Reovirus FAST proteins: virus-encoded cellular fusogens

M Ciechonska, R Duncan - Trends in microbiology, 2014 - cell.com
Reovirus fusion-associated small transmembrane (FAST) proteins are the only known
nonenveloped virus fusogens and are dedicated to inducing cell-to-cell, not virus–cell …

Thermodynamically reversible paths of the first fusion intermediate reveal an important role for membrane anchors of fusion proteins

YG Smirnova, HJ Risselada… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Biological membrane fusion proceeds via an essential topological transition of the two
membranes involved. Known players such as certain lipid species and fusion proteins are …

Life at the border: Adaptation of proteins to anisotropic membrane environment

ID Pogozheva, HI Mosberg, AL Lomize - Protein Science, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
This review discusses main features of transmembrane (TM) proteins which distinguish them
from water‐soluble proteins and allow their adaptation to the anisotropic membrane …

pHLIP®-mediated delivery of PEGylated liposomes to cancer cells

L Yao, J Daniels, D Wijesinghe, OA Andreev… - Journal of Controlled …, 2013 - Elsevier
We develop a method for pH-dependent fusion between liposomes and cellular membranes
using pHLIP®(pH Low Insertion Peptide), which inserts into lipid bilayer of membrane only …

Viral fusion protein transmembrane domain adopts β-strand structure to facilitate membrane topological changes for virus–cell fusion

H Yao, MW Lee, AJ Waring… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
The C-terminal transmembrane domain (TMD) of viral fusion proteins such as HIV gp41 and
influenza hemagglutinin (HA) is traditionally viewed as a passive α-helical anchor of the …

Oligomeric structure and three-dimensional fold of the HIV gp41 membrane-proximal external region and transmembrane domain in phospholipid bilayers

B Kwon, M Lee, AJ Waring, M Hong - Journal of the American …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The HIV-1 glycoprotein, gp41, mediates fusion of the virus lipid envelope with the target cell
membrane during virus entry into cells. Despite extensive studies of this protein, inconsistent …

Effect of lipid composition and amino acid sequence upon transmembrane peptide-accelerated lipid transleaflet diffusion (flip-flop)

J LeBarron, E London - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) …, 2016 - Elsevier
We examined how hydrophobic peptide-accelerated transleaflet lipid movement (flip-flop)
was affected by peptide sequence and vesicle composition and properties. A peptide with a …

Residue-specific side-chain packing determines the backbone dynamics of transmembrane model helices

S Quint, S Widmaier, D Minde, D Hornburg… - Biophysical journal, 2010 - cell.com
The transmembrane domains (TMDs) of membrane-fusogenic proteins contain an
overabundance of β-branched residues. In a previous effort to systematically study the …

Conformation and trimer association of the transmembrane domain of the parainfluenza virus fusion protein in lipid bilayers from solid-state NMR: insights into the …

M Lee, H Yao, B Kwon, AJ Waring, P Ruchala… - Journal of molecular …, 2018 - Elsevier
Enveloped viruses enter cells by using their fusion proteins to merge the virus lipid envelope
and the cell membrane. While crystal structures of the water-soluble ectodomains of many …

Beyond anchoring: the expanding role of the hendra virus fusion protein transmembrane domain in protein folding, stability, and function

EC Smith, MR Culler, LM Hellman, MG Fried… - Journal of …, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
While work with viral fusion proteins has demonstrated that the transmembrane domain
(TMD) can affect protein folding, stability, and membrane fusion promotion, the mechanism …