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Title: Structural Transition and Antibody Binding of EBOV GP and ZIKV E Proteins from Pre-Fusion to Fusion-Initiation State

Abstract

Membrane fusion proteins are responsible for viral entry into host cells—a crucial first step in viral infection. Additonally, these proteins undergo large conformational changes from pre-fusion to fusion-initiation structures, and, despite differences in viral genomes and disease etiology, many fusion proteins are arranged as trimers. Structural information for both pre-fusion and fusion-initiation states is critical for understanding virus neutralization by the host immune system. In the case of Ebola virus glycoprotein (EBOV GP) and Zika virus envelope protein (ZIKV E), pre-fusion state structures have been identified experimentally, but only partial structures of fusion-initiation states have been described. While the fusion-initiation structure is in an energetically unfavorable state that is difficult to solve experimentally, the existing structural information combined with computational approaches enabled the modeling of fusion-initiation state structures of both proteins. In conclusion, these structural models provide an improved understanding of four different neutralizing antibodies in the prevention of viral host entry.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [2]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [1];  [3];  [1]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  2. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); New Mexico Consortium, Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  3. Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
lanl; Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program
OSTI Identifier:
1477648
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-17-24395
Journal ID: ISSN 2218-273X; BIOMHC
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC52-06NA25396
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Biomolecules
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 8; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 2218-273X
Publisher:
MDPI
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; EBOV GP; ZIKV E; pre-fusion-to-fusion transition; antibody binding

Citation Formats

Lappala, Anna, Nishima, Wataru, Miner, Jacob Carlson, Fenimore, Paul W., Fischer, William Mclean, Hraber, Peter Thomas, Zhang, Ming, McMahon, Benjamin, and Tung, Chang-Shung. Structural Transition and Antibody Binding of EBOV GP and ZIKV E Proteins from Pre-Fusion to Fusion-Initiation State. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.3390/biom8020025.
Lappala, Anna, Nishima, Wataru, Miner, Jacob Carlson, Fenimore, Paul W., Fischer, William Mclean, Hraber, Peter Thomas, Zhang, Ming, McMahon, Benjamin, & Tung, Chang-Shung. Structural Transition and Antibody Binding of EBOV GP and ZIKV E Proteins from Pre-Fusion to Fusion-Initiation State. United States. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom8020025
Lappala, Anna, Nishima, Wataru, Miner, Jacob Carlson, Fenimore, Paul W., Fischer, William Mclean, Hraber, Peter Thomas, Zhang, Ming, McMahon, Benjamin, and Tung, Chang-Shung. Thu . "Structural Transition and Antibody Binding of EBOV GP and ZIKV E Proteins from Pre-Fusion to Fusion-Initiation State". United States. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom8020025. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1477648.
@article{osti_1477648,
title = {Structural Transition and Antibody Binding of EBOV GP and ZIKV E Proteins from Pre-Fusion to Fusion-Initiation State},
author = {Lappala, Anna and Nishima, Wataru and Miner, Jacob Carlson and Fenimore, Paul W. and Fischer, William Mclean and Hraber, Peter Thomas and Zhang, Ming and McMahon, Benjamin and Tung, Chang-Shung},
abstractNote = {Membrane fusion proteins are responsible for viral entry into host cells—a crucial first step in viral infection. Additonally, these proteins undergo large conformational changes from pre-fusion to fusion-initiation structures, and, despite differences in viral genomes and disease etiology, many fusion proteins are arranged as trimers. Structural information for both pre-fusion and fusion-initiation states is critical for understanding virus neutralization by the host immune system. In the case of Ebola virus glycoprotein (EBOV GP) and Zika virus envelope protein (ZIKV E), pre-fusion state structures have been identified experimentally, but only partial structures of fusion-initiation states have been described. While the fusion-initiation structure is in an energetically unfavorable state that is difficult to solve experimentally, the existing structural information combined with computational approaches enabled the modeling of fusion-initiation state structures of both proteins. In conclusion, these structural models provide an improved understanding of four different neutralizing antibodies in the prevention of viral host entry.},
doi = {10.3390/biom8020025},
journal = {Biomolecules},
number = 2,
volume = 8,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu May 10 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Thu May 10 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}

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