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Immobilization of the N-terminal helix stabilizes prefusion paramyxovirus fusion proteins.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 5 Jul 2016
Song Albert S, Poor Taylor A, Abriata Luciano A, Jardetzky Theodore S, Dal Peraro Matteo, Lamb Robert A
Abstract excerpt
Parainfluenza virus 5 (PIV5) is an enveloped, single-stranded, negative-sense RNA virus of the Paramyxoviridae family. PIV5 fusion and entry are mediated by the coordinated action of the receptor-binding protein, hemagglutinin-neuraminidase (HN), and the fusion protein (F). Upon triggering by HN, F undergoes an irreversible ATP- and pH-independent conformational change, going down an energy gradient from a...
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