MicrobiologybioRxivPreprint
Serine proteases are required to activate influenza D virus haemagglutinin-esterase fusion (HEF) protein
Meshach Maina, Junsen Zhang, Martin Mayora Neto…·Janet M. Daly
This study identifies HAT and swAT as proteases that activate ICV and IDV HEF proteins, showing that protease specificity does not restrict IDV replication in the human upper respiratory tract.