Selected article for: "class iii fusion protein and postfusion prefusion conformation"

Author: Fan, Qing; Kopp, Sarah J.; Connolly, Sarah A.; Longnecker, Richard
Title: Structure-Based Mutations in the Herpes Simplex Virus 1 Glycoprotein B Ectodomain Arm Impart a Slow-Entry Phenotype
  • Document date: 2017_5_16
  • ID: 1v6nf28a_2
    Snippet: Fusion of the viral membrane with the host cell membrane is executed by gB, a class III viral fusion protein (12) that is conserved across all herpesviruses (13) . Viral fusion proteins initially fold to a metastable prefusion state. Upon triggering, the proteins insert themselves into the cellular membrane and refold from a prefusion to a postfusion conformation to bring the viral and cell membranes together. Crystal structures of the postfusion.....
    Document: Fusion of the viral membrane with the host cell membrane is executed by gB, a class III viral fusion protein (12) that is conserved across all herpesviruses (13) . Viral fusion proteins initially fold to a metastable prefusion state. Upon triggering, the proteins insert themselves into the cellular membrane and refold from a prefusion to a postfusion conformation to bring the viral and cell membranes together. Crystal structures of the postfusion gB conformation have been solved for three herpesviruses (12, (14) (15) (16) . The prefusion conformation of gB and the details of how it refolds to execute fusion are unclear. Attempts to capture a stable prefusion form of HSV-1 gB for crystallization have been unsuccessful (17) .

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