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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2018

Influenza hemagglutinin membrane anchor.

Donald J Benton, Andrea Nans, Lesley J Calder, Jack Turner, Ursula Neu, Yi Pu Lin, Esther Ketelaars, Nicole L Kallewaard, Davide Corti, Antonio Lanzavecchia and 3 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 90 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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90citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

90 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 165 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Donald J BentonStructural Biology of Disease Processes Laboratory, Francis Crick Institute, NW1 1AT London, United Kingdom; Donald.Benton@crick.ac.uk Peter.Rosenthal@crick.ac.uk John.Skehel@crick.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0001-6748-9339
Andrea NansStructural Biology of Cells and Viruses Laboratory, Francis Crick Institute, NW1 1AT London, United Kingdom.
Lesley J CalderStructural Biology of Cells and Viruses Laboratory, Francis Crick Institute, NW1 1AT London, United Kingdom.
Jack TurnerStructural Biology of Cells and Viruses Laboratory, Francis Crick Institute, NW1 1AT London, United Kingdom.
Ursula NeuStructural Biology of Disease Processes Laboratory, Francis Crick Institute, NW1 1AT London, United Kingdom.
Yi Pu LinWorldwide Influenza Centre, Francis Crick Institute, NW1 1AT London, United Kingdom.
Esther KetelaarsInstitute for Research in Biomedicine, 6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland.
Nicole L KallewaardMedImmune LLC, Gaithersburg, MD 20878.
Davide CortiHumabs BioMed SA, 6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-5797-1364
Antonio LanzavecchiaInstitute for Research in Biomedicine, 6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland.
Steven J GamblinStructural Biology of Disease Processes Laboratory, Francis Crick Institute, NW1 1AT London, United Kingdom.
Peter B RosenthalStructural Biology of Cells and Viruses Laboratory, Francis Crick Institute, NW1 1AT London, United Kingdom; Donald.Benton@crick.ac.uk Peter.Rosenthal@crick.ac.uk John.Skehel@crick.ac.uk.
John J SkehelStructural Biology of Disease Processes Laboratory, Francis Crick Institute, NW1 1AT London, United Kingdom; Donald.Benton@crick.ac.uk Peter.Rosenthal@crick.ac.uk John.Skehel@crick.ac.uk.
The Francis Crick Institute · GB

Funding

Cancer Research UK FC001078Cancer Research UK FC001143Medical Research Council FC001078Medical Research Council FC001143Wellcome Trust FC001078Wellcome Trust FC001143
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Viruses with membranes fuse them with cellular membranes, to transfer their genomes into cells at the beginning of infection. For Influenza virus, the membrane glycoprotein involved in fusion is the hemagglutinin (HA), the 3D structure of which is known from X-ray crystallographic studies. The soluble ectodomain fragments used in these studies lacked the "membrane anchor" portion of the molecule. Since this region has a role in membrane fusion, we have determined its structure by analyzing the intact, full-length molecule in a detergent micelle, using cryo-EM. We have also compared the structures of full-length HA-detergent micelles with full-length HA-Fab complex detergent micelles, to describe an infectivity-neutralizing monoclonal Fab that binds near the ectodomain membrane anchor junction. We determine a high-resolution HA structure which compares favorably in detail with the structure of the ectodomain seen by X-ray crystallography; we detect, clearly, all five carbohydrate side chains of HA; and we find that the ectodomain is joined to the membrane anchor by flexible, eight-residue-long, linkers. The linkers extend into the detergent micelle to join a central triple-helical structure that is a major component of the membrane anchor.

Indexed as

Antibodies, ViralCryoelectron MicroscopyCrystallography, X-RayHemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza VirusImmunoglobulin Fab FragmentsInfluenza A Virus, H1N1 SubtypeMicellesProtein DomainsProtein Structure, SecondaryAntibodies, ViralHemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virushemagglutinin, human influenza A virusImmunoglobulin Fab FragmentsMicellescryo-EMhemagglutinininfluenzamembrane fusionmembrane protein

Identifiers

PMID30224494
PMCPMC6176637
OpenAlexW2890790004

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