Noroviral P particle: structure, function and applications in virus-host interaction |
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Authors: | Tan Ming Fang Pingan Chachiyo Teepanis Xia Ming Huang Pengwei Fang Zhaoyin Jiang Wen Jiang Xi |
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Affiliation: | a Division of Infectious Diseases, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039, USA b Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA c Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA d Viral Gastroenteritis Division, Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China |
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Abstract: | Noroviruses are an important cause of epidemic acute gastroenteritis and the viruses recognize human histo-blood group antigens (HBGAs) as receptors. The protruding (P) domain of noroviral capsid, the receptor-binding domain, forms subviral particles in vitro that retain the receptor-binding function. In this study we characterized the structure and HBGA-binding function of the P particle. Structure reconstruction using cryo-EM showed that the P particles are comprised of 12 P dimers that are organized in octahedral symmetry. The dimeric packing of the proteins in the P particles is similar to that in the norovirus capsid, in which the P2 subdomain with the receptor-binding interface is located at the outermost surface of the P particle. The P particles are immunogenic and reveal similar antigenic and HBGA-binding profiles with their parental virus-like particle, further confirming the shared surface structures between the two types of particles. The P particles are easily produced in E. coli and yeast and are stable, which are potentially useful for a broad application including vaccine development against noroviruses. |
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Keywords: | Human calicivirus Norovirus Virus-host interaction Carbohydrate receptor Histo-blood group antigens P domain P particle |
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