3SLN

Structural characterization of a GII.4 2004 norovirus variant (TCH05) bound to H pentasaccharide

Summary for 3SLN

• Entry DOI: 10.2210/pdb3sln/pdb
• Related: 3SEJ 3SJP 3SKB 3SLD
• Descriptor: Capsid, alpha-L-fucopyranose-(1-2)-beta-D-galactopyranose-(1-3)-2-acetamido-2-deoxy-beta-D-glucopyranose-(1-3)-beta-D-galactopyranose-(1-4)-beta-D-glucopyranose (2 entities in total)
• Functional Keywords: viral protein, hbga
• Biological source: Norovirus Hu/GII.4/2004/NL
• Total number of polymer chains: 10
• Total formula weight: 350141.34

Authors

Shanker, S.,Choi, J.-M.,Sankaran, B.,Atmar, R.L.,Estes, M.K.,Prasad, B.V.V. (deposition date: 2011-06-24, release date: 2011-07-13, Last modification date: 2023-09-13)

Primary citation

Shanker, S.,Choi, J.M.,Sankaran, B.,Atmar, R.L.,Estes, M.K.,Prasad, B.V.
Structural Analysis of Histo-Blood Group Antigen Binding Specificity in a Norovirus GII.4 Epidemic Variant: Implications for Epochal Evolution.
J.Virol., 85:8635-8645, 2011

PubMed Abstract: Susceptibility to norovirus (NoV), a major pathogen of epidemic gastroenteritis, is associated with histo-blood group antigens (HBGAs), which are also cell attachment factors for this virus. GII.4 NoV strains are predominantly associated with worldwide NoV epidemics with a periodic emergence of new variants. The sequence variations in the surface-exposed P domain of the capsid protein resulting in differential HBGA binding patterns and antigenicity are suggested to drive GII.4 epochal evolution. To understand how temporal sequence variations affect the P domain structure and contribute to epochal evolution, we determined the P domain structure of a 2004 variant with ABH and secretor Lewis HBGAs and compared it with the previously determined structure of a 1996 variant. We show that temporal sequence variations do not affect the binding of monofucosyl ABH HBGAs but that they can modulate the binding strength of difucosyl Lewis HBGAs and thus could contribute to epochal evolution by the potentiated targeting of new variants to Lewis-positive, secretor-positive individuals. The temporal variations also result in significant differences in the electrostatic landscapes, likely reflecting antigenic variations. The proximity of some of these changes to the HBGA binding sites suggests the possibility of a coordinated interplay between antigenicity and HBGA binding in epochal evolution. From the observation that the regions involved in the formation of the HBGA binding sites can be conformationally flexible, we suggest a plausible mechanism for how norovirus disassociates from salivary mucin-linked HBGA before reassociating with HBGAs linked to intestinal epithelial cells during its passage through the gastrointestinal tract.

PubMed: 21715503
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00848-11

Experimental method

X-RAY DIFFRACTION (2.841 Å)