The infectious salmon anaemia virus esterase prunes erythrocyte surfaces in infected Atlantic salmon and exposes terminal sialic acids to lectin recognition
J. H. Fosse, A. M. S. Andresen, F. B. Ploss, S. C. Weli, I. Heffernan, S. Sapotka, K. Lundgard, R. V. Kuiper, A. Solhaug, K. Falk
This study shows that the ISAV esterase removes 4-O-acetylated sialic acids from erythrocytes, exposing terminal sialic acids to lectin recognition.
bioRxiv · Jan 25, 2023 · PreprintMicrobiology