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Elli S, Raffaini G, Guerrini M, Kosakovsky Pond S, Matrosovich M. Molecular modeling and phylogenetic analyses highlight the role of amino acid 347 of the N1 subtype neuraminidase in influenza virus host range and interspecies adaptation. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1309156. [PMID: 38169695 PMCID: PMC10758481 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1309156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2023] [Accepted: 11/29/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024] Open
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The N1 neuraminidases (NAs) of avian and pandemic human influenza viruses contain tyrosine and asparagine, respectively, at position 347 on the rim of the catalytic site; the biological significance of this difference is not clear. Here, we used molecular dynamics simulation to model the effects of amino acid 347 on N1 NA interactions with sialyllacto-N-tetraoses 6'SLN-LC and 3'SLN-LC, which represent NA substrates in humans and birds, respectively. Our analysis predicted that Y347 plays an important role in the NA preference for the avian-type substrates. The Y347N substitution facilitates hydrolysis of human-type substrates by resolving steric conflicts of the Neu5Ac2-6Gal moiety with the bulky side chain of Y347, decreasing the free energy of substrate binding, and increasing the solvation of the Neu5Ac2-6Gal bond. Y347 was conserved in all N1 NA sequences of avian influenza viruses in the GISAID EpiFlu database with two exceptions. First, the Y347F substitution was present in the NA of a specific H6N1 poultry virus lineage and was associated with the substitutions G228S and/or E190V/L in the receptor-binding site (RBS) of the hemagglutinin (HA). Second, the highly pathogenic avian H5N1 viruses of the Gs/Gd lineage contained sporadic variants with the NA substitutions Y347H/D, which were frequently associated with substitutions in the HA RBS. The Y347N substitution occurred following the introductions of avian precursors into humans and pigs with N/D347 conserved during virus circulation in these hosts. Comparative evolutionary analysis of site 347 revealed episodic positive selection across the entire tree and negative selection within most host-specific groups of viruses, suggesting that substitutions at NA position 347 occurred during host switches and remained under pervasive purifying selection thereafter. Our results elucidate the role of amino acid 347 in NA recognition of sialoglycan substrates and emphasize the significance of substitutions at position 347 as a marker of host range and adaptive evolution of influenza viruses.
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- Stefano Elli
- Istituto di Ricerche Chimiche e Biochimiche ‘G. Ronzoni’, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Materials, and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Istituto di Ricerche Chimiche e Biochimiche ‘G. Ronzoni’, Milan, Italy
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- Institute for Genomics and Evolutionary Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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Jeyaram RA, Anu Radha C. N1 neuraminidase of H5N1 avian influenza A virus complexed with sialic acid and zanamivir - A study by molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulation. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2022; 40:11434-11447. [PMID: 34369311 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2021.1962407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Development of antiviral drugs is an urgent need to control and prevent the presently circulating H5N1 avian influenza virus which is affects the human respiratory tract. The complex crystal structure of N1-N-acetylneuranamic acid (sialic acid, SIA) is not available as complex and hence SIA and zanamivir (ZMR) are docked into the binding site of N1 neuraminidase. Based on the analysis, the initial complex structures have been simulated for 120 ns to get insight into the binding modes and interaction between protein-ligand complex systems. NAMD pair interaction energy and MM-PBSA binding free energy are calculated and show that there are two possible binding modes (BM1 and BM2) for N1-SIA and a single binding mode (BM1) for and N1-ZMR complex structures respectively. BM1 of N1-SIA is the most preferred binding mode. On contrary to the currently available drugs in which the chair conformation is distorted, in both the binding modes of N1-SIA, the binding pocket of N1 neuraminidase is able to accommodate SIA in 2C5 chair conformation which is the preferred conformation of SIA in solution state. In N1-ZMR complex, ZMR is bind in a distorted chair conformation. The neuraminidase binding pocket is also able to accommodate galactose of SIAα(2→3)GAL and SIAα(2→6)GAL. RMSD, RMSF and hydrogen bonding analyses have been carried out to identify the conformational flexibility and structural stability of each complex system. All the analyses show that SIA can be used as an inhibitor for N1 neuraminidase of H5N1 influenza viral infection. Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.
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- R A Jeyaram
- Research Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Department of Physics, School of Advanced Sciences, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India
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- Research Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Department of Physics, School of Advanced Sciences, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India
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Structural and inhibitor sensitivity analysis of influenza B-like viral neuraminidases derived from Asiatic toad and spiny eel. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2022; 119:e2210724119. [PMID: 36191180 PMCID: PMC9586306 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2210724119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Influenza virus neuraminidase (NA) is an important target for antiviral development because it plays a crucial role in releasing newly assembled viruses. Two unique influenza-like virus genomes were recently reported in the Wuhan Asiatic toad and Wuhan spiny eel. Their NA genes appear to be highly divergent from all known influenza NAs, raising key questions as to whether the Asiatic toad influenza-like virus NA (tNA) and spiny eel NA (eNA) have canonical NA activities and structures and whether they show sensitivity to NA inhibitors (NAIs). Here, we found that both tNA and eNA have neuraminidase activities. A detailed structural analysis revealed that tNA and eNA present similar overall structures to currently known NAs, with a conserved calcium binding site. Inhibition assays indicated that tNA is resistant to NAIs, while eNA is still sensitive to NAIs. E119 is conserved in canonical NAs. The P119E substitution in tNA can restore sensitivity to NAIs, and, in contrast, the E119P substitution in eNA decreased its sensitivity to NAIs. The structures of NA-inhibitor complexes further provide a detailed insight into NA-inhibitor interactions at the atomic level. Moreover, tNA and eNA have unique N-glycosylation sites compared with canonical NAs. Collectively, the structural features, NA activities, and sensitivities to NAIs suggest that fish- and amphibian-derived influenza-like viruses may circulate in these vertebrates. More attention should be paid to these influenza-like viruses because their NA molecules may play roles in the emergence of NAI resistance.
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Qin HJ, Li S, Zhu YB, Bao YB, Tang Q, Liu WB, Zhong M, Zhao Y, Yang Y. Oseltamivir modified bovine serum albumin inhibits neuraminidase activity and accumulates virion particles to disturb influenza virus replication. Carbohydr Res 2022; 520:108631. [PMID: 35839640 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2022.108631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2022] [Revised: 07/03/2022] [Accepted: 07/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The preparation of oseltamivir-bovine serum albumin conjugate (OS-BSA) for use as a multivalent influenza neuraminidase (NA) inhibitor is reported. Briefly, the oseltamivir azidohexyl ester was synthesized and covalently bound via an orthogonal attachment to bicyclononyne-modified BSA using copper-free click chemistry. Primary antiviral assays on NA protein and cellular levels showed that the synthetic multivalent OS-BSA conjugate was a more effective inhibitor than monomeric OS azidohexyl ester. Further investigation of the antiviral mechanism found that the prepared OS-BSA could not only be used as a multivalent NA inhibitor but also acted as an adsorbent for the aggregation of virion particles, contributing to the inhibition of the influenza viral replication cycle. Our findings provide insight into the antiviral mechanism of multivalent NA inhibitors and form a basis for the development of novel antiviral agents.
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- Hai-Juan Qin
- Research Centre of Modern Analytical Technology, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, No. 29, 13th Avenue, TEDA, Tianjin, 300457, China
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- China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Food Nutrition/Safety and Medicinal Chemistry, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, No. 29, 13th Avenue, TEDA, Tianjin, 300457, China
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- China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Food Nutrition/Safety and Medicinal Chemistry, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, No. 29, 13th Avenue, TEDA, Tianjin, 300457, China
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- China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Food Nutrition/Safety and Medicinal Chemistry, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, No. 29, 13th Avenue, TEDA, Tianjin, 300457, China
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- China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Food Nutrition/Safety and Medicinal Chemistry, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, No. 29, 13th Avenue, TEDA, Tianjin, 300457, China
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- China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Food Nutrition/Safety and Medicinal Chemistry, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, No. 29, 13th Avenue, TEDA, Tianjin, 300457, China
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- Medical College of Shaoguan University, Shaoguan, 512026, Guangdong Province, China.
