Mechanism of protein-induced membrane fusion: fusion of phospholipid vesicles by clathrin associated with its membrane binding and conformational change

Biochemistry ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 1422-1428 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shigenori Maezawa ◽  
Tetsuro Yoshimura ◽  
Keelung Hong ◽  
Nejat Duzgunes ◽  
Demetrios Papahadjopoulos
2008 ◽  
Vol 82 (17) ◽  
pp. 8922-8926 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feifei Yin ◽  
Manli Wang ◽  
Ying Tan ◽  
Fei Deng ◽  
Just M. Vlak ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT The envelope fusion protein F of Plutella xylostella granulovirus is a computational analogue of the GP64 envelope fusion protein of Autographa californica nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV). Granulovirus (GV) F proteins were thought to be unable to functionally replace GP64 in the AcMNPV pseudotyping system. In the present study the F protein of Agrotis segetum GV (AgseGV) was identified experimentally as the first functional GP64 analogue from GVs. AgseF can rescue virion propagation and infectivity of gp64-null AcMNPV. The AgseF-pseudotyped AcMNPV also induced syncytium formation as a consequence of low-pH-induced membrane fusion.


2000 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 557-570 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danika L. LeDuc ◽  
Yeon-Kyun Shin

A number of different viral spike proteins, responsible for membrane fusion, show striking similarities in their core structures. The prospect of developing a general structure-based mechanism seems plausible in light of these newly determined structures. Influenza hemagglutinin (HA) is the best-studied fusion machine, whose action has previously been described by a hypothetical “spring-loaded” model. This model has recently been extended to explain the mechanism of other systems, such as HIV gp120–gp41. However, evidence supporting this idea is insufficient, requiring re-examination of the mechanism of HA-induced membrane fusion. Recent experiments with a shortened construct of HA, which is able to induce lipid mixing, have provided evidence for an alternative scenario for HA-induced membrane fusion and perhaps that of other viral systems.


2021 ◽  
Vol 60 ◽  
pp. 241-248
Author(s):  
Mirna B. Ruiz-Rivera ◽  
Guillermo Gómez-Icazbalceta ◽  
Edmundo Lamoyi ◽  
Leonor Huerta

1999 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y Gaudin, ◽  
Christine Tuffereau, ◽  
Peter Durrer, ◽  
Josef Brunner, ◽  
Anne Flamand, ◽  
...  

1984 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 153-162
Author(s):  
A. Barnett ◽  
E. Steers

Immobilization of cells by specific immune serum involves crosslinking between immunoglobulin G (IgG) and the i-antigen in the cell membrane. Globular material is seen to accumulate at the ciliary tips by phase-contrast and fluorescence microscopy in a manner analogous to ‘capping’ in more typical eukaryotes. When immobilized cells of Paramecium are examined by scanning electron microscopy, the fused ciliary tips are seen to be distended, discoidal membranes. Transmission electron microscopy often reveals several ciliary axonemes enclosed within a single, enlarged membrane that is oriented with the ferritin-labelled second antibody directed against the i-antigen antibody on the outer surface only. Fixed cells or living cells treated with immune Fab do not show membrane changes, but do bind antibody. Membrane fusion occurs only if cells are alive and the i-antigen is directly or indirectly cross-linked by intact immune IgG.


1990 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Demetrios Papahadjopoulos ◽  
Shlomo Nir ◽  
Nejat D�zg�nes

1990 ◽  
Vol 9 (13) ◽  
pp. 4231-4241 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Stegmann ◽  
J. M. White ◽  
A. Helenius

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