A tale of two fusion proteins: understanding the metastability of human respiratory syncytial virus and metapneumovirus and implications for rational design of uncleaved prefusion-closed trimers
Y.-Z. Lee, J. Han, Y.-N. Zhang, G. Ward, K. B. Gomes, S. Auclair, R. L. Stanfield, L. He, I. A. Wilson, J. Zhu
The study analyzes metastability in fusion proteins of RSV and hMPV to design stable uncleaved prefusion-closed trimers for vaccine development.
bioRxiv · Mar 7, 2024 · PreprintMicrobiology