Atomic structures of Coxsackievirus A6 and its complex with a neutralizing antibody

Coxsackievirus A6 (CVA6) causes hand, foot and mouth disease in children. Here the authors present the CVA6 procapsid and A-particle cryo-EM structures and identify an immune-dominant neutralizing epitope, which can be exploited for vaccine development.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Longfa Xu, Qingbing Zheng, Shaowei Li, Maozhou He, Yangtao Wu, Yongchao Li, Rui Zhu, Hai Yu, Qiyang Hong, Jie Jiang, Zizhen Li, Shuxuan Li, Huan Zhao, Lisheng Yang, Wangheng Hou, Wei Wang, Xiangzhong Ye, Jun Zhang, Timothy S. Baker, Tong Cheng, Z. Hong Zhou, Xiaodong Yan, Ningshao Xia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00477-9