An Entropic Safety Catch Controls Hepatitis C Virus Entry and Antibody Resistance.
Lenka Stejskal, Mphatso D. Kalemera, Charlotte B. Lewis, Machaela Palor, Lucas M. Walker, Tina Daviter, William Lees, David S. Moss, Myrto Kremyda-Vlachou, Zisis Kozlakidis, Giulia Gallo, Dalan Bailey, William M. Rosenberg, Christopher J. R. Illingworth, Adrian J. Shepherd, Joe Grove
This study identifies HVR-1 as an autoinhibitory region in HCV E1E2 that suppresses viral entry through conformational entropy, which is released upon receptor binding to enhance entry but reduce antibody resistance.
eLife · Jul 7, 2022Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology