2ZTN

Hepatitis E virus ORF2 (Genotype 3)

Summary for 2ZTN

• Entry DOI: 10.2210/pdb2ztn/pdb
• Descriptor: Capsid protein (1 entity in total)
• Functional Keywords: hev, virus
• Biological source: Hepatitis E virus
• Total number of polymer chains: 1
• Total formula weight: 51610.40

Authors

Yamashita, T.,Unno, H.,Mori, Y.,Li, T.C.,Takeda, N.,Matsuura, Y. (deposition date: 2008-10-08, release date: 2009-08-25, Last modification date: 2024-03-13)

Primary citation

Yamashita, T.,Mori, Y.,Miyazaki, N.,Cheng, R.H.,Yoshimura, M.,Unno, H.,Shima, R.,Moriishi, K.,Tsukihara, T.,Li, T.C.,Takeda, N.,Miyamura, T.,Matsuura, Y.
Biological and immunological characteristics of hepatitis E virus-like particles based on the crystal structure
Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA, 106:12986-12991, 2009

PubMed Abstract: Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a causative agent of acute hepatitis. The crystal structure of HEV-like particles (HEV-LP) consisting of capsid protein was determined at 3.5-A resolution. The capsid protein exhibited a quite different folding at the protruding and middle domains from the members of the families of Caliciviridae and Tombusviridae, while the shell domain shared the common folding. Tyr-288 at the 5-fold axis plays key roles in the assembly of HEV-LP, and aromatic amino acid residues are well conserved among the structurally related viruses. Mutational analyses indicated that the protruding domain is involved in the binding to the cells susceptive to HEV infection and has some neutralization epitopes. These structural and biological findings are important for understanding the molecular mechanisms of assembly and entry of HEV and also provide clues in the development of preventive and prophylactic measures for hepatitis E.

PubMed: 19620712
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0903699106

Experimental method

X-RAY DIFFRACTION (3.56 Å)