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Structure of influenza haemagglutinin at the pH of membrane fusion

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Low pH induces a conformational change in the influenza virus haemagglutinin, which then mediates fusion of the viral and host cell membranes. The three-dimensional structure of a fragment of the haemagglutinin in this conformation reveals a major refolding of the secondary and tertiary structure of the molecule. The apolar fusion peptide moves at least 100 Å to one tip of the molecule. At the other end a helical segment unfolds, a subdomain relocates reversing the chain direction, and part of the structure becomes disordered.

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    Present address: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 2QH, UK

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  1. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Harvard University, 7 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02138, USA

    Per A. Bullough, Frederick M. Hughson & Don C. Wiley

  2. Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard University, 7 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02138, USA

    Don C. Wiley

  3. National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London, NW7 1AA, UK

    John J. Skehel

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Bullough, P., Hughson, F., Skehel, J. et al. Structure of influenza haemagglutinin at the pH of membrane fusion. Nature 371, 37–43 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1038/371037a0

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