流感病毒融合肽在流感病毒感染宿主细胞的过程中扮演关键角色,解析其三维结构是了解病毒融合机制的关键.融合肽结构的研究历经十几年,期间提出了多种融合模型和假说,至今仍然是科学家们感兴趣的热点问题.核磁共振方法是研究融合肽结构的主要手段之一,该文综述了该领域近几年的重要进展,以期对流感病毒融合肽的融合机制有更深入的认识.
The influenza fusion peptide plays a pivotal role in the fusion process of the viral membrane with the host-cell endosomal membrane. Recent success of solving the structure of influenza hemagglutinin fusion peptide has led to a new understanding of the fusion mechanism. Although a few hypotheses have been proposed, it is still of great interest to investigate the structure-function relationship of the fusion peptide. In this paper, the progresses in the field for the last decade is reviewed.