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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
26
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-6-7
pubmed:abstractText
The extensive refolding of the membrane-anchoring chain of hemagglutinin (HA) of influenza virus (termed HA2) in cellular endosomes, which initiates viral entry by membrane fusion, suggests that viral HA is meta-stable. HA2 polypeptide residues 38-175 expressed in Escherichia coli are reported here to fold in vivo into a soluble trimer. The structure appears to be the same as the low-pH-induced conformation of viral HA2 by alpha-helical content, thermodynamic stability, protease dissection, electron microscopy, and antibody binding. These results provide evidence that the structure of the low-pH-induced fold of viral HA2 (TBHA2) observed crystallographically is the lowest-energy-state fold of the HA2 polypeptide. They indicate that the HA2 conformation in viral HA before low pH activation of its fusion potential is metastable and suggest that removal of the receptor-binding chain (HA1) is enough to allow HA2 to adopt the stable state. Further, they provide direct evidence that low pH is not required to form the membrane-fusion conformation but acts to make this state kinetically accessible in viral HA.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0027-8424
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
19
pubmed:volume
92
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
12205-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8618870-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:8618870-Circular Dichroism, pubmed-meshheading:8618870-Cysteine, pubmed-meshheading:8618870-Disulfides, pubmed-meshheading:8618870-Escherichia coli, pubmed-meshheading:8618870-Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus, pubmed-meshheading:8618870-Hemagglutinins, Viral, pubmed-meshheading:8618870-Hot Temperature, pubmed-meshheading:8618870-Hydrogen-Ion Concentration, pubmed-meshheading:8618870-Liposomes, pubmed-meshheading:8618870-Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, pubmed-meshheading:8618870-Peptide Fragments, pubmed-meshheading:8618870-Protein Conformation, pubmed-meshheading:8618870-Protein Folding, pubmed-meshheading:8618870-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8618870-Solubility, pubmed-meshheading:8618870-Thermodynamics, pubmed-meshheading:8618870-Viral Envelope Proteins
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
A soluble domain of the membrane-anchoring chain of influenza virus hemagglutinin (HA2) folds in Escherichia coli into the low-pH-induced conformation.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't