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SUBMITTER: Dirr L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5495814 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dirr Larissa L El-Deeb Ibrahim M IM Chavas Leonard M G LMG Guillon Patrice P Itzstein Mark von MV
Scientific reports 20170703 1
Human parainfluenza viruses represent a leading cause of lower respiratory tract disease in children, with currently no available approved drug or vaccine. The viral surface glycoprotein haemagglutinin-neuraminidase (HN) represents an ideal antiviral target. Herein, we describe the first structure-based study on the rearrangement of key active site amino acid residues by an induced opening of the 216-loop, through the accommodation of appropriately functionalised neuraminic acid-based inhibitors ...[more]