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).
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.
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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