Open AccessThe Amino Acid Sequence of a Hong Kong Influenza Haemagglutinin Light (HA2) Chain
Author(s) -
Theo A.A. Dopheide,
Colin W. Ward
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of general virology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.55
H-Index - 167
eISSN - 1465-2099
pISSN - 0022-1317
DOI - 10.1099/0022-1317-50-2-329
Subject(s) - biology , virology , sequence (biology) , peptide sequence , immunoglobulin light chain , chain (unit) , genetics , antibody , gene , physics , astronomy
The amino acid sequence of the Hong Kong haemagglutinin light chang (HA2:222 residues) is nearly complete, lacking only the definition of a highly aggregated region near the carboxyl terminal end of the chain. This unsequenced area of approx. 25 residues occurs near the carboxyl terminal end of cyanogen bromide peptide CN-I, whose structure determination is discussed in this paper. All 1/2-cystine residues present in HA2 occur in CN-I, as a proximal cluster involving residues 137, 144 and 148, and as a distal cluster involving four other 1/2-cystine within peptides. The single glycosylated asparagine in HA2 also occurs in CN-I; the carbohydrates moiety is complex. The structure of HA2 is discussed in terms of its properties, and compared with published data from haemagglutinins from other influenza strains.