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- School of Life Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, 410013, Hunan Province, China.
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- Research Centre of Modern Analytical Technology, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, No. 29, 13th Avenue, TEDA, Tianjin, 300457, China; China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Food Nutrition/Safety and Medicinal Chemistry, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, No. 29, 13th Avenue, TEDA, Tianjin, 300457, China.
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Yu Y, Zhou JP, Jin YH, Wang X, Shi XX, Yu P, Zhong M, Yang Y. Guanidinothiosialoside-Human Serum Albumin Conjugate Mimics mucin Barrier to Restrict Influenza Infection. Int J Biol Macromol 2020; 162:84-91. [PMID: 32522538 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.06.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2020] [Revised: 06/01/2020] [Accepted: 06/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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A guanidinothiosialoside-human serum albumin conjugate as mucin mimic was prepared via a copper-free click reaction. Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization-Time of Flight-Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS) indicated that three sialoside groups were grafted onto the protein backbone. The synthetic glycoconjugate exhibited strong influenza virion capture and trapping capability. Further mechanistic studies showed that this neomucin bound tightly to neuraminidase on the surface of influenza virus with a dissociation constant (KD) in the nanomolar range and had potent antiviral activity against a broad spectrum of virus strains. Most notably, the glycoconjugate acted as a biobarrier was able to protect Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells from influenza viral infection with 50% effective concentrations (EC50) in the nanomolar range and showed no cytotoxicity towards Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells (HUVEC) at high concentrations. This research establishes an attractive strategy for the development of new multivalent antiviral agents based on mucin structure. Moreover, the method for the functionalization of the natural biological macromolecular scaffold with bioactive small molecules also lays the experimental foundation for potential biomedical and biomaterial applications.
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- Yao Yu
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, Ministry of Education, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, No. 29, 13th Avenue, TEDA, Tianjin 300457,China; China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Food Nutrition/Safety and Medicinal Chemistry, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, No. 29, 13th Avenue, TEDA, Tianjin 300457,China
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- Research Centre of Modern Analytical Technology, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, No. 29, 13th Avenue, TEDA, Tianjin, 300457, China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, Ministry of Education, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, No. 29, 13th Avenue, TEDA, Tianjin 300457,China; China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Food Nutrition/Safety and Medicinal Chemistry, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, No. 29, 13th Avenue, TEDA, Tianjin 300457,China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, Ministry of Education, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, No. 29, 13th Avenue, TEDA, Tianjin 300457,China; China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Food Nutrition/Safety and Medicinal Chemistry, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, No. 29, 13th Avenue, TEDA, Tianjin 300457,China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, Ministry of Education, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, No. 29, 13th Avenue, TEDA, Tianjin 300457,China; China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Food Nutrition/Safety and Medicinal Chemistry, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, No. 29, 13th Avenue, TEDA, Tianjin 300457,China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, Ministry of Education, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, No. 29, 13th Avenue, TEDA, Tianjin 300457,China; China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Food Nutrition/Safety and Medicinal Chemistry, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, No. 29, 13th Avenue, TEDA, Tianjin 300457,China.
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- Medical College, Shaoguan University, Shaoguan 512026, Guangdong Province, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, Ministry of Education, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, No. 29, 13th Avenue, TEDA, Tianjin 300457,China; China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Food Nutrition/Safety and Medicinal Chemistry, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, No. 29, 13th Avenue, TEDA, Tianjin 300457,China.
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Yu Y, Qin HJ, Shi XX, Song JQ, Zhou JP, Yu P, Fan ZC, Zhong M, Yang Y. Thiosialoside-decorated polymers use a two-step mechanism to inhibit both early and late stages of influenza virus infection. Eur J Med Chem 2020; 199:112357. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2020.112357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2020] [Revised: 04/14/2020] [Accepted: 04/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Shie JJ, Fang JM. Development of effective anti-influenza drugs: congeners and conjugates - a review. J Biomed Sci 2019; 26:84. [PMID: 31640786 PMCID: PMC6806523 DOI: 10.1186/s12929-019-0567-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2019] [Accepted: 09/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Influenza is a long-standing health problem. For treatment of seasonal flu and possible pandemic infections, there is a need to develop new anti-influenza drugs that have good bioavailability against a broad spectrum of influenza viruses, including the resistant strains. Relenza™ (zanamivir), Tamiflu™ (the phosphate salt of oseltamivir), Inavir™ (laninamivir octanoate) and Rapivab™ (peramivir) are four anti-influenza drugs targeting the viral neuraminidases (NAs). However, some problems of these drugs should be resolved, such as oral availability, drug resistance and the induced cytokine storm. Two possible strategies have been applied to tackle these problems by devising congeners and conjugates. In this review, congeners are the related compounds having comparable chemical structures and biological functions, whereas conjugate refers to a compound having two bioactive entities joined by a covalent bond. The rational design of NA inhibitors is based on the mechanism of the enzymatic hydrolysis of the sialic acid (Neu5Ac)-terminated glycoprotein. To improve binding affinity and lipophilicity of the existing NA inhibitors, several methods are utilized, including conversion of carboxylic acid to ester prodrug, conversion of guanidine to acylguanidine, substitution of carboxylic acid with bioisostere, and modification of glycerol side chain. Alternatively, conjugating NA inhibitors with other therapeutic entity provides a synergistic anti-influenza activity; for example, to kill the existing viruses and suppress the cytokines caused by cross-species infection.
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- Jiun-Jie Shie
- Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 115, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 106, Taiwan. .,The Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 115, Taiwan.
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Bandlow V, Liese S, Lauster D, Ludwig K, Netz RR, Herrmann A, Seitz O. Spatial Screening of Hemagglutinin on Influenza A Virus Particles: Sialyl-LacNAc Displays on DNA and PEG Scaffolds Reveal the Requirements for Bivalency Enhanced Interactions with Weak Monovalent Binders. J Am Chem Soc 2017; 139:16389-16397. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b09967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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- Victor Bandlow
- Institute
of Chemistry, and ‡Institute of Biology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin 10099, Germany
- Institute of Theoretical Physics, and ∥Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin 14195, Germany
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- Institute
of Chemistry, and ‡Institute of Biology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin 10099, Germany
- Institute of Theoretical Physics, and ∥Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin 14195, Germany
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- Institute
of Chemistry, and ‡Institute of Biology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin 10099, Germany
- Institute of Theoretical Physics, and ∥Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin 14195, Germany
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- Institute
of Chemistry, and ‡Institute of Biology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin 10099, Germany
- Institute of Theoretical Physics, and ∥Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin 14195, Germany
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- Institute
of Chemistry, and ‡Institute of Biology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin 10099, Germany
- Institute of Theoretical Physics, and ∥Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin 14195, Germany
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- Institute
of Chemistry, and ‡Institute of Biology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin 10099, Germany
- Institute of Theoretical Physics, and ∥Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin 14195, Germany
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- Institute
of Chemistry, and ‡Institute of Biology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin 10099, Germany
- Institute of Theoretical Physics, and ∥Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin 14195, Germany
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Takizawa N, Yamasaki M. Current landscape and future prospects of antiviral drugs derived from microbial products. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 2017; 71:ja2017115. [PMID: 29018267 PMCID: PMC7091927 DOI: 10.1038/ja.2017.115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2017] [Revised: 08/10/2017] [Accepted: 08/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Viral infections are a major global health threat. Over the last 50 years, significant efforts have been devoted to the development of antiviral drugs and great success has been achieved for some viruses. However, other virus infections, such as epidemic influenza, still spread globally and new threats continue to arise from emerging and re-emerging viruses and drug-resistant viruses. In this review, the contributions of microbial products isolated in Institute of Microbial Chemistry for antiviral research are summarized. In addition, the current state of development of antiviral drugs that target influenza virus and hepatitis B virus, and the future prospects for antivirals from natural products are described and discussed.The Journal of Antibiotics advance online publication, 11 October 2017; doi:10.1038/ja.2017.115.
