Novel druggable regions in the dengue virus envelope glycoprotein and methods of using the same

摘要

The present invention relates to novel druggable regions discovered in dengue virus envelope glycoprotein, or dengue virus E protein, which is a class II viral E protein. The present invention further relates to methods of using the druggable regions to screen potential candidate therapeutics for diseases caused by viruses having class II E proteins, e.g. viral fusion inhibitors.