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Changes in the chikungunya virus E1 glycoprotein domain II and hinge influence E2 conformation, infectivity, and virus-receptor interactions.
Journal of virology - 23 Jul 2024
Thannickal Sara A, Battini Leandro, Spector Sophie N, Noval Maria G, Álvarez Diego E, Stapleford Kenneth A
Abstract excerpt
In a previous study to understand how the chikungunya virus (CHIKV) E1 glycoprotein β-strand c functions, we identified several attenuating variants at E1 residue V80 and the emergence of second-site mutations in the fusion loop (E1-M88L) and hinge region (E1-N20Y) with the V80 variants in vivo. The emergence of these mutations led us to question how changes in E1 may contribute to CHIKV infection at the...
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