Discussion: Our results demonstrated that most single mutations on N-linked glycosylation sites on
HA5 did not influence the binding between DC-SIGN and
HA (H5), whereas only three mutations (
N27Q,
N39Q, and
N181Q) reduced this interaction; suggesting that the DC-SIGN CRD may interact minimally with a N-glycosylation with high-mannose oligosaccharides expression on
HA protein.