9fwe

N-VelcroVax HBcAg with SUMO-Affimer inserted at N-terminus (T=3 VLP)

spinqualitylabelsall models 9fwe, resolution 3.50Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 9fwe is a 3 chain structure with sequence from Synthetic construct. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Method: Electron Microscopy, Resolution 3.5Å Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Publication Abstract from PubMed Nanoparticle presentation systems offer the potential to develop new vaccines rapidly in response to emerging diseases, a public health need that has become increasingly evident in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Previously, we reported a nanoparticle scaffold system termed VelcroVax. This was constructed by insertion of a high affinity SUMO binding protein (Affimer), able to recognise a SUMO peptide tag, into the major immunodominant region of VLPs assembled from a tandem (fused dimer) form of hepatitis B virus (HBV) core protein (HBc). Here we describe an alternative form, termed N-VelcroVax, a VLP vaccine platform assembled from a monomeric HBc protein (N-anti-SUMO Affimer HBc 190) with the Affimer inserted at the N-terminus. In contrast to the tandem form of VelcroVax, N-VelcroVax VLPs were expressed well in E. coli. The VLPs effectively bound SUMO-tagged Junin virus glycoprotein, gp1 as assessed by structural and serological analyses. Cryo-EM characterisation of N-VelcroVax complexed with a SUMO-Junin gp1 showed continuous density attributable to the fused Affimer, in addition to evidence of target antigen capture. Collectively, these data suggest that N-VelcroVax has potential as a versatile next generation vaccine scaffold. A VLP vaccine platform comprising the core protein of hepatitis B virus with N-terminal antigen capture.,Fatema K, Snowden JS, Watson A, Sherry L, Ranson NA, Stonehouse NJ, Rowlands DJ Int J Biol Macromol. 2025 Feb 15;305(Pt 2):141152. doi: , 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2025.141152. PMID:39961558 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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