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- Naoki Takizawa
- Laboratory of Virology, Institute of Microbial Chemistry (BIKAKEN), Tokyo Japan
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- Laboratory of Virology, Institute of Microbial Chemistry (BIKAKEN), Tokyo Japan
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Pulit-Penaloza JA, Simpson N, Yang H, Creager HM, Jones J, Carney P, Belser JA, Yang G, Chang J, Zeng H, Thor S, Jang Y, Killian ML, Jenkins-Moore M, Janas-Martindale A, Dubovi E, Wentworth DE, Stevens J, Tumpey TM, Davis CT, Maines TR. Assessment of Molecular, Antigenic, and Pathological Features of Canine Influenza A(H3N2) Viruses That Emerged in the United States. J Infect Dis 2017; 216:S499-S507. [PMID: 28934454 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiw620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background A single subtype of canine influenza virus (CIV), A(H3N8), was circulating in the United States until a new subtype, A(H3N2), was detected in Illinois in spring 2015. Since then, this CIV has caused thousands of infections in dogs in multiple states. Methods In this study, genetic and antigenic properties of the new CIV were evaluated. In addition, structural and glycan array binding features of the recombinant hemagglutinin were determined. Replication kinetics in human airway cells and pathogenesis and transmissibility in animal models were also assessed. Results A(H3N2) CIVs maintained molecular and antigenic features related to low pathogenicity avian influenza A(H3N2) viruses and were distinct from A(H3N8) CIVs. The structural and glycan array binding profile confirmed these findings and revealed avian-like receptor-binding specificity. While replication kinetics in human airway epithelial cells was on par with that of seasonal influenza viruses, mild-to-moderate disease was observed in infected mice and ferrets, and the virus was inefficiently transmitted among cohoused ferrets. Conclusions Further adaptation is needed for A(H3N2) CIVs to present a likely threat to humans. However, the potential for coinfection of dogs and possible reassortment of human and other animal influenza A viruses presents an ongoing risk to public health.
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- Joanna A Pulit-Penaloza
- Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Diagnostic Virology Laboratory, National Veterinary Services Laboratories, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, US Department of Agriculture, Ames, Iowa
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- Diagnostic Virology Laboratory, National Veterinary Services Laboratories, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, US Department of Agriculture, Ames, Iowa
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- Diagnostic Virology Laboratory, National Veterinary Services Laboratories, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, US Department of Agriculture, Ames, Iowa
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- Animal Health Diagnostic Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
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- Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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Molecular Characterizations of Surface Proteins Hemagglutinin and Neuraminidase from Recent H5Nx Avian Influenza Viruses. J Virol 2016; 90:5770-5784. [PMID: 27053557 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00180-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2016] [Accepted: 04/03/2016] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED During 2014, a subclade 2.3.4.4 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5N8) virus caused poultry outbreaks around the world. In late 2014/early 2015, the virus was detected in wild birds in Canada and the United States, and these viruses also gave rise to reassortant progeny, composed of viral RNA segments (vRNAs) from both Eurasian and North American lineages. In particular, viruses were found with N1, N2, and N8 neuraminidase vRNAs, and these are collectively referred to as H5Nx viruses. In the United States, more than 48 million domestic birds have been affected. Here we present a detailed structural and biochemical analysis of the surface antigens of H5N1, H5N2, and H5N8 viruses in addition to those of a recent human H5N6 virus. Our results with recombinant hemagglutinin reveal that these viruses have a strict avian receptor binding preference, while recombinantly expressed neuraminidases are sensitive to FDA-approved and investigational antivirals. Although H5Nx viruses currently pose a low risk to humans, it is important to maintain surveillance of these circulating viruses and to continually assess future changes that may increase their pandemic potential. IMPORTANCE The H5Nx viruses emerging in North America, Europe, and Asia pose a great public health concern. Here we report a molecular and structural study of the major surface proteins of several H5Nx influenza viruses. Our results improve the understanding of these new viruses and provide important information on their receptor preferences and susceptibilities to antivirals, which are central to pandemic risk assessment.
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From neuraminidase inhibitors to conjugates: a step towards better anti-influenza drugs? Future Med Chem 2015; 6:757-74. [PMID: 24941871 DOI: 10.4155/fmc.14.30] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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For the treatment of seasonal flu and possible pandemic infections the development of new anti-influenza drugs that have good bioavailability against a broad spectrum of influenza viruses including the resistant strains is needed. In this review, we summarize previous methods for the structural modification of zanamivir, a potent neuraminidase inhibitor that has rare drug resistance, in order to develop effective anti-influenza drugs. We also report recent research into the design of multivalent zanamivir drugs and bifunctional zanamivir conjugates, some of which have shown better efficacy in animal experiments. As a step towards developing improved antivirals, conjugating anti-influenza drugs with anti-inflammatory agents can improve oral bioavailability and also exert synergistic effect in influenza therapy.
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Structural and functional analysis of surface proteins from an A(H3N8) influenza virus isolated from New England harbor seals. J Virol 2014; 89:2801-12. [PMID: 25540377 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02723-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED In late 2011, an A(H3N8) influenza virus infection resulted in the deaths of 162 New England harbor seals. Virus sequence analysis and virus receptor binding studies highlighted potential markers responsible for mammalian adaptation and a mixed receptor binding preference (S. J. Anthony, J. A. St Leger, K. Pugliares, H. S. Ip, J. M. Chan, Z. W. Carpenter, I. Navarrete-Macias, M. Sanchez-Leon, J. T. Saliki, J. Pedersen, W. Karesh, P. Daszak, R. Rabadan, T. Rowles, W. I. Lipkin, MBio 3:e00166-00112, 2012, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00166-12). Here, we present a detailed structural and biochemical analysis of the surface antigens of the virus. Results obtained with recombinant proteins for both the hemagglutinin and neuraminidase indicate a true avian receptor binding preference. Although the detection of this virus in new species highlights an increased potential for cross-species transmission, our results indicate that the A(H3N8) virus currently poses a low risk to humans. IMPORTANCE Cross-species transmission of zoonotic influenza viruses increases public health concerns. Here, we report a molecular and structural study of the major surface proteins from an A(H3N8) influenza virus isolated from New England harbor seals. The results improve our understanding of these viruses as they evolve and provide important information to aid ongoing risk assessment analyses as these zoonotic influenza viruses continue to circulate and adapt to new hosts.
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Waldmann M, Jirmann R, Hoelscher K, Wienke M, Niemeyer FC, Rehders D, Meyer B. A Nanomolar Multivalent Ligand as Entry Inhibitor of the Hemagglutinin of Avian Influenza. J Am Chem Soc 2014; 136:783-8. [DOI: 10.1021/ja410918a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Moritz Waldmann
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Hamburg, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Hamburg, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Hamburg, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Hamburg, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Hamburg, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
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- Joint
Laboratory for Structural Biology of Infection and Inflammation, Institute
of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Hamburg and Institute of Biochemistry, University of Luebeck, c/o Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Hamburg, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
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Shie JJ, Fang JM. Phosphonate Congeners of Oseltamivir and Zanamivir as Effective Anti-influenza Drugs: Design, Synthesis and Biological Activity. J CHIN CHEM SOC-TAIP 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/jccs.201300544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Influenza virus neuraminidases with reduced enzymatic activity that avidly bind sialic Acid receptors. J Virol 2012; 86:13371-83. [PMID: 23015718 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01426-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Influenza virus neuraminidase (NA) cleaves off sialic acid from cellular receptors of hemagglutinin (HA) to enable progeny escape from infected cells. However, NA variants (D151G) of recent human H3N2 viruses have also been reported to bind receptors on red blood cells, but the nature of these receptors and the effect of the mutation on NA activity were not established. Here, we compare the functional and structural properties of a human H3N2 NA from A/Tanzania/205/2010 and its D151G mutant, which supports HA-independent receptor binding. While the wild-type NA efficiently cleaves sialic acid from both α2-6- and α2-3-linked glycans, the mutant exhibits much reduced enzymatic activity toward both types of sialosides. Conversely, while wild-type NA shows no detectable binding to sialosides, the D151G NA exhibits avid binding with broad specificity toward α2-3 sialosides. D151G NA binds the 3' sialyllactosamine (3'-SLN) and 6'-SLN sialosides with equilibrium dissociation constant (K(D)) values of 30.0 μM and 645 μM, respectively, which correspond to much higher affinities than the corresponding affinities (low mM) of HA to these glycans. Crystal structures of wild-type and mutant NAs reveal the structural basis for glycan binding in the active site by exclusively impairing the glycosidic bond hydrolysis step. The general significance of D151 among influenza virus NAs was further explored by introducing the D151G mutation into three N1 NAs and one N2 NA, which all exhibited reduced enzymatic activity and preferential binding to α2-3 sialosides. Since the enzymatic and binding activities of NAs are not routinely assessed, the potential for NA receptor binding to contribute to influenza virus biology may be underappreciated.
