Cryo-EM structures reveal two distinct conformational states in a picornavirus cell entry intermediate.
Shah, P.N.M., Filman, D.J., Karunatilaka, K.S., Hesketh, E.L., Groppelli, E., Strauss, M., Hogle, J.M.(2020) PLoS Pathog 16: e1008920-e1008920
- PubMed: 32997730 
- DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1008920
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
6P9W, 6P9O, 6Q0B, 6PSZ - PubMed Abstract: 
The virions of enteroviruses such as poliovirus undergo a global conformational change after binding to the cellular receptor, characterized by a 4% expansion, and by the opening of holes at the two and quasi-three-fold symmetry axes of the capsid. The resultant particle is called a 135S particle or A-particle and is thought to be on the pathway to a productive infection ...