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Functional and antigenic landscape of the Nipah virus receptor-binding protein.

Brendan B Larsen, Teagan McMahon, Jack T Brown, Zhaoqian Wang, Caelan E Radford, James E Crowe, David Veesler, Jesse D Bloom

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Article in Cell, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed.

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  10. Functional and antigenic constraints on the Nipah virus fusion protein.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Brendan B LarsenBasic Sciences Division and Computational Biology Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.
Teagan McMahonBasic Sciences Division and Computational Biology Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.
Jack T BrownDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
Zhaoqian WangDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
Caelan E RadfordBasic Sciences Division and Computational Biology Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.
James E CroweDepartment of Pathology Microbiology and Immunology, The Vanderbilt Vaccine Center, and Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
David VeeslerDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
Jesse D BloomBasic Sciences Division and Computational Biology Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. Electronic address: jbloom@fredhutch.org.

Funding

Translational Bioimaging Core Shared ResourceP30CA015704 · NCI · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI Eric Collisson · 1985 to 2026
$296.4M
Project 5: mRNA and mRNA-launched nanoparticle vaccinesU19AI181881 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI KING, NEIL, STUART, LYNDA · 2024 to 2024
$41.1M
Project 3 - USUHSU19AI142764 · NIAID · HENRY M. JACKSON FDN FOR THE ADV MIL/MED · PI BRODER, CHRISTOPHER C · 2019 to 2023
$24.6M
Centers for Research on Structural Biology of Infectious Diseases: Universal Influenza Vaccine Research75N93022C00036 · NIAID · SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI STAKER, BART · 2022 to 2025
$21.7M
Unraveling the bat humoral immune response against zoonotic viruses to guide the design of next-generation therapeuticsDP1AI158186 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI VEESLER, DAVID · 2020 to 2024
$5.4M
Prospectively characterizing the functional and antigenic effects of mutations to viral entry proteinsR01AI141707 · NIAID · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI BLOOM, JESSE D · 2018 to 2022
$2.1M
High-Performance Compute Cluster for Comprehensive Cancer and Infectious Diseases ResearchS10OD028685 · OD · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI BRADLEY, PHILIP · 2020 to 2020
$2.0M
FHCRC High-Performance Computing ClusterS10OD020069 · OD · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI KOOPERBERG, CHARLES L · 2015 to 2015
$600k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA015704NIAID NIH HHS 75N93022C00036NIAID NIH HHS DP1 AI158186NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI141707NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI142764NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI181881NIH HHS S10 OD020069NIH HHS S10 OD028685
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nipah virus recurrently spills over to humans, causing fatal infections. The viral receptor-binding protein (RBP or G) attaches to host receptors and is a major target of neutralizing antibodies. Here, we use deep mutational scanning to measure how all amino-acid mutations to the RBP affect cell entry, receptor binding, and escape from neutralizing antibodies. We identify functionally constrained regions of the RBP, including sites involved in oligomerization, along with mutations that differentially modulate RBP binding to its two ephrin receptors. We map escape mutations for six anti-RBP antibodies and find that few antigenic mutations are present in natural Nipah strains. Our findings offer insights into the potential for functional and antigenic evolution of the RBP that can inform the development of antibody therapies and vaccines.

Indexed as

Nipah VirusReceptors, VirusAnimalsAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralAntigens, ViralHenipavirus InfectionsHumansMutationProtein BindingVirus InternalizationAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralAntigens, ViralReceptors, Virusdeep mutational scanningNipahvirus evolution

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PMCPMC12048240

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