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Crystal structures of two subtype N10 neuraminidase-like proteins from bat influenza A viruses reveal a diverged putative active site. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2012; 109:18903-8. [PMID: 23012478 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1212579109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Recently, we reported a unique influenza A virus subtype H17N10 from little yellow-shouldered bats. Its neuraminidase (NA) gene encodes a protein that appears to be highly divergent from all known influenza NAs and was assigned as a new subtype N10. To provide structural and functional insights on the bat H17N10 virus, X-ray structures were determined for N10 NA proteins from influenza A viruses A/little yellow-shouldered bat/Guatemala/164/2009 (GU09-164) in two crystal forms at 1.95 Å and 2.5 Å resolution and A/little yellow-shouldered bat/Guatemala/060/2010 (GU10-060) at 2.0 Å. The overall N10 structures are similar to each other and to other known influenza NA structures, with a single highly conserved calcium binding site in each monomer. However, the region corresponding to the highly conserved active site of influenza A N1-N9 NA subtypes and influenza B NA differs substantially. In particular, most of the amino acid residues required for NA activity are substituted, and the putative active site is much wider because of displacement of the 150-loop and 430-loop. These structural features and the fact that the recombinant N10 protein exhibits no, or extremely low, NA activity suggest that it may have a different function than the NA proteins of other influenza viruses. Accordingly, we propose that the N10 protein be termed an NA-like protein until its function is elucidated.
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Influenza neuraminidase is the target of two licensed antivirals that have been very successful, with several more in development. However, neuraminidase has been largely ignored as a vaccine target despite evidence that inclusion of neuraminidase in the subunit vaccine gives increased protection. This article describes current knowledge on the structure, enzyme activity, and antigenic significance of neuraminidase.
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- Gillian M Air
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA.
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HE GANG, SHI JUYING, CHEN YANTAO, CHEN YI, ZHANG QIANLING, WANG MINGLIANG, LIU JIANHONG. RANK-ORDERING THE BINDING AFFINITY FOR FKBP12 AND H1N1 NEURAMINIDASE INHIBITORS IN THE COMBINATION OF A PROTEIN MODEL WITH DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY. JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL & COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY 2012. [DOI: 10.1142/s0219633611006633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The quantum mechanical interaction energies between FKBP12 as well as H1N1 neuraminidase and their inhibitors were directly calculated with an efficient density functional theory by mimicking the whole protein with a protein model composed of the amino acids surrounding the ligands. It was found that the calculated quantum mechanical interaction energies correlate well with the experimental binding free energies with the correlation coefficients of 0.88, 0.86, and the standard deviation of 0.93 and 1.00 kcal/mol, respectively. To compare with force field approach, the binding free energies with the correlation coefficient R = 0.80 and 0.47 were estimated by AutoDock 4.0 programs. It was indicated that the quantum interaction energy shows a better performance in rank-ordering the binding affinity between FKBP12 and H1N1 neuraminidase inhibitors than those of AutoDock 4.0 program. In combination protein model with density functional theory, the estimated quantum interaction energy could be a good predictor or scoring function in structure-based computer-aided drug design. Finally, five new FKBP12 inhibitors were designed based on calculated quantum mechanical interaction energy. In particular, the theoretical K i value of one compound is as low as 0.05 nM, nearly 8-fold more active than FK506.
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- GANG HE
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, P. R. China
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Chavan S, Bhayye S, Sobhia ME. Molecular dynamics directed CoMFA studies on carbocyclic neuraminidase inhibitors. Mol Divers 2011; 15:979-87. [PMID: 21922291 DOI: 10.1007/s11030-011-9332-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2011] [Accepted: 08/30/2011] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Zanamivir is the known potent anti-influenza agent targeting the key enzyme neuraminidase that cleaves sialic acid from cell receptors allowing release of newly formed virions. Molecular dynamics simulation was carried out to determine the dynamic behavior of Zanamivir upon its binding to flexible loops of neuraminidase and to analyse its interactions in the bioactive state. Neuraminidase exhibits wide range of affinity with structurally similar compounds. CoMFA study was used to determine quantitative structure-activity relationship for 36 carbocyclic Neuraminidase inhibitors (NIs). The CoMFA model was also successfully built using cross-validated r²cv = 0.580 and r²pred = 0.638.
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- Swapnil Chavan
- Department of Pharmacoinformatics, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Sector 67, SAS Nagar, Punjab 160062, India
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Oakley AJ, Barrett S, Peat TS, Newman J, Streltsov VA, Waddington L, Saito T, Tashiro M, McKimm-Breschkin JL. Structural and functional basis of resistance to neuraminidase inhibitors of influenza B viruses. J Med Chem 2010; 53:6421-31. [PMID: 20695427 PMCID: PMC2932999 DOI: 10.1021/jm100621s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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We have identified a virus, B/Perth/211/2001, with a spontaneous mutation, D197E in the neuraminidase (NA), which confers cross-resistance to all NA inhibitors. We analyzed enzyme properties of the D197 and E197 NAs and compared these to a D197N NA, known to arise after oseltamivir treatment. Zanamivir and peramivir bound slowly to the wild type NA, but binding of oseltamivir was more rapid. The D197E/N mutations resulted in faster binding of all three inhibitors. Analysis of the crystal structures of D197 and E197 NAs with and without inhibitors showed that the D197E mutation compromised the interaction of neighboring R150 with the N-acetyl group, common to the substrate sialic acid and all NA inhibitors. Although rotation of the E275 in the NA active site occurs upon binding peramivir in both the D197 and E197 NAs, this does not occur upon binding oseltamivir in the E197 NA. Lack of the E275 rotation would also account for the loss of slow binding and the partial resistance of influenza B wild type NAs to oseltamivir.
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- Aaron J Oakley
- CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering, Parkville, 343 Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria, 3052, Australia
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Neuraminidase receptor binding variants of human influenza A(H3N2) viruses resulting from substitution of aspartic acid 151 in the catalytic site: a role in virus attachment? J Virol 2010; 84:6769-81. [PMID: 20410266 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00458-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Changes in the receptor binding characteristics of human H3N2 viruses have been evident from changes in the agglutination of different red blood cells (RBCs) and the reduced growth capacity of recently isolated viruses, particularly in embryonated eggs. An additional peculiarity of viruses circulating in 2005 to 2009 has been the poor inhibition of hemagglutination by postinfection ferret antisera for many viruses isolated in MDCK cells, including homologous reference viruses. This was shown not to be due to an antigenic change in hemagglutinin (HA) but was shown to be the result of a mutation in aspartic acid 151 of neuraminidase (NA) to glycine, asparagine, or alanine, which caused an oseltamivir-sensitive agglutination of RBCs. The D151G substitution was shown to cause a change in the specificity of NA such that it acquired the capacity to bind receptors, which were refractory to enzymatic cleavage, without altering its ability to remove receptors for HA. Thus, the inhibition of NA-dependent agglutination by the inclusion of oseltamivir carboxylate in the assay was effective in restoring the anti-HA specificity of the hemagglutination inhibition (HI) assay for monitoring antigenic changes in HA. Since the NA-dependent binding activity did not affect virus neutralization, and virus populations in clinical specimens possessed, at most, low levels of the "151 mutant," the biological significance of this feature of NA in, for example, immune evasion is unclear. It is apparent, however, that an important role of aspartic acid 151 in the activity of NA may be to restrict the specificity of the NA interaction and its receptor-destroying activity to complement that of HA receptor binding.
