Biological and structural characterization of a host-adapting amino acid in influenza virus.
Yamada, S., Hatta, M., Staker, B.L., Watanabe, S., Imai, M., Shinya, K., Sakai-Tagawa, Y., Ito, M., Ozawa, M., Watanabe, T., Sakabe, S., Li, C., Kim, J.H., Myler, P.J., Phan, I., Raymond, A., Smith, E., Stacy, R., Nidom, C.A., Lank, S.M., Wiseman, R.W., Bimber, B.N., O'Connor, D.H., Neumann, G., Stewart, L.J., Kawaoka, Y.(2010) PLoS Pathog 6: e1001034-e1001034
- PubMed: 20700447 
- DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1001034
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
3KHW, 3L56, 3KC6 - PubMed Abstract: 
Two amino acids (lysine at position 627 or asparagine at position 701) in the polymerase subunit PB2 protein are considered critical for the adaptation of avian influenza A viruses to mammals. However, the recently emerged pandemic H1N1 viruses lack these amino acids ...