Mapping Amino Acid Mutations on Structures using Protein Imager

tutorial
Author
Affiliation

Elgin Akin

Johns Hopkins University

Published

November 11, 2025

Antigenic Sites

Influenza B Hemagglutinin (HA)

PDB: 4FQM B/Brisbane/60/2008 Influenza Hemagglutinin Starting Motif DRICT (D=residue #1 in the numbering schema)

120 loop 150 loop 160 loop 190 helix 240 loop

H1N1

Sa Sb Ca1 Ca2 Cb

H3N2

Site A Site B Site C Site D Site E

Ref: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-15102-5

Additional Reading

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4229193/ - Burke universal numbering schema