Title Antibody-induced uncoating of human rhinovirus B14.
Author Dong, Yangchao; Liu, Yue; Jiang, Wen; Smith, Thomas J; Xu, Zhikai; Rossmann, Michael G
Journal Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A Publication Year/Month 2017-Jul
PMID 28696310 PMCID PMC5544331
Affiliation + expend 1.Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907.

Rhinoviruses (RVs) are the major causes of common colds in humans. They have a nonenveloped, icosahedral capsid surrounding a positive-strand RNA genome. Here we report that the antigen-binding (Fab) fragment of a neutralizing antibody (C5) can trigger genome release from RV-B14 to form emptied particles and neutralize virus infection. Using cryo-electron microscopy, structures of the C5 Fab in complex with the full and emptied particles have been determined at 2.3 A and 3.0 A resolution, respectively. Each of the 60 Fab molecules binds primarily to a region on viral protein 3 (VP3). Binding of the C5 Fabs to RV-B14 results in significant conformational changes around holes in the capsid through which the viral RNA might exit. These results are so far the highest resolution view of an antibody-virus complex and elucidate a mechanism whereby antibodies neutralize RVs and related viruses by inducing virus uncoating.

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