Monica Fernandez Quintero
@mfernandezquintero.bsky.social
Staff Scientist, The Scripps Research Institute, passionate about protein dynamics, protein design, structural biology of glycoproteins and antibodies, enthusiastic about music and 🐰
Reposted by Monica Fernandez Quintero
Happy to share the first research article from my lab, now open access at Nature Communications! We report a single mutation (T199I) outside of the H5 receptor binding site (RBS) dramatically increases RBS flexibility and allows for broader binding to its receptor.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A single mutation in dairy cow-associated H5N1 viruses increases receptor binding breadth - Nature Communications
Highly pathogenic avian influenza clade 2.3.4.4b H5N1 viruses are causing a multistate outbreak in dairy cows. In this study, the authors report that recent H5N1 viruses have acquired a single mutatio...
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December 30, 2024 at 6:45 PM
Happy to share the first research article from my lab, now open access at Nature Communications! We report a single mutation (T199I) outside of the H5 receptor binding site (RBS) dramatically increases RBS flexibility and allows for broader binding to its receptor.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Monica Fernandez Quintero
Last week, David Baker, alongside John Jumper and Demis Hassabis, received the #Nobel Prize in #Chemistry🏆. It was incredibly special to see our group's and collaborators' work highlighted in the Nobel speech, along with the vital issue of #snakebite #envenoming🎉.
December 16, 2024 at 9:34 PM
Last week, David Baker, alongside John Jumper and Demis Hassabis, received the #Nobel Prize in #Chemistry🏆. It was incredibly special to see our group's and collaborators' work highlighted in the Nobel speech, along with the vital issue of #snakebite #envenoming🎉.