Biological scientists have uncovered how the dengue virus uses its envelope protein to capture human plasmin from a blood meal to enhance the permeability of the mosquito midgut for infection.

The acidic motifs on both the KR-4 and KR-5 domains of plasmin are found to bind synergistically to two lysine-containing regions (basic) located on the domain I of the dengue virus envelope protein.

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) The dengue virus uses its envelope protein to capture human plasmin, enhancing the permeability of the mosquito midgut and facilitating infection. This ...

Biological scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have uncovered how the dengue virus uses its envelope protein to capture human plasmin from a blood meal to enhance the ...