into the endosomes of the host cell, proteolysis of GP1 by two cysteine proteases, CTSB/cathepsin B and CTSL/cathepsin L presumably induces a conformational change of GP2, allowing its binding to the host entry receptor NPC1 and unmasking its fusion peptide to initiate membranes fusion.