Ann Taylor/sandbox Norovirus oligosaccaride binding

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Binding of the Norovirus to fucose containing oligosaccarides

spinqualitylabelsall models norovirus capsid binding to oligosaccarides Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image Norovirus causes deadly diarrhea. Understanding how it works will allow us to design prevention. The structures in this page are from [1],. Contents 1 Function 2 Disease 3 Relevance 4 Structural highlights Function Disease Relevance Structural highlights This structure highlights the norovirus capsid protein interacting with an oligosaccaride.

References

1. ↑ Cao S, Lou Z, Tan M, Chen Y, Liu Y, Zhang Z, Zhang XC, Jiang X, Li X, Rao Z. Structural basis for the recognition of blood group trisaccharides by norovirus. J Virol. 2007 Jun;81(11):5949-57. Epub 2007 Mar 28. PMID:17392366 doi:10.1128/JVI.00219-07