Abstract
EV-A71 causes hand, foot, and mouth disease in children. In this study, we discovered three highly conserved residues at positions 75, 78, and 88 of the capsid protein VP1 as the potential virulence determinants of EV-A71, which can influence viral replication by regulating the assembly of EV-A71. Mechanistic studies revealed that VP1-T75A could affect the maturation cleavage of the VP0 precursor, resulting in deficiencies in binding to the receptor SCARB2, viral attachment, internalization, and even uncoating. For the mutants of T78A and G88A, more noninfectious empty particles were produced during viral assembly. The discovery of these novel determinants of EV-A71 virulence will promote the study of the pathogenesis of enteroviruses.
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