Abstract: After comparing viruses from the Hong Kong 1997 H5N1 outbreak, one amino acid change (
N66S) was found in the
PB1-F2 sequence at position 66 that correlated with pathogenicity.
Abstract: In addition, both viruses with an S at position 66 (WH
N66S and wt 1918) induced elevated levels of cytokines in the lungs of infected mice.
Abstract: In mice infected with WH
N66S virus there was increased pathogenicity as measured by weight loss and decreased survival, and a 100-fold increase in virus replication when compared to mice infected with the WH virus.
Abstract: The 1918 pandemic strain A/Brevig Mission/18 was reconstructed with a pathogenicity-reducing mutation in
PB1-F2 (
S66N).
Abstract: This domain was formed due to the mutation at position 151 (
T151I).
Result: Almost all the mutations in
NS1 showed the change in secondary structure conformation of the mutated AA and those in contact with mutated AA, except for
P223S mutation in A/chicken/Viet Nam/KG-076/2004 and
L33I in A/chicken/Viet Nam/LD-080/2004, where only the conformation of residues in contact with these AAs was changed and not of that particular AA.
Result: Analysis of residue contacts in rna-binding domain structure (1NS1) at position 33 where the mutation
I33L in A/chicken/Viet Nam/LD-080/2004 is observed, shows that the AAs VAL23, ALA30, PRO31, PHE32, ASP34, ARG35, LEU36 and ARG37 (Additional file RC at http://www.geocities.com/amubioinfo/InfluenzaAVirus.htm) are binding with LEU33 (Figure 1).
Result: In st