Molecular Mechanism of Class II Enveloped Viruses Membrane Fusion
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This work was supported by grants from Foundation for the Author of National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of PR China (FANEDD, 200769) and The Foundation of China Agricultural University (2004009).

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    Entry of enveloped viruses into host cells requires fusion of the viral envelope with a cellular membrane. This step is mediated by viral glycoproteins that undergo a dramatic conformational change. Recent advances in structure and function of the fusion proteins of the class Ⅱ viruses, Rhabdoviruses and Herpesviruses were described. Proteomics computational analyses to locate the functional domain of fusion protein were introduced. The fusion proteins of class Ⅱ and class Ⅰ viruses differ radically in their initial structures but refold toward similar final conformation (trimer of hairpin). The Rhabdoviruses and Herpesviruses have a novel fold combining features of fusion proteins from class Ⅰ and class Ⅱ. The fusion proteins of these viruses have a different conformation change and mediate a different fusion process, therefore, the proteins belong to a novel class of fusion proteins. The potent inhibitor of virus entry should be new strategies for developing antiviral drugs.

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WANG Xiao-Jia, WANG Ming. Molecular Mechanism of Class II Enveloped Viruses Membrane Fusion[J]. Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics,2007,34(7):682-686

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  • Received:October 11,2006
  • Revised:January 14,2007
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  • Online: April 06,2007
  • Published: July 20,2007