Adeno-associated virus (AAV) cell entry: structural insights.

ABSTRACT: Adeno-associated virus (AAV) is the leading vector in emerging treatments of inherited diseases. Higher transduction efficiencies and cellular specificity are required for broader clinical application, motivating investigations of virus-host molecular interactions during cell entry. High-throughput methods are identifying host proteins more comprehensively, with subsequent molecular studies revealing unanticipated complexity and serotype specificity. Cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) provides a path towards structural details of these sometimes heterogeneous virus-host complexes, and is poised to illuminate more fully the steps in entry. Here presented, is progress in understanding the distinct steps of glycan attachment, and receptor-mediated entry/trafficking. Comparison with struc

SUBMITTER: Meyer NL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11225776 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature