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ArticleNature communications2024

The cryo-EM structure of homotetrameric attachment glycoprotein from langya henipavirus.

Yingying Guo, Songyue Wu, Wenting Li, Haonan Yang, Tianhao Shi, Bin Ju, Zheng Zhang, Renhong Yan

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yingying Guo *Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Key University Laboratory of Metabolism and Health of Guangdong, Institute for Biological Electron Microscopy, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, Guangdong, China. guoyingnba@163.com.ORCID 0000-0001-6261-0435
Songyue Wu *Institute for Hepatology, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Disease, Shenzhen Third People's Hospital, Shenzhen, China.ORCID 0009-0004-6565-9110
Wenting Li *Institute for Hepatology, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Disease, Shenzhen Third People's Hospital, Shenzhen, China.ORCID 0009-0002-6689-461X
Haonan Yang *Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Key University Laboratory of Metabolism and Health of Guangdong, Institute for Biological Electron Microscopy, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, Guangdong, China.
Tianhao ShiDepartment of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Key University Laboratory of Metabolism and Health of Guangdong, Institute for Biological Electron Microscopy, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, Guangdong, China.
Bin JuInstitute for Hepatology, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Disease, Shenzhen Third People's Hospital, Shenzhen, China. jubin2013@163.com.ORCID 0000-0003-0768-6327
Zheng ZhangInstitute for Hepatology, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Disease, Shenzhen Third People's Hospital, Shenzhen, China. zhangzheng1975@aliyun.com.ORCID 0000-0002-3544-1389
Renhong YanDepartment of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Key University Laboratory of Metabolism and Health of Guangdong, Institute for Biological Electron Microscopy, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, Guangdong, China. yanrh@sustech.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-7122-6547
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Langya Henipavirus (LayV) infection is an emerging zoonotic disease that has been causing respiratory symptoms in China since 2019. For virus entry, LayV's genome encodes the fusion protein F and the attachment glycoprotein G. However, the structural and functional information regarding LayV-G remains unclear. In this study, we revealed that LayV-G cannot bind to the receptors found in other HNVs, such as ephrin B2/B3, and it shows different antigenicity from HeV-G and NiV-G. Furthermore, we determined the near full-length structure of LayV-G, which displays a distinct mushroom-shaped configuration, distinguishing it from other attachment glycoproteins of HNV. The stalk and transmembrane regions resemble the stem and root of mushroom and four downward-tilted head domains as mushroom cap potentially interact with the F protein and influence membrane fusion process. Our findings enhance the understanding of emerging HNVs that cause human diseases through zoonotic transmission and provide implication for LayV related vaccine development.

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HenipavirusHenipavirus InfectionsNipah VirusChinaCryoelectron MicroscopyGlycoproteinsHumansViral Envelope ProteinsVirus InternalizationGlycoproteinsViral Envelope Proteins

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