Disruption of the HIV-1 Envelope allosteric network blocks CD4-induced rearrangements

Disruption of the HIV-1 Envelope allosteric network blocks CD4-induced rearrangements

Here, using cryo-EM and smFRET, Henderson et al. show how tryptophan 571 in the HIV-1 Env acts as a conformational switch during receptor-mediated viral entry and design HIV-1 Env proteins that cannot undergo conformational changes. This has important implications for HIV-1 vaccine design.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rory Henderson, Maolin Lu, Ye Zhou, Zekun Mu, Robert Parks, Qifeng Han, Allen L. Hsu, Elizabeth Carter, Scott C. Blanchard, R J Edwards, Kevin Wiehe, Kevin O. Saunders, Mario J. Borgnia, Alberto Bartesaghi, Walther Mothes, Barton F. Haynes, Priyamvada Acharya, S. Munir Alam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-14196-w

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-14196-w

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