The capsid lattice engages a bipartite NUP153 motif to mediate nuclear entry of HIV-1 cores

Q Shen, S Kumari, C Xu, S Jang, J Shi… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
… binding helps stabilize the capsid lattice as it passes through the central channel of the
NPC. Recent studies have indicated that the capsid could remain at the nuclear pore for a few …

The role of capsid in HIV-1 nuclear entry

A Guedán, ER Caroe, GCR Barr, KN Bishop - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
… of the capsid lattice occurs or whether the lattice “opens” to … that the capsid shell of HIV was
lost early after cell entry (… targets the CA lattice, for approximately an hour after cell entry [13]. …

HIV-1 capsid shape, orientation, and entropic elasticity regulate translocation into the nuclear pore complex

A Hudait, GA Voth - … of the National Academy of Sciences, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
… To assess the stress impact of the spatially confined environment of the NPC central
channel on the capsid structural state, we characterized the capsid lattice order using neighbor-…

HIV-1 requires capsid remodelling at the nuclear pore for nuclear entry and integration

A Guedán, CD Donaldson, ER Caroe… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
capsid lattice flexibility for nuclear entry. In conclusion, we hypothesise that during a productive
infection, a capsid remodelling step takes place at the nuclear … uncoating, or capsid lattice

Nuclear capsid uncoating and reverse transcription of HIV-1

TG Müller, V Zila, B Müller… - Annual review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
… Facilitating nucleoplasmic transport to specific subnuclear regions: Coating the capsid
lattice with CPSF6 upon nuclear entry leads to targeting of the subviral structure to nuclear

Direct capsid labeling of infectious HIV-1 by genetic code expansion allows detection of largely complete nuclear capsids and suggests nuclear entry of HIV-1 …

S Schifferdecker, V Zila, TG Müller, V Sakin… - MBio, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
capsids cluster in the nucleus in a dose-dependent manner, suggesting that they may have
followed a common entry route … However, HIV-1 CA or the capsid lattice was found to directly …

Capsid lattice destabilization leads to premature loss of the viral genome and integrase enzyme during HIV-1 infection

JE Eschbach, JL Elliott, W Li, KK Zadrozny… - Journal of …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
nuclear entry in target cells, underscoring a wide range of functional requirements for the CA
protein and/or capsid lattice … of virion-associated CA appears to be lost soon after entry (21…

HIV-1 capsid is involved in post-nuclear entry steps

NY Chen, L Zhou, PJ Gane, S Opp, NJ Ball, G Nicastro… - Retrovirology, 2016 - Springer
… Some capsid is detected in the nucleus but it is unclear if it has any function. We … capsid
mutation confers resistance to C-A1, suggesting that capsid might affect post-nuclear entry steps. …

The HIV-1 capsid: from structural component to key factor for host nuclear invasion

V Scoca, F Di Nunzio - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
nuclear translocation. Thus, the multimeric CA complexes lead the viral genome into the host
nuclear … main discoveries to date that uncover the viral capsid as a key player in the reverse …

HIV-1 uncoating by release of viral cDNA from capsid-like structures in the nucleus of infected cells

TG Müller, V Zila, K Peters, S Schifferdecker, M Stanic… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
… disassembly of the CA-lattice, followed by physical separation … capsid may not be removed
before nuclear entry or that it may even play a role in helping the virus get inside the nucleus