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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5665
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-3-19
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
The 1918 "Spanish" influenza pandemic represents the largest recorded outbreak of any infectious disease. The crystal structure of the uncleaved precursor of the major surface antigen of the extinct 1918 virus was determined at 3.0 angstrom resolution after reassembly of the hemagglutinin gene from viral RNA fragments preserved in 1918 formalin-fixed lung tissues. A narrow avian-like receptor-binding site, two previously unobserved histidine patches, and a less exposed surface loop at the cleavage site that activates viral membrane fusion reveal structural features primarily found in avian viruses, which may have contributed to the extraordinarily high infectivity and mortality rates observed during 1918.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1095-9203
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
19
pubmed:volume
303
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1866-70
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:14764887-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:14764887-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:14764887-Carbohydrate Conformation, pubmed-meshheading:14764887-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:14764887-Crystallography, X-Ray, pubmed-meshheading:14764887-Glycosylation, pubmed-meshheading:14764887-Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus, pubmed-meshheading:14764887-Histidine, pubmed-meshheading:14764887-History, 20th Century, pubmed-meshheading:14764887-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:14764887-Hydrogen Bonding, pubmed-meshheading:14764887-Influenza, Human, pubmed-meshheading:14764887-Influenza A virus, pubmed-meshheading:14764887-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:14764887-Protein Conformation, pubmed-meshheading:14764887-Protein Structure, Quaternary, pubmed-meshheading:14764887-Protein Structure, Secondary, pubmed-meshheading:14764887-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:14764887-Receptors, Virus, pubmed-meshheading:14764887-Sialic Acids
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Structure of the uncleaved human H1 hemagglutinin from the extinct 1918 influenza virus.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Historical Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't