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ArticleThe Biochemical journal2006

pH-dependence of intermediate steps of membrane fusion induced by the influenza fusion peptide.

Ding-Kwo Chang, Shu-Fang Cheng

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Article in The Biochemical journal, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 30% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ding-Kwo ChangInstitute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan 115, Republic of China. dkc@chem.sinica.edu.tw
Shu-Fang Cheng
Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Membrane fusion mediated by the influenza-virus fusion protein is activated by low pH via a cascade of reactions. Some processes among them are irreversible, such as helix hairpin formation of the ectodomain, whereas others are reversible, such as exposure of the fusion peptide. Using this property, we attempted to dissect, in temporal order, different stages of the fusion reaction involving the fusion peptide by an acidic-neutral-acidic pH cycle. The fluorescence-quenching data indicated that both insertion depth and self-assembly are pH-reversible. In addition, lipid mixing assay was demonstrated to be arrested by neutral pH. By contrast, membrane leakage was shown to be irreversible with respect to pH. Our results, along with those from other studies on the pH-dependence of membrane fusion, are used to build a model for the virus-mediated fusion event from the perspective of pH-reversibility.

Indexed as

Hydrogen-Ion ConcentrationMembrane Fusion4-Chloro-7-nitrobenzofurazanDimyristoylphosphatidylcholineHemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza VirusInfluenza A virusLipid BilayersPeptide FragmentsPhosphatidylglycerolsRhodaminesSpectrometry, FluorescenceViral Fusion Proteins4-Chloro-7-nitrobenzofurazanDimyristoylphosphatidylcholinedimyristoylphosphatidylglycerolHemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virusinfluenza virus hemagglutinin peptide 2 (1-25)Lipid BilayersPeptide FragmentsPhosphatidylglycerolsRhodaminesViral Fusion Proteins

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PMID16519629
PMCPMC1482821
OpenAlexW1965291298

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