The homology between Nef (Poon AFY, 2009) and Notch (BLASTP on mouse Notch-1) chimera was 67 AA long with 4 His, 1 Cys and 1 Trp (highly significant): Nef : GWCFEVEEDTEGETNSLLHPISQHGMEDPERQVLVWRFNSRLAFEHKARLMHPEFYKNC Notch : GWLLD...FEQDSEGETNSLPHLISQHAL ANPEMQALA-HGKSRLAFEHQVRLSHLPVANNC It included the Nef LL and ED doublets precisely implicated in CD4 down-regulation and EE in β-COP recruitement(Benichou S.1994).
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CD4.CD8 ratio decrease in AIDS, explained by a molecular mimicry between African HIV-1 Nef and Notch-1. Nef as a target for vaccine and NF-Kb inhibitors (salicylate, resveratrol,curcumin, epigallocatechine-3-gallate)
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