Nature Communications (Feb 2019)

Orthobunyavirus spike architecture and recognition by neutralizing antibodies

  • Jan Hellert,
  • Andrea Aebischer,
  • Kerstin Wernike,
  • Ahmed Haouz,
  • Emiliana Brocchi,
  • Sven Reiche,
  • Pablo Guardado-Calvo,
  • Martin Beer,
  • Félix A. Rey

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08832-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Orthobunyaviruses (OBVs) cause severe disease in humans and farm animals, but the molecular basis for infection is not fully understood. Here, the authors present crystal structures of free and antibody-bound OBV envelope glycoproteins and show that their domains enable efficient immunization in a mouse model.