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pH-triggered, activated-state conformations of the influenza hemagglutinin fusion peptide revealed by NMR.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 4 Dec 2012
Lorieau Justin L, Louis John M, Schwieters Charles D, Bax Adriaan
Abstract excerpt
The highly conserved first 23 residues of the influenza hemagglutinin HA2 subunit constitute the fusion domain, which plays a pivotal role in fusing viral and host-cell membranes. At neutral pH, this peptide adopts a tight helical hairpin wedge structure, stabilized by aliphatic hydrogen bonding and charge-dipole interactions. We demonstrate that at low pH, where the fusion process is triggered, the native...
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