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Structure of pre-S2 N- and O-linked glycans in surface proteins from different genotypes of hepatitis B virus.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Jul 2004
Schmitt Sigrid, Glebe Dieter, Tolle Tanja K, Lochnit Günter, Linder Dietmar, Geyer Rudolf, Gerlich Wolfram H
Abstract excerpt
The middle-sized (M) surface proteins of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and other orthohepadnaviruses contain a conserved N-glycan in their pre-S2 domain, which is essential for the secretion of viral particles. Recently, we also found O-glycans in the pre-S2 domain of M protein from woodchuck hepatitis virus (WHV) and HBV genotype D. Since the O-glycosylation motif is not conserved in all genotypes of HBV, the...
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