2fxp: Difference between revisions

<StructureSection load='2fxp' size='340' side='right' caption='[[2fxp]], [[NMR_Ensembles_of_Models | 1 NMR models]]' scene=''>

<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[2fxp]] is a 3 chain structure with sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cvhsa Cvhsa]. Full experimental information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=2FXP OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=2FXP FirstGlance]. <br>

</td></tr><tr id='gene'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Gene|Gene:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat">S ([http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&srchmode=5&id=227859 CVHSA])</td></tr>

<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=2fxp FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=2fxp OCA], [http://pdbe.org/2fxp PDBe], [http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=2fxp RCSB], [http://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/2fxp PDBsum], [http://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=2fxp ProSAT]</span></td></tr>

[[http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/SPIKE_CVHSA SPIKE_CVHSA]] S1 attaches the virion to the cell membrane by interacting with human ACE2 and CLEC4M/DC-SIGNR, initiating the infection. Binding to the receptor and internalization of the virus into the endosomes of the host cell probably induces conformational changes in the S glycoprotein. Proteolysis by cathepsin CTSL may unmask the fusion peptide of S2 and activate membranes fusion within endosomes.  S2 is a class I viral fusion protein. Under the current model, the protein has at least three conformational states: pre-fusion native state, pre-hairpin intermediate state, and post-fusion hairpin state. During viral and target cell membrane fusion, the coiled coil regions (heptad repeats) assume a trimer-of-hairpins structure, positioning the fusion peptide in close proximity to the C-terminal region of the ectodomain. The formation of this structure appears to drive apposition and subsequent fusion of viral and target cell membranes.