Flavivirus maturation leads to the formation of an occupied lipid pocket in the surface glycoproteins

Here, the authors provide cryo-EM structures of mature and immature Spondweni virus, defining the furin recognition site at high resolution, and identifying a lipid that binds E upon capsid maturation and is also present in Zika and Dengue virions.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Max Renner, Wanwisa Dejnirattisai, Loïc Carrique, Itziar Serna Martin, Dimple Karia, Serban L. Ilca, Shu F. Ho, Abhay Kotecha, Jeremy R. Keown, Juthathip Mongkolsapaya, Gavin R. Screaton, Jonathan M. Grimes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21505-9