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PH-triggered, activated-state conformations of the influenza hemagglutinin fusion peptide revealed by NMR.


ABSTRACT: The highly conserved first 23 residues of the influenza hemagglutinin HA2 subunit constitute the fusion domain, which plays a pivotal role in fusing viral and host-cell membranes. At neutral pH, this peptide adopts a tight helical hairpin wedge structure, stabilized by aliphatic hydrogen bonding and charge-dipole interactions. We demonstrate that at low pH, where the fusion process is triggered, the native peptide transiently visits activated states that are very similar to those sampled by a G8A mutant. This mutant retains a small fraction of helical hairpin conformation, in rapid equilibrium with at least two open structures. The exchange rate between the closed and open conformations of the wild-type fusion peptide is ~40 kHz, with a total open-state population of ~20%. Transitions to these activated states are likely to play a crucial role in formation of the fusion pore, an essential structure required in the final stage of membrane fusion.

SUBMITTER: Lorieau JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3523815 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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pH-triggered, activated-state conformations of the influenza hemagglutinin fusion peptide revealed by NMR.

Lorieau Justin L JL   Louis John M JM   Schwieters Charles D CD   Bax Adriaan A  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20121119 49


The highly conserved first 23 residues of the influenza hemagglutinin HA2 subunit constitute the fusion domain, which plays a pivotal role in fusing viral and host-cell membranes. At neutral pH, this peptide adopts a tight helical hairpin wedge structure, stabilized by aliphatic hydrogen bonding and charge-dipole interactions. We demonstrate that at low pH, where the fusion process is triggered, the native peptide transiently visits activated states that are very similar to those sampled by a G8  ...[more]

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