Protein Information

General Information
MoonProt ID421
First appeared in release3.0
Name(s)VP40
UniProt IDQ05128
GO termsGO:0020002 host cell plasma membrane GO:0046755 viral budding GO:0016032 viral process GO:0039702 viral budding via host ESCRT complex GO:0039660 structural constituent of virion GO:0033644 host cell membrane GO:0055036 virion membrane GO:0033645 host cell endomembrane system GO:0016020 membrane GO:0019012 virion
Organisms for which functions have been demonstratedEbola virus (virus)
Sequence length272 amino acids
FASTA sequence>sp|Q05128|VP40_EBOZM Matrix protein VP40 OS=Zaire ebolavirus (strain Mayinga-76) OX=128952 GN=VP40 PE=1 SV=1 MRRVILPTAPPEYMEAIYPVRSNSTIARGGNSNTGFLTPESVNGDTPSNPLRPIADDTIDHASHTPGSVSSAFILEAMVNVISGPKVLMKQIPIWLPLGVADQKTYSFDSTTAAIMLASYTITHFGKATNPLVRVNRLGPGIPDHPLRLLRIGNQAFLQEFVLPPVQLPQYFTFDLTALKLITQPLPAATWTDDTPTGSNGALRPGISFHPKLRPILLPNKSGKKGNSADLTSPEKIQAIMTSLQDFKIVPIDPTKNIMGIEVPETLVHKLTGKKVTSKNGQPIIPVLLPKYIGLDPVAPGDLTMVITQDCDTCHSPASLPAVIEK
Structure Information
PDB IDNA
Quaternary structureNA
SCOPNA
CATHNA
TM Helix Predictionno TM helices
DisProt AnnotationNot in DisProt
Predicted Disorder RegionsUse FASTA sequence on the MFDp2 webserver. moonID_421_uniID_Q05128 is 326 residues long, with 37 residues (11.35%) predicted as disordered.The protein has 1 short (< 30 residues) disorder segment and 1 long (>= 30 residues) disorder segment. Segment 1 - Long (>= 30 residues) disordered segment Segment is located between positions 28 and 58 in the sequence. The segment is 31 residues long (9.51 % of the total sequence length). Segment 2 - Short (< 30 residues) disordered segment Segment is located between positions 321 and 326 in the sequence. The segment is 6 residues long (1.84 % of the total sequence length).
Connections to Disease
OMIM ID
Function 1
Function descriptionInteracts with cell membrane, when dimer
References for function23953110
E.C. numberNA
Location of functional site(s)NA
Cellular location of functioncell membrane
Commentsthe NTD-to-NTD interface that assembles the native VP40 dimer and the CTD-to-CTD interface by which dimers further assemble
Function 2
Function descriptionNeeded for virus budding, when linear hexamer
References for function23953110
E.C. numberNA
Location of functional site(s)NA
Cellular location of functionNA
Commentshexameric structure comprised of three VP40 dimers, hexamers further assemble into uninterrupted filamentous structures via the CTD-to-CTD interface