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Which type of fusion proteins tend to form trimers and have two distinct conformations?
Which type of fusion proteins tend to form trimers and have two distinct conformations?
- Class II fusion proteins
- Class IV fusion proteins
- Class III fusion proteins
- Class I fusion proteins (correct)
What type of conformational changes reveal a fusion peptide that gets inserted into the target cellular membrane during virus-induced membrane fusion?
What type of conformational changes reveal a fusion peptide that gets inserted into the target cellular membrane during virus-induced membrane fusion?
- Conformational changes in viral envelope proteins
- Conformational changes in host cell proteases
- Conformational changes in fusion proteins (correct)
- Conformational changes in receptor binding subunits
Which type of fusion proteins involve rearrangement of multimers of protein subunits but only minor conformational changes at the tertiary level?
Which type of fusion proteins involve rearrangement of multimers of protein subunits but only minor conformational changes at the tertiary level?
- Class I fusion proteins
- Class III fusion proteins
- Class II fusion proteins (correct)
- Class IV fusion proteins
Which type of fusion proteins generally consist of two subunits: fusion subunit and receptor binding subunit?
Which type of fusion proteins generally consist of two subunits: fusion subunit and receptor binding subunit?