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Mochalova L, Bright R, Xu X, Korchagina E, Chinarev A, Bovin N, Klimov A. Shift in oligosaccharide specificities of hemagglutinin and neuraminidase of influenza B viruses resistant to neuraminidase inhibitors. Glycoconj J 2010; 27:321-7. [PMID: 20195900 DOI: 10.1007/s10719-010-9280-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2009] [Revised: 01/07/2010] [Accepted: 02/02/2010] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Influenza virus neuraminidase inhibitors (NAIs), currently used as anti-influenza drugs, can lead to the appearance of drug-resistant variants. Resistance to NAIs appears due to mutations in the active site of the neuraminidase (NA) molecule that decrease the NA enzymatic activity and sometimes in the hemagglutinin (HA) that decrease its affinity for cell receptors and, therefore, reduce the requirement for NA activity in releasing mature virions from infected cells. Using a set of sialo-oligosaccharides, we evaluated changes in the receptor-binding specificity of the HA and substrate specificity of the NA of influenza B viruses that had acquired resistance to NAIs. The oligosaccharide specificity of two pairs of field influenza B viruses, namely: i) B/Memphis/20/96 and its NAI-resistant variant, B/Memphis/20-152K/96, containing mutation R152K in the NA and 5 amino acid substitutions in the HA1, and ii) B/Hong Kong/45/2005 and its NAI-resistant variant B/Hong Kong/36/2005, containing a single R371K mutation in the NA, was evaluated. Wild type viruses bound strictly to a "human type" receptor, alpha2-6-sialo-oligosaccharide 6;SLN, but desialylated it is approximately 8 times less efficiently than the alpha2-3 sialosaccharides. Both drug-resistant viruses demonstrated the ability to bind to "avian type" receptors, alpha2-3 sialo-oligosaccharides (such as 3;SLN), whereas their affinity for 6;SLN was noticeably reduced in comparison with corresponding wild type viruses. Thus, the development of the NAI resistance in the studied influenza B viruses was accompanied by a readjustment of HA-NA oligosaccharide specificities.
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- Larisa Mochalova
- Russian Academy of Sciences, Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Miklukho-Maklaya 16/10, Moscow, 117997, Russia.
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Li CY, Yu Q, Ye ZQ, Sun Y, He Q, Li XM, Zhang W, Luo J, Gu X, Zheng X, Wei L. A nonsynonymous SNP in human cytosolic sialidase in a small Asian population results in reduced enzyme activity: potential link with severe adverse reactions to oseltamivir. Cell Res 2007; 17:357-62. [PMID: 17426694 DOI: 10.1038/cr.2007.27] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The use of oseltamivir, widely stockpiled as one of the drugs for use in a possible avian influenza pandemic, has been reported to be associated with neuropsychiatric disorders and severe skin reactions, primarily in Japan. Here we identified a nonsynonymous SNP (single nucleotide polymorphism) in dbSNP database, R41Q, near the enzymatic active site of human cytosolic sialidase, a homologue of virus neuraminidase that is the target of oseltamivir. This SNP occurred in 9.29% of Asian population and none of European and African American population. Our structural analyses and Ki measurements using in vitro sialidase assays indicated that this SNP could increase the unintended binding affinity of human sialidase to oseltamivir carboxylate, the active form of oseltamivir, thus reducing sialidase activity. In addition, this SNP itself results in an enzyme with an intrinsically lower sialidase activity, as shown by its increased Km and decreased Vmax values. Theoretically administration of oseltamivir to people with this SNP might further reduce their sialidase activity. We note the similarity between the reported neuropsychiatric side effects of oseltamivir and the known symptoms of human sialidase-related disorders. We propose that this Asian-enriched sialidase variation caused by the SNP, likely in homozygous form, may be associated with certain severe adverse reactions to oseltamivir.
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- Chuan-Yun Li
- Center for Bioinformatics, National Laboratory of Protein Engineering and Plant Genetic Engineering, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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Mochalova L, Kurova V, Shtyrya Y, Korchagina E, Gambaryan A, Belyanchikov I, Bovin N. Oligosaccharide specificity of influenza H1N1 virus neuraminidases. Arch Virol 2007; 152:2047-57. [PMID: 17680329 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-007-1024-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2007] [Accepted: 06/04/2007] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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A fluorescent neuraminidase (NA) assay has been developed; 20 samples in five replicates could be analyzed at the same time, allowing us to study the kinetics of the enzyme-substrate interaction. The specificities of six influenza H1N1 virus NAs for BODIPY-labeled 3'SiaLac, 3'SiaLacNAc, SiaLe(c), SiaLe(a), 6'SiaLac, and 6'SiaLacNAc were evaluated. The duck virus NA hydrolyzed 6'SiaLac and 6'SiaLacNAc 50 times more slowly than 2-3 isomers. Swine viruses digested SiaLe(a) and 2-6 sialosides 20 times more slowly than 2-3 trisaccharides. For the human viruses, the difference between 2-6 and 2-3 oligosaccharides desialylation efficiency did not exceed five times; notably, the inner core of 2-3 sialosaccharide was discriminated. The results are evidence that influenza virus NAs can distinguish substrate structure at the tri- and tetrasaccharide level.
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- L Mochalova
- Russian Academy of Sciences, Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Moscow, Russia
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Yuan P, Thompson TB, Wurzburg BA, Paterson RG, Lamb RA, Jardetzky TS. Structural studies of the parainfluenza virus 5 hemagglutinin-neuraminidase tetramer in complex with its receptor, sialyllactose. Structure 2005; 13:803-15. [PMID: 15893670 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2005.02.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2004] [Revised: 01/31/2005] [Accepted: 02/24/2005] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The paramyxovirus hemagglutinin-neuraminidase (HN) functions in virus attachment to cells, cleavage of sialic acid from oligosaccharides, and stimulating membrane fusion during virus entry into cells. The structural basis for these diverse functions remains to be fully understood. We report the crystal structures of the parainfluenza virus 5 (SV5) HN and its complexes with sialic acid, the inhibitor DANA, and the receptor sialyllactose. SV5 HN shares common structural features with HN of Newcastle disease virus (NDV) and human parainfluenza 3 (HPIV3), but unlike the previously determined HN structures, the SV5 HN forms a tetramer in solution, which is thought to be the physiological oligomer. The sialyllactose complex reveals intact receptor within the active site, but no major conformational changes in the protein. The SV5 HN structures do not support previously proposed models for HN action in membrane fusion and suggest alternative mechanisms by which HN may promote virus entry into cells.
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- Ping Yuan
- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Cell Biology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3500, USA
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Ambrosi M, Cameron NR, Davis BG. Lectins: tools for the molecular understanding of the glycocode. Org Biomol Chem 2005; 3:1593-608. [PMID: 15858635 DOI: 10.1039/b414350g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 363] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Recent progress in glycobiology has revealed that cell surface oligosaccharides play an essential role in recognition events. More precisely, these saccharides may be complexed by lectins, carbohydrate-binding proteins other than enzymes and antibodies, able to recognise sugars in a highly specific manner. The ubiquity of lectin-carbohydrate interactions opens enormous potential for their exploitation in medicine. Therefore, extraordinary effort is made into the identification of new lectins as well as into the achievement of a deep understanding of their functions and of the precise mechanism of their association with specific ligands. In this review, a summary of the main features of lectins, particularly those found in legumes, will be presented with a focus on the mechanism of carbohydrate-binding. An overview of lectin-carbohydrate interactions will also be given, together with an insight into their energetics. In addition, therapeutic applications of lectins will be discussed.
