Hemagglutinin (H1N1 flu)

Hemagglutinin is the spike on flu viruses. It grabs onto cells in your nose and throat so the virus can get in.

Fun fact

Flu shots are remade every year. Hemagglutinin keeps switching its shape.

Words to know

virus
vaccine
receptor

NGSS alignment

MS-LS3-1Structure & function of proteins
MS-LS1-3Body as a system

Structure

Rendered in FoldLens Junior from AlphaFold Database entry P03452. See the underlying prediction at alphafold.ebi.ac.uk/entry/P03452.

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