Viral membrane fusion: a dance between proteins and lipids

JM White, AE Ward, L Odongo… - Annual review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
There are at least 21 families of enveloped viruses that infect mammals, and many contain
members of high concern for global human health. All enveloped viruses have a dedicated …

Visualizing intermediate stages of viral membrane fusion by cryo-electron tomography

SM Kephart, N Hom, KK Lee - Trends in Biochemical Sciences, 2024 - cell.com
Protein-mediated membrane fusion is the dynamic process where specialized protein
machinery undergoes dramatic conformational changes that drive two membrane bilayers …

LDL receptor in alphavirus entry: structural analysis and implications for antiviral therapy

N Wang, A Merits, M Veit, LS Lello, S Kong… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Various low-density lipoprotein receptors (LPRs) have been identified as entry factors for
alphaviruses, and structures of the corresponding virion-receptor complexes have been …

Advances in computational approaches to structure determination of alphaviruses and flaviviruses using cryo-electron microscopy

K Lata, S Charles, VM Prasad - Journal of Structural Biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Advancements in the field of cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) have greatly contributed to
our current understanding of virus structures and life cycles. In this review, we discuss the …

[HTML][HTML] Formalin and 2.5% Glutaraldehyde/2% Paraformaldehyde in 0.1 M Cacodylate Buffer Inactivation Protocols to Ensure the Proper Fixation of Positive Sense …

LE Panny, AE Piper, CL Gardner, CW Burke - Methods and Protocols, 2024 - mdpi.com
Recommendations released by the CDC in 2023 address the need to demonstrate that the
RNA genome of positive-strand RNA viruses is inactivated in addition to viral particles. This …

Evolution of antiviral resistance captures a transient interdomain functional interaction between chikungunya virus envelope glycoproteins

L Battini, SA Thannickal, MT Cibello, M Bollini… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Envelope proteins drive virus and host-cell membrane fusion to achieve virus entry.
Fusogenic proteins are classified into structural classes that function with remarkable …

Application of Cryoelectron Microscopy in Antiviral Research

P Narula, MK Lokshman, M Banerjee - Advances in Antiviral Research, 2024 - Springer
In the last decade, single-particle reconstruction from cryoelectron micrographs has been
established as a powerful technique for generating high-resolution structures of biological …