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Biochemical and structural characterization of the interface mediating interaction between the influenza A virus non-structural protein-1 and a monocl

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Sci Rep. 2016 Sep 16;6:33382. doi: 10.1038/srep33382.
[h=1]Biochemical and structural characterization of the interface mediating interaction between the influenza A virus non-structural protein-1 and a monoclonal antibody.[/h] Wu J[SUP]1[/SUP], Mok CK[SUP]1[/SUP], Chow VT[SUP]1[/SUP], Yuan YA[SUP]2,[/SUP][SUP]3[/SUP], Tan YJ[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]4[/SUP].
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[h=3]Abstract[/h] We have previously shown that a non-structural protein 1 (NS1)-binding monoclonal antibody, termed as 2H6, can significantly reduce influenza A virus (IAV) replication when expressed intracellularly. In this study, we further showed that 2H6 binds stronger to the NS1 of H5N1 than A/Puerto Rico/8/1934(H1N1) because of an amino acid difference at residue 48. A crystal structure of 2H6 fragment antigen-binding (Fab) has also been solved and docked onto the NS1 structure to reveal the contacts between specific residues at the interface of antibody-antigen complex. In one of the models, the predicted molecular contacts between residues in NS1 and 2H6-Fab correlate well with biochemical results. Taken together, residues N48 and T49 in H5N1 NS1 act cooperatively to maintain a strong interaction with mAb 2H6 by forming hydrogen bonds with residues found in the heavy chain of the antibody. Interestingly, the pandemic H1N1-2009 and the majority of seasonal H3N2 circulating in humans since 1968 has N48 in NS1, suggesting that mAb 2H6 could bind to most of the currently circulating seasonal influenza A virus strains. Consistent with the involvement of residue T49, which is well-conserved, in RNA binding, mAb 2H6 was also found to inhibit the interaction between NS1 and double-stranded RNA.


PMID: 27633136 DOI: 10.1038/srep33382
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