Structure of the parainfluenza virus 5 F protein in its metastable, prefusion conformation
Yin, H.-S., Wen, X., Paterson, R.G., Lamb, R.A., Jardetzky, T.S.(2006) Nature 439: 38-44
- PubMed: 16397490 
- DOI: 10.1038/nature04322
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
2B9B - PubMed Abstract: 
Enveloped viruses have evolved complex glycoprotein machinery that drives the fusion of viral and cellular membranes, permitting entry of the viral genome into the cell. For the paramyxoviruses, the fusion (F) protein catalyses this membrane merger and entry step, and it has been postulated that the F protein undergoes complex refolding during this process ...