Susan Hafenstein
Director of the Center for Structural Biology; Huck Chair of Structural Virology; Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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Using a structural approach to learn more about viral infectivity, tropism, evolution and pathogenicity. Developing approaches to visualize critical events that cause a break from the regular symmetry of the virus, including packaging of the genome, receptor usage, antibody interactions and uncoating of the viral genome during the final stages of infection.
Education
- Ph.D., University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 2003
- B.S., Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 1992
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Publication Tags
Capsid Enterovirus Genome Viruses Parvovirus Virion Epitopes Antibodies Neutralizing Antibodies Cryoelectron Microscopy Protoparvovirus Cryo Electron Microscopy Mutation Minute Virus Of Mice Dna Receptors Rodent Protoparvovirus 1 Divalent Cations Transferrin Receptors Genes Infection Capsid Proteins Immunoglobulin Fragments Crystal Structure Human Papillomavirus 16
Most Recent Papers
Transferrin receptor binds virus capsid with dynamic motion
Hyunwook Lee, Heather M. Callaway, Javier O. Cifuente, Carol M. Bator, Colin R. Parrish, Susan L. Hafenstein, 2019, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America on p. 20462-20471
Asymmetry in icosahedral viruses
D. Goetschius, C. Parrish, Susan Hafenstein, 2019, Current Opinion in Virology on p. 67-73
Parvovirus B19 uncoating occurs in the cytoplasm without capsid disassembly and it is facilitated by depletion of capsid-associated divalent cations
Oliver Caliaro, Andrea Marti, Nico Ruprecht, Remo Leisi, Suriyasri Subramanian, Susan Hafenstein, Carlos Ros, 2019, Viruses on p. 430
Examination and reconstruction of three ancient endogenous parvovirus capsid protein gene remnants found in rodent genomes
Heather M. Callaway, Suriyasri Subramanian, Christian A. Urbina, Karen N. Barnard, Robert A. Dick, Carol M. Bator, Susan L. Hafenstein, Robert J. Gifford, Colin R. Parrish, 2019, Journal of virology
Viral engagement with host receptors blocked by a novel class of tryptophan dendrimers that targets the 5-fold-axis of the enterovirus - A 71 capsid
Liang Sun, Hyunwook Lee, Hendrik Jan Thibaut, Kristina Lanko, Eva Rivero-Buceta, Carol Bator, Belen Martinez-Gualda, Kai Dallmeier, Leen Delang, Pieter Leyssen, Federico Gago, Ana San-Felix, Susan Hafenstein, Carmen Mirabelli, Johan Neyts, 2019, PLoS pathogens
Complex and dynamic interactions between parvovirus capsids, transferrin receptors, and antibodies control cell infection and host range
Heather M. Callaway, Kathrin Welsch, Wendy Weichert, Andrew B. Allison, Susan L. Hafenstein, Kai Huang, Sho Iketani, Colin R. Parrish, 2018, Journal of virology
Nuclear, cytosolic, and surface-localized poly(A)-binding proteins of Plasmodium yoelii
Allen M. Minns, Kevin J. Hart, Suriyasri Subramanian, Susan Hafenstein, Scott E. Lindner, 2018, mSphere
High-resolution structure analysis of antibody V5 and U4 conformational epitopes on human papillomavirus 16
Jian Guan, Stephanie M. Bywaters, Sarah A. Brendle, Robert E. Ashley, Alexander M. Makhov, James F. Conway, Neil Christensen, Susan Hafenstein, 2017, Viruses
Cryo-EM maps reveal five-fold channel structures and their modification by gatekeeper mutations in the parvovirus minute virus of mice (MVM) capsid
Suriyasri Subramanian, Lindsey J. Organtini, Alec Grossman, Phillip P. Domeier, Javier O. Cifuente, Alexander M. Makhov, James F. Conway, Anthony D'Abramo, Susan F. Cotmore, Peter Tattersall, Susan Hafenstein, 2017, Virology on p. 216-223
MOPS and coxsackievirus B3 stability
Steven D. Carson, Susan Hafenstein, Hyunwook Lee, 2017, Virology on p. 183-187
Recent Most-Cited Papers
Secretion of genome-free hepatitis b virus - single strand blocking model for virion morphogenesis of para-retrovirus
Xiaojun Ning, David Nguyen, Laura Mentzer, Christina Adams, Hyunwook Lee, Robert Ashley, Susan Hafenstein, Jianming Hu, 2011, PLoS pathogens
The Enterovirus 71 A-particle Forms a Gateway to Allow Genome Release
Kristin L. Shingler, Jennifer L. Yoder, Michael S. Carnegie, Robert E. Ashley, Alexander M. Makhov, James F. Conway, Susan Hafenstein, 2013, PLoS Pathogens
Enterovirus 71 Binding to PSGL-1 on Leukocytes
Yorihiro Nishimura, Hyunwook Lee, Susan Hafenstein, Chikako Kataoka, Takaji Wakita, Jeffrey M. Bergelson, Hiroyuki Shimizu, 2013, PLoS Pathogens
Group Selection and Contribution of Minority Variants during Virus Adaptation Determines Virus Fitness and Phenotype
Antonio V. Bordería, Ofer Isakov, Gonzalo Moratorio, Rasmus Henningsson, Sonia Agüera-González, Lindsey Organtini, Nina F. Gnädig, Hervé Blanc, Andrés Alcover, Susan Hafenstein, Magnus Fontes, Noam Shomron, Marco Vignuzzi, 2015, PLoS Pathogens
A cryo-electron microscopy study identifies the complete H16.V5 epitope and reveals global conformational changes initiated by binding of the neutralizing antibody fragment
Hyunwook Lee, Sarah A. Brendle, Stephanie M. Bywaters, Jian Guan, Robert E. Ashley, Joshua D. Yoder, Alexander M. Makhov, James F. Conway, Neil Christensen, Susan Hafenstein, 2015, Journal of virology on p. 1428-1438
A strain-specific epitope of enterovirus 71 identified by cryo-electron microscopy of the complex with fab from neutralizing antibody
Hyunwook Lee, Javier O. Cifuente, Robert E. Ashley, James F. Conway, Alexander M. Makhov, Yoshio Tano, Hiroyuki Shimizu, Yorihiro Nishimura, Susan Hafenstein, 2013, Journal of virology on p. 11363-11370
Depletion of virion-associated divalent cations induces parvovirus minute virus of mice to eject its genome in a 3′ -to-5′ direction from an otherwise intact viral particle
Susan F. Cotmore, Susan Hafenstein, Peter Tattersall, 2010, Journal of virology on p. 1945-1956
The crystal structure of a coxsackievirus B3-RD variant and a refined 9-angstrom cryo-electron microscopy reconstruction of the virus complexed with decay-accelerating factor (DAF) provide a new footprint of DAF on the virus surface
Joshua D. Yoder, Javier O. Cifuente, Jieyan Pan, Jeffrey M. Bergelson, Susan Hafenstein, 2012, Journal of Virology on p. 12571-12581
Structure of a packaging-defective mutant of minute virus of mice indicates that the genome is packaged via a pore at a 5-fold axis
Pavel Plevka, Susan Hafenstein, Lei Li, Anthony D'Abramo, Susan F. Cotmore, Michael G. Rossmann, Peter Tattersall, 2011, Journal of Virology on p. 4822-4827
Kinetic and structural analysis of coxsackievirus B3 receptor interactions and formation of the A-particle
Lindsey J. Organtini, Alexander M. Makhov, James F. Conway, Susan Hafenstein, Steven D. Carsonc, 2014, Journal of virology on p. 5755-5765