Influenza hemagglutinin: Difference between revisions

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	===Structure===		===Structure===

			The hemagglutinin protien is initially assembled into a homo-trimer. Each of the three identical proteins consists of 549 amino acids. Later during the maturation of the virus, the monomers are cleaved by a protease to generate two chains known as HA1 and HA2.