Table 2 Amino acid similarities between the fusion glycoprotein of measles virus and human intestinal proteins

Set 1

(409-506)

LIAVCLGG

VGLF MEASA

Fusion glycoprotein

Measles virus

LIA CL G

(119-126)

LIATCLFG

A4P HUMAN

Intestinal membrane A4 protein

Human

Set 2

(350-364)

PMSPL-LQECLRGSTK

VGLF MEASA

Fusion glycoprotein

Measles virus

P S L + ECLRG+ +

(187-203)

PDSALDINECLRGARR

GPC3 HUMAN

Intestinal glypican-3

Human

Set 3

(236-243)

YALGGDIN

VGLF MEASA

Fusion glycoprotein

Measles virus

Y   LG  DIN

(155-162)

YILGSDIN

GPC3 HUMAN

Intestinal glypican-3

Human

Set 4

(44-51)

KVMTRSSH

VGLF MEASA

Fusion glycoprotein

Measles virus

KV T+SSH

(382-389)

KVYTKSSH

KLF5 HUMAN

Intestinal-enriched krueppel-like factor

Human

Set 5

(95-102)

TQNIRPVQ

VGLF MEASA

Fusion glycoprotein

Measles virus

+QNI+PVQ

(351-358)

SQNIQPVR

KLF5 HUMAN

Intestinal-enriched krueppel-like factor

Human

Set 6

(218-222)

GPSLR

VGLF MEASA

Fusion glycoprotein

Measles virus

GPSLR

(787-791)

GPSLR

CTOG HUMAN

Colonic TOG

Human

Set 7

(230-235)

SIQALS

VGLF MEASA

Fusion glycoprotein

Measles virus

SIQAL+

(1557-1562)

SIQALT

CTOG HUMAN

Colonic TOG

Human

Set 8

(507-513)

LIGIPAL

VGLF MEASA

Fusion glycoprotein

Measles virus

LIG PAL

(365-371)

LIGRPAL

MGA HUMAN

Maltose-glycoamylase

Human

Set 9

(473-480)

AKELLESS

VGLF MEASA

Fusion glycoprotein

Measles virus

AKE L+S+

(34-41)

AKESLKST

MGA HUMAN

Maltose-glycoamylase

Human

Set 10

(244-252)

KVLEKLGYS

VGLF MEASA

Fusion glycoprotein

Measles virus

+VLEKL ++

(497-505)

QVLEKLKFT

PTK7 HUMAN

Colon carcinoma kinase-4

Human

Set 11

(505-514)

GGLIGIPALI

VGLF MEASA

Fusion glycoprotein

Measles virus

G LIG+P LI

(252-261)

GNLIGLPLLI

CC-2 HUMAN

Colon cancer, nonpolypsis type 2

Human