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- Moira Ambrosi
- Department of Chemistry, University of Durham, South Road, Durham, UKDH1 3LE
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Masukawa KM, Kollman PA, Kuntz ID. Investigation of neuraminidase-substrate recognition using molecular dynamics and free energy calculations. J Med Chem 2004; 46:5628-37. [PMID: 14667217 DOI: 10.1021/jm030060q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Development of the new generation of therapeutics against the influenza viral coat protein neuraminidase is a response to the continuing threat of influenza epidemics. A variety of structurally similar compounds have been reported that vary greatly in their ability to inhibit neuraminidase, a critical enzyme that cleaves sialic acid and promotes virion release. To determine how neuraminidase exhibits this wide range of affinities with structurally similar compounds, molecular dynamic simulations, coupled with free energy calculations, were used to determine the binding components of a series of neuraminidase inhibitors. Using four cocrystal structures of neuraminidase-inhibitor complexes, we examined the structural and energetic components of ligand potency and selectivity. An in-depth energetic analysis, including internal energy, entropy, and nonbonded interactions, reveals that potency of ligand binding is governed by nonpolar contacts. Electrostatic components generally oppose binding, although two of the best inhibitors use electrostatic interactions to orient the ligand. This investigation suggests that the enhanced selectivity and potency of the better ligands may arise from an improved positioning of their ligand atoms in the active site due to polar and hydrophobic functionalities. Simulations that included crystal water molecules in the active site indicate that the more potent ligands make less use of water-mediated interactions.
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- Kevin M Masukawa
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Chemistry and Chemical Biology Program, University of California-San Francisco, 600 16th Street, Box 2240, San Francisco, CA 94143-2240, USA
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Hanessian S, Wang J, Montgomery D, Stoll V, Stewart KD, Kati W, Maring C, Kempf D, Hutchins C, Laver WG. Design, synthesis, and neuraminidase inhibitory activity of GS-4071 analogues that utilize a novel hydrophobic paradigm. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2002; 12:3425-9. [PMID: 12419376 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-894x(02)00732-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Structure-based design has led to the synthesis of a novel analogue of GS-4071, an influenza neuraminidase inhibitor, in which the basic amino group has been replaced by a hydrophobic vinyl group. An X-ray co-crystal structure of the new inhibitor (K(i)=45 nM) bound to the active site shows that the vinyl group occupies the same subsite as the amino group in GS-4071.
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Hanessian S, Bayrakdarian M, Luo X. Total synthesis of A-315675: a potent inhibitor of influenza neuraminidase. J Am Chem Soc 2002; 124:4716-21. [PMID: 11971721 DOI: 10.1021/ja0126226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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A concise, stereocontrolled, and practical synthesis of a neuraminidase inhibitor consisting of a highly functionalized D-proline scaffold is described. Key features involve a stereocontrolled addition of a propiolate ester to a chiral nonracemic nitrone derived originally from D-serine and the manipulation of acyclic and cyclic motifs en route to the target in 12.8% overall yield over 22 steps. Several crystalline intermediates were suitable for single-crystal X-ray analysis.
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- Stephen Hanessian
- Department of Chemistry, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succursale Centre-ville, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7, Canada.
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Oetke C, Brossmer R, Mantey LR, Hinderlich S, Isecke R, Reutter W, Keppler OT, Pawlita M. Versatile biosynthetic engineering of sialic acid in living cells using synthetic sialic acid analogues. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:6688-95. [PMID: 11751912 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109973200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Sialic acids are critical components of many glycoconjugates involved in biologically important ligand-receptor interactions. Quantitative and structural variations of sialic acid residues can profoundly affect specific cell-cell, pathogen-cell, or drug-cell interactions, but manipulation of sialic acids in mammalian cells has been technically limited. We describe the finding of a previously unrecognized and efficient uptake and incorporation of sialic acid analogues in mammalian cells. We added 16 synthetic sialic acid analogues carrying distinct C-1, C-5, or C-9 substitutions individually to cell cultures of which 10 were readily taken up and incorporated. Uptake of C-5- and C-9-substituted sialic acids resulted in the structural modification of up to 95% of sialic acids on the cell surface. Functionally, binding of murine sialic acid-binding immunoglobulin-like lectin-2 (Siglec-2, CD22) to cells increased after N-glycolylneuraminic acid treatment, whereas 9-iodo-N-acetylneuraminic acid abolished binding. Furthermore, susceptibility to infection by the B-lymphotropic papovavirus via a sialylated receptor was markedly enhanced following pretreatment of host cells with selected sialic acid analogues including 9-iodo-N-acetylneuraminic acid. This novel experimental strategy allows for an efficient biosynthetic engineering of surface sialylation in living cells. It is versatile, extending the repertoire of modification sites at least to C-9 and enables detailed structure-function studies of sialic acid-dependent ligand-receptor interactions in their native context.
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- Cornelia Oetke
- Angewandte Tumorvirologie, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Benjamin G Davis
- Dyson Perrins Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QY, UK.
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Neuraminic acid — Structure, Chemistry, Biological Activity. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2002. [DOI: 10.1016/s1572-5995(02)80035-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Kamei H, Shimazaki K, Nishi Y. Computational 3-D modeling and site-directed mutation of an antibody that binds Neu2en5Ac, a transition state analogue of a sialic acid. Proteins 2001; 45:285-96. [PMID: 11746676 DOI: 10.1002/prot.1149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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An antibody against a transition state analog (TSA) may share some common features with an enzyme that produces such a transition state. SIC172 antibody binds specifically to Neu2en5Ac, a TSA of Neu5Ac in the sialidase reaction, but has no catalytic activity. To understand how the antibody recognizes Neu2en5Ac and to find out if it is possible to convert it to a catalytic antibody, we made and sequenced the SIC172 ScFv, and constructed a 3-D model of it. The VH-CDR3 contains a unique sequence with Cys at H95. The 3-D model showed that Cys-H95 is exposed inside the antigen-binding cavity. After affinity docking, 4 types emerged. In type I, the carboxyl group of Neu2en5Ac is located near the Cys-H95 and neighboring positively charged residues. The change of Cys-H95 to Asp by site-directed mutation decreased the binding activity, while a change to Arg did not. These and other mutation experiments, and further modeling of mutant Fv, support the 3-D model and docking type I. A comparison with sialidase indicates that SIC172 antibody appears to have some groups of residues that are conserved at the active site of the enzyme. The possibility of Neu2en5Ac-binding antibody being converted to a catalytic antibody is discussed.
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- H Kamei
- Laboratory of Life Science & Biomolecular Engineering, Japan Tobacco Inc., Yokohama, Japan.
