Article
Structural and functional analysis of natural capsid variants reveals sialic-acid independent entry of BK polyomavirus
2022-07-14
Abstract excerpt
BK Polyomavirus (BKPyV) is an opportunistic pathogen that causes nephropathy in kidney transplant recipients. The BKPyV major capsid protein, VP1, engages gangliosides, lipid-linked sialylated glycans at the cell surface, to gain entry into cells. Here, we characterise the influence of VP1 mutations observed in patients with persistent post-transplant BKPyV replication on ganglioside binding, VP1 protein structure...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 7632d6eb-9146-5463-92cc-f47a65a096b5
- DOI
- 10.1101/2022.07.13.499703
