Subnanometer structures of HIV-1 envelope trimers on aldrithiol-2-inactivated virus particles

Z Li, W Li, M Lu, J Bess Jr, CW Chao… - Nature Structural & …, 2020 - nature.com
The HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein (Env) trimer, composed of gp120 and gp41 subunits,
mediates viral entry into cells. Recombinant Env trimers have been studied structurally, but …

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

R Henderson, M Lu, Y Zhou, Z Mu, R Parks… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The trimeric HIV-1 Envelope protein (Env) mediates viral-host cell fusion via a network of
conformational transitions, with allosteric elements in each protomer orchestrating host …

HIV-1 envelope conformation, allostery, and dynamics

AL Bennett, R Henderson - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
The HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein (Env) mediates host cell fusion and is the primary target for
HIV-1 vaccine design. The Env undergoes a series of functionally important conformational …

Microsecond dynamics control the HIV-1 envelope conformation

AL Bennett, R Edwards, I Kosheleva, C Saunders… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
The HIV-1 Envelope (Env) glycoprotein facilitates host cell fusion through a complex series
of receptor-induced structural changes. Although remarkable progress has been made in …

Functional and highly cross-linkable HIV-1 envelope glycoproteins enriched in a pretriggered conformation

HT Nguyen, A Qualizza, S Anang, M Zhao… - Journal of …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Binding to the receptor, CD4, drives the pretriggered,“closed”(state-1) conformation of the
human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) envelope glycoprotein (Env) trimer into more …

Global increases in human immunodeficiency virus neutralization sensitivity due to alterations in the membrane-proximal external region of the envelope glycoprotein …

Q Wang, F Esnault, M Zhao, TJ Chiu… - Journal of …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Binding to the receptor, CD4, drives the pretriggered,“closed”(State-1) conformation of the
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) envelope glycoprotein (Env) trimer ([gp120/gp41] 3) …

Hiding in plain sight: structure and sequence analysis reveals the importance of the antibody DE loop for antibody-antigen binding

SP Kelow, J Adolf-Bryfogle, RL Dunbrack - MAbs, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Antibody variable domains contain “complementarity-determining regions”(CDRs), the loops
that form the antigen binding site. CDRs1-3 are recognized as the canonical CDRs …

Topological analysis of the gp41 MPER on lipid bilayers relevant to the metastable HIV-1 envelope prefusion state

Y Wang, P Kaur, ZYJ Sun… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
The membrane proximal external region (MPER) of HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein (gp) 41 is
an attractive vaccine target for elicitation of broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs) by …

Conformational differences between functional human immunodeficiency virus envelope glycoprotein trimers and stabilized soluble trimers

LR Castillo-Menendez, HT Nguyen… - Journal of …, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Binding to the receptor CD4 triggers entry-related conformational changes in the human
immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) envelope glycoprotein (Env) trimer,(gp120/gp41) 3 …

HIV-1 prehairpin intermediate inhibitors show efficacy independent of neutralization tier

BN Bell, TUJ Bruun, N Friedland… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
HIV-1 strains are categorized into one of three neutralization tiers based on the relative ease
by which they are neutralized by plasma from HIV-1–infected donors not on antiretroviral …