Structural basis of immune evasion at the site of CD4 attachment on HIV-1 gp120

L Chen, Y Do Kwon, T Zhou, X Wu, S O'Dell… - Science, 2009 - science.org
The site on HIV-1 gp120 that binds to the CD4 receptor is vulnerable to antibodies. However,
most antibodies that interact with this site cannot neutralize HIV-1. To understand the basis

Structural basis for enhanced infectivity and immune evasion of SARS-CoV-2 variants

Y Cai, J Zhang, T Xiao, CL Lavine, S Rawson, H Peng… - Science, 2021 - science.org
… determined their structures by cryo–electron microscopy (cryo-EM), providing a structural
basis for … mechanisms of the enhanced infectivity of B.1.1.7 and the immune evasion of B.1.351. …

Structural basis of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron immune evasion and receptor engagement

M McCallum, N Czudnochowski, LE Rosen, SK Zepeda… - Science, 2022 - science.org
… This work defines the molecular basis for the broad evasion of humoral immunity exhibited
by SARS-CoV-2 Omicron and underscores the SARS-CoV-2 S mutational plasticity as well as …

Structural basis for translational shutdown and immune evasion by the Nsp1 protein of SARS-CoV-2

M Thoms, R Buschauer, M Ameismeier, L Koepke… - Science, 2020 - science.org
… innate immune responses that would otherwise facilitate clearance of the infection. Thus,
the structural characterization of the inhibitory mechanism of Nsp1 may aid structure-based …

Structural basis for Marburg virus VP35–mediated immune evasion mechanisms

P Ramanan, MR Edwards… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
… To explore the structural basis for dsRNA binding and specificity of mVP35, we solved the
crystal structure of mIID in complex with 18-bp dsRNA to 2.01-Å resolution (see Fig. 1 and …

The structural basis of flagellin detection by NAIP5: A strategy to limit pathogen immune evasion

JL Tenthorey, N Haloupek, JR López-Blanco, P Grob… - Science, 2017 - science.org
… to constrain bacterial immune escape (fig. S17). Although many pathogens do at least partially
evade innate immunity, our results suggest that evasion of innate immunity likely involves …

[HTML][HTML] Structural basis of Gabija anti-phage defence and viral immune evasion

SP Antine, AG Johnson, SE Mooney, A Leavitt… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
structural basis of assembly of the Gabija anti-phage defence complex and define a unique
mechanism of viral immune evasion… Our study defines the structural basis of the formation of …

[HTML][HTML] A structural basis for LCMV immune evasion: subversion of H-2Db and H-2Kb presentation of gp33 revealed by comparative crystal structure analyses

A Achour, J Michaëlsson, RA Harris, J Odeberg… - Immunity, 2002 - cell.com
… the virus to efficiently evade recognition by specific CD8 + T cells. Analysis of the structures
of gp33 bound to both class I molecules suggests a structural basis for these escape …

[HTML][HTML] Structural basis of evasion of cellular adaptive immunity by HIV-1 Nef

X Jia, R Singh, S Homann, H Yang, J Guatelli… - Nature structural & …, 2012 - nature.com
The HIV-1 protein Nef inhibits antigen presentation by class I major histocompatibility complex
(MHC-I). We determined the mechanism of this activity by solving the crystal structure of a …

Structural basis of Omicron immune evasion: A comparative computational study

D Contractor, C Globisch, S Swaroop, A Jain - Computers in Biology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
… In this study, we focus on finding the molecular basis of immune evasion by the Omicron
variant, as it is already known to infect the previously infected as well as vaccinated population. …