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- Title
Structural basis for the function and inhibition of an influenza virus proton channel.
- Authors
Stouffer, Amanda L; Acharya, Rudresh; Salom, David; Levine, Anna S; Di Costanzo, Luigi; Soto, Cinque S; Tereshko, Valentina; Nanda, Vikas; Stayrook, Steven; DeGrado, William F
- Abstract
The M2 protein from influenza A virus is a pH-activated proton channel that mediates acidification of the interior of viral particles entrapped in endosomes. M2 is the target of the anti-influenza drugs amantadine and rimantadine; recently, resistance to these drugs in humans, birds and pigs has reached more than 90% (ref. 1). Here we describe the crystal structure of the transmembrane-spanning region of the homotetrameric protein in the presence and absence of the channel-blocking drug amantadine. pH-dependent structural changes occur near a set of conserved His and Trp residues that are involved in proton gating. The drug-binding site is lined by residues that are mutated in amantadine-resistant viruses. Binding of amantadine physically occludes the pore, and might also perturb the pK(a) of the critical His residue. The structure provides a starting point for solving the problem of resistance to M2-channel blockers.
- Publication
Nature, 2008, Vol 451, Issue 7178, p596
- ISSN
1476-4687
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1038/nature06528