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Kati WM, Montgomery D, Maring C, Stoll VS, Giranda V, Chen X, Laver WG, Kohlbrenner W, Norbeck DW. Novel alpha- and beta-amino acid inhibitors of influenza virus neuraminidase. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2001; 45:2563-70. [PMID: 11502530 PMCID: PMC90693 DOI: 10.1128/aac.45.9.2563-2570.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In an effort to discover novel, noncarbohydrate inhibitors of influenza virus neuraminidase we hypothesized that compounds which contain positively charged amino groups in an appropriate position to interact with the Asp 152 or Tyr 406 side chains might be bound tightly by the enzyme. Testing of 300 alpha- and beta-amino acids led to the discovery of two novel neuraminidase inhibitors, a phenylglycine and a pyrrolidine, which exhibited K(i) values in the 50 microM range versus influenza virus A/N2/Tokyo/3/67 neuraminidase but which exhibited weaker activity against influenza virus B/Memphis/3/89 neuraminidase. Limited optimization of the pyrrolidine series resulted in a compound which was about 24-fold more potent than 2-deoxy-2,3-dehydro-N-acetylneuraminic acid in an anti-influenza cell culture assay using A/N2/Victoria/3/75 virus. X-ray structural studies of A/N9 neuraminidase-inhibitor complexes revealed that both classes of inhibitors induced the Glu 278 side chain to undergo a small conformational change, but these compounds did not show time-dependent inhibition. Crystallography also established that the alpha-amino group of the phenylglycine formed hydrogen bonds to the Asp 152 carboxylate as expected. Likewise, the beta-amino group of the pyrrolidine forms an interaction with the Tyr 406 hydroxyl group and represents the first compound known to make an interaction with this absolutely conserved residue. Phenylglycine and pyrrolidine analogs in which the alpha- or beta-amino groups were replaced with hydroxyl groups were 365- and 2,600-fold weaker inhibitors, respectively. These results underscore the importance of the amino group interactions with the Asp 152 and Tyr 406 side chains and have implications for anti-influenza drug design.
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- W M Kati
- Discovery Research, Pharmaceutical Products Division, Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Illinois 60064-6217, USA.
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Veluraja K, Suresh MX, Christlet TH, Rafi ZA. Molecular modeling of sialyloligosaccharide fragments into the active site of influenza virus N9 neuraminidase. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2001; 19:33-45. [PMID: 11565850 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2001.10506718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Molecular modeling studies have been carried out to investigate the interactions between substrate sialyloligosaccharide (SOS) fragments bearing different glycosidic linkages and influenza virus N9 neuraminidase, a surface glycoprotein of influenza virus subtype N9. The studies revealed that the allowed orientation for sialic acid (SA) is less than 1% in the Eulerian space at the active site. The active site of this enzyme has enough space to accommodate various SOS fragments, NeuNAcalpha(2-3)Gal, NeuNAcalpha(2-6)Gal, NeuNAcalpha(2-8)NeuNAc and NeuNAcalpha(2-9)NeuNAc, but on specific conformations. In the bound conformation, among these substrates there exists a conformational similarity leading to a structural similarity, which may be an essential requirement for the cleavage activity of the neuraminidases irrespective of the type of glycosidic linkage.
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- K Veluraja
- Department of Physics, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, India.
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Bianco A, Brufani M, Manna F, Melchioni C. Synthesis of a carbocyclic sialic acid analogue for the inhibition of influenza virus neuraminidase. Carbohydr Res 2001; 332:23-31. [PMID: 11403085 DOI: 10.1016/s0008-6215(01)00079-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The influenza virus neuraminidase (NA) is essential for viral infection and offers a potential target for antiviral drug development. We prepared a carbocyclic sialic acid analogue, potentially able to inhibit NA. Its structure is an analogue of the transition-state of the reaction catalysed by NA. As starting material, quinic acid was selected owing to its ready availability and its stereochemical feature suitable for the target structure. The quinic acid was first converted in the shikimic acid; then two of the three hydroxyl functions of this product were selectively functionalised to obtain the target molecule (3R,4S,5R)-4-acetamido-3-guanidino-5-hydroxycyclohex-1-ene-1-carboxylic acid.
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- A Bianco
- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
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Achyuthan KE, Achyuthan AM. Comparative enzymology, biochemistry and pathophysiology of human exo-alpha-sialidases (neuraminidases). Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2001; 129:29-64. [PMID: 11337249 DOI: 10.1016/s1096-4959(01)00372-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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This review summarizes the current research on human exo-alpha-sialidase (sialidase, neuraminidase). Where appropriate, the properties of viral, bacterial, and human sialidases have been compared. Sialic acids are implicated in diverse physiological processes. Sialidases, as enzymes acting upon sialic acids, assume importance as well. Sialidases hydrolyze the terminal, non-reducing, sialic acid linkage in glycoproteins, glycolipids, gangliosides, polysaccharides, and synthetic molecules. Therefore, a variety of assays are available to measure sialidase activity. Human sialidase is present in several organs and cells. Its cellular distribution could be cytosolic, lysosomal, or in the membrane. Human sialidase occurs in a high molecular-mass complex with several other proteins, including cathepsin A and beta-galactosidase. Multi-protein complexation is important for the in vivo integrity and catalytic activity of the sialidase. However, multi-protein complexation, the occurrence of isoenzymes, diverse subcellular localization, thermal instability, and membrane association have all contributed to difficulties in purifying and characterizing human sialidases. Human sialidase isoenzymes have recently been cloned and sequenced. Even though crystal structures for the human sialidases are not available, the highly conserved regions of the sialidase from various organisms have facilitated molecular modeling of the human enzyme and raise interesting evolutionary questions. While the molecular mechanisms vary, genetic defects leading to human sialidase deficiency are closely associated with at least two well-known human diseases, namely sialidosis and galactosialidosis. No therapy is currently available for either disease. A thorough investigation of human sialidases is therefore crucial to human health.
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- K E Achyuthan
- ZymeTx Inc., 800 Research Parkway # 100, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA.
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Bianco A, Brufani M, Melchioni C. Aromatic sialic acid analogues as potential inhibitors of influenza virus neuraminidase. FARMACO (SOCIETA CHIMICA ITALIANA : 1989) 2001; 56:305-9. [PMID: 11421259 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-827x(01)01081-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The influenza virus neuraminidase (NA) is an enzyme essential for viral infection and offers a potential target for antiviral drug development. We aimed our research at the synthesis of non-carbohydrate molecules able to inhibit NA as transition-state analogues. Aromatic sialic acid analogues (compound 5 and compound 10) were synthesised in good yields starting from commercially available benzoic acids using a suitable synthetic strategy.
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- A Bianco
- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
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Sugars, Polysaccharides, and Glycoproteins. Biochemistry 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-012492543-4/50007-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Nishimura Y, Adachi H, Satoh T, Shitara E, Nakamura H, Kojima F, Takeuchi T. All eight stereoisomeric D-glyconic-delta-lactams: synthesis, conformational analysis, and evaluation as glycosidase inhibitors. J Org Chem 2000; 65:4871-82. [PMID: 10956466 DOI: 10.1021/jo000141j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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An efficient and general synthetic route to all eight stereoisomeric D-glycono-delta-lactams has been developed. The strategy involves, as a key step, a stereodivergent delta-lactam formation with configurational retention or inversion at C-4 of a starting gamma-lactone to lead to two epimers of delta-lactam from one parent gamma-lactone. Conformations of eight glycono-delta-lactams were examined by X-ray crystallographic analysis and molecular modeling. Analyses of conformation and glycosidase-inhibition provide useful information for the design of new glycosidase inhibitors.
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- Y Nishimura
- Institute of Microbial Chemistry, 3-14-23 Kamiosaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-0021, Japan
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Keitel T, Diehl A, Knaute T, Stezowski JJ, Höhne W, Görisch H. X-ray structure of the quinoprotein ethanol dehydrogenase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa: basis of substrate specificity. J Mol Biol 2000; 297:961-74. [PMID: 10736230 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.3603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The homodimeric enzyme form of quinoprotein ethanol dehydrogenase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 17933 crystallizes readily with the space group R3. The X-ray structure was solved at 2.6 A resolution by molecular replacement. Aside from differences in some loops, the folding of the enzyme is very similar to the large subunit of the quinoprotein methanol dehydrogenases from Methylobacterium extorquens or Methylophilus W3A1. Eight W-shaped beta-sheet motifs are arranged circularly in a propeller-like fashion forming a disk-shaped superbarrel. No electron density for a small subunit like that in methanol dehydrogenase could be found. The prosthetic group is located in the centre of the superbarrel and is coordinated to a calcium ion. Most amino acid residues found in close contact with the prosthetic group pyrroloquinoline quinone and the Ca(2+) are conserved between the quinoprotein ethanol dehydrogenase structure and that of the methanol dehydrogenases. The main differences in the active-site region are a bulky tryptophan residue in the active-site cavity of methanol dehydrogenase, which is replaced by a phenylalanine and a leucine side-chain in the ethanol dehydrogenase structure and a leucine residue right above the pyrrolquinoline quinone group in methanol dehydrogenase which is replaced by a tryptophan side-chain. Both amino acid exchanges appear to have an important influence, causing different substrate specificities of these otherwise very similar enzymes. In addition to the Ca(2+) in the active-site cavity found also in methanol dehydrogenase, ethanol dehydrogenase contains a second Ca(2+)-binding site at the N terminus, which contributes to the stability of the native enzyme.
