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Epistasis mediates the evolution of the receptor binding mode in recent human H3N2 hemagglutinin.
Nature communications - 18 Jun 2024
Lei Ruipeng, Liang Weiwen, Ouyang Wenhao O, Hernandez Garcia Andrea, Kikuchi Chika, Wang Shengyang, McBride Ryan, Tan Timothy J C, Sun Yuanxin, Chen Chunke, Graham Claire S, Rodriguez Lucia A, Shen Ivana R, Choi Danbi, Bruzzone Roberto, Paulson James C, Nair Satish K, Mok Chris K P, Wu Nicholas C
Abstract excerpt
The receptor-binding site of influenza A virus hemagglutinin partially overlaps with major antigenic sites and constantly evolves. In this study, we observe that mutations G186D and D190N in the hemagglutinin receptor-binding site have coevolved in two recent human H3N2 clades. X-ray crystallography results show that these mutations coordinately drive the evolution of the hemagglutinin receptor binding mode....
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