ArticlemSphere2018
Transmembrane Domains of Highly Pathogenic Viral Fusion Proteins Exhibit Trimeric Association
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- Inconspicuous Yet Indispensable: The Coronavirus Spike Transmembrane Domain.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Genetic Analysis of Orf Virus (ORFV) Strains Isolated from Goats in China: Insights into Epidemiological Characteristics and Evolutionary Patterns.Virus research · 2023Article
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- Third Helical Domain of the Nipah Virus Fusion Glycoprotein Modulates both Early and Late Steps in the Membrane Fusion Cascade.Journal of virology · 2020Article
- Viral Membrane Fusion and the Transmembrane Domain.Viruses · 2020Review
- Parainfluenza virus 5 fusion protein maintains pre-fusion stability but not fusogenic activity following mutation of a transmembrane leucine/isoleucine domain.The Journal of general virology · 2020Article
- Transmembrane Domain Dissociation Is Required for Hendra Virus F Protein Fusogenic Activity.Journal of virology · 2019Article
- A Hydrophobic Target: Using the Paramyxovirus Fusion Protein Transmembrane Domain To Modulate Fusion Protein Stability.Journal of virology · 2019Article
- Lateral Membrane Heterogeneity Regulates Viral-Induced Membrane Fusion during HIV Entry.International journal of molecular sciences · 2018Article
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Abstract
Enveloped viruses require viral fusion proteins to promote fusion of the viral envelope with a target cell membrane. To drive fusion, these proteins undergo large conformational changes that must occur at the right place and at the right time. Understanding the elements which control the stability of the prefusion state and the initiation of conformational changes is key to understanding the function of these important proteins. The construction of mutations in the fusion protein transmembrane domains (TMDs) or the replacement of these domains with lipid anchors has implicated the TMD in the fusion process. However, the structural and molecular details of the role of the TMD in these fusion events remain unclear. Previously, we demonstrated that isolated paramyxovirus fusion protein TMDs associate in a monomer-trimer equilibrium, using sedimentation equilibrium analytical ultracentrifugation. Using a similar approach, the work presented here indicates that trimeric interactions also occur between the fusion protein TMDs of Ebola virus, influenza virus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS CoV), and rabies virus. Our results suggest that TM-TM interactions are important in the fusion protein function of diverse viral families.
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