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- T Keitel
- Universitätsklinikum Charité Institut für Biochemie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Monbijoustr. 2, Berlin, D-10117, Germany
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Zhou L, Luo Y, Wu Y, Tsao J, Luo M. Sialylation of the host receptor may modulate entry of demyelinating persistent Theiler's virus. J Virol 2000; 74:1477-85. [PMID: 10627559 PMCID: PMC111483 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.74.3.1477-1485.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus (TMEV) is a picornavirus of the Cardiovirus genus. Certain strains of TMEV may cause a chronic demyelinating disease, which is very similar to multiple sclerosis in humans, associated with a persistent viral infection in the mouse central nervous system (CNS). Other strains of TMEV only cause an acute infection without persistence in the CNS. It has been shown that sialic acid is a receptor moiety only for the persistent TMEV strains and not for the nonpersistent strains. We report the effect of sialylation on cell surface on entry and the complex structure of DA virus, a persistent TMEV, and the receptor moiety mimic, sialyllactose, refined to a resolution of 3.0 A. The ligand binds to a pocket on the viral surface, composed mainly of the amino acid residues from capsid protein VP2 puff B, in the vicinity of the VP1 loop and VP3 C terminus. The interaction of the receptor moiety with the persistent DA strain provides new understanding for the demyelinating persistent infection in the mouse CNS by TMEV.
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- L Zhou
- Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA
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Monti E, Preti A, Nesti C, Ballabio A, Borsani G. Expression of a novel human sialidase encoded by the NEU2 gene. Glycobiology 1999; 9:1313-21. [PMID: 10561456 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/9.12.1313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Sialidases (E.C.3.2.1.18) belong to a group of glycohydrolytic enzymes, widely distributed in nature, which remove sialic acid residues from glycoproteins and glycolipids. All of the sialidase so far characterized at the molecular level share an Asp block, repeated three to five times in the primary structure, and an F/YRIP sequence motif which is part of the active site. Using a sequence homology-based approach, we previously identified a human gene, named NEU2, mapping to chromosome 2q37. NEU2 encoded protein is a polypeptide of 380 amino acids with two Asp block consensuses and the YRIP sequence in the amino terminal part of the primary structure. Here we demonstrate that NEU2 encodes a functional sialidase. NEU2 was expressed in COS7 cells, giving rise to a dramatic increase in the sialidase activity measured in cell extracts with the artificial substrate 4-MU-NANA. Using a rabbit polyclonal antiserum, on Western blots a protein band with a molecular weight of about 42 kDa was detectable, and its cytosolic localization was demonstrated with cell fractionation experiments. These results were confirmed using immunohistochemical techniques. NEU2 expression in E.coli cells allowed purification of the recombinant protein. As already observed in the enzyme expressed in COS7 cells, NEU2 pH optimum corresponds to 5.6 and the polypeptide showed a K(m)for 4-MU-NANA of 0.07 mM. In addition, based on the detectable similarities between the NEU2 amino acid sequence and bacterial sialidases, a prediction of the three-dimensional structure of the enzyme was carried out using a protein homology modeling approach.
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- E Monti
- Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), San Raffaele Biomedical Science Park, via Olgettina 58, 20132 Milan, Italy.
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Finley JB, Atigadda VR, Duarte F, Zhao JJ, Brouillette WJ, Air GM, Luo M. Novel aromatic inhibitors of influenza virus neuraminidase make selective interactions with conserved residues and water molecules in the active site. J Mol Biol 1999; 293:1107-19. [PMID: 10547289 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The active site of type A or B influenza virus neuraminidase is composed of 11 conserved residues that directly interact with the substrate, sialic acid. An aromatic benzene ring has been used to replace the pyranose of sialic acid in our design of novel neuraminidase inhibitors. A bis(hydroxymethyl)pyrrolidinone ring was constructed in place of the N-acetyl group on the sialic acid. The hydroxymethyl groups replace two active site water molecules, which resulted in the high affinity of the nanomolar inhibitors. However, these inhibitors have greater potency for type A influenza virus than for type B influenza virus. To resolve the differences, we determined the X-ray crystal structure of three benzoic acid substituted inhibitors bound to the active site of B/Lee/40 neuraminidase. The investigation of a hydrophobic aliphatic group and a hydrophilic guanidino group on the aromatic inhibitors shows changes in the interaction with the active site residue Glu275. The results provide an explanation for the difference in efficacy of these inhibitors against types A and B viruses, even though the 11 active site residues of the neuraminidase are conserved.
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- J B Finley
- Center for Macromolecular Crystallography, Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- G M Air
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City 73190, USA
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Atigadda VR, Brouillette WJ, Duarte F, Babu YS, Bantia S, Chand P, Chu N, Montgomery JA, Walsh DA, Sudbeck E, Finley J, Air GM, Luo M, Laver GW. Hydrophobic benzoic acids as inhibitors of influenza neuraminidase. Bioorg Med Chem 1999; 7:2487-97. [PMID: 10632058 DOI: 10.1016/s0968-0896(99)00197-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Neuraminidase (NA) plays a critical role in the life cycle of influenza virus and is a target for new therapeutic agents. A new benzoic acid inhibitor (11) containing a lipophilic side chain at C-3 and a guanidine at C-5 was synthesized. The X-ray structure of 4-(N-acetylamino)-5-guanidino-3-(3-pentyloxy)benzoic acid in complex with NA revealed that the lipophilic side chain binds in a newly created hydrophobic pocket formed by the movement of Glu 278 to interact with Arg 226, whereas the guanidine of 11 interacts in a negatively charged pocket created by Asp 152, Glu 120 and Glu 229. Compound 11 was highly selective for type A (H2N2) influenza NA (IC50 1 microM) over type B (B/Lee/40) influenza NA (IC50 500 microM).
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- V R Atigadda
- Department of Chemistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294, USA
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Thomas A, Jourand D, Bret C, Amara P, Field MJ. Is There a Covalent Intermediate in the Viral Neuraminidase Reaction? A Hybrid Potential Free-Energy Study. J Am Chem Soc 1999. [DOI: 10.1021/ja991603h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Aline Thomas
- Contribution from the Laboratoire de Dynamique Moléculaire, Institut de Biologie StructuraleJean-Pierre Ebel, 41, rue Jules Horowitz, F-38027 Grenoble Cedex 01, France
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- Contribution from the Laboratoire de Dynamique Moléculaire, Institut de Biologie StructuraleJean-Pierre Ebel, 41, rue Jules Horowitz, F-38027 Grenoble Cedex 01, France
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- Contribution from the Laboratoire de Dynamique Moléculaire, Institut de Biologie StructuraleJean-Pierre Ebel, 41, rue Jules Horowitz, F-38027 Grenoble Cedex 01, France
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- Contribution from the Laboratoire de Dynamique Moléculaire, Institut de Biologie StructuraleJean-Pierre Ebel, 41, rue Jules Horowitz, F-38027 Grenoble Cedex 01, France
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- Contribution from the Laboratoire de Dynamique Moléculaire, Institut de Biologie StructuraleJean-Pierre Ebel, 41, rue Jules Horowitz, F-38027 Grenoble Cedex 01, France
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