Influence of glycosylation on the immunogenicity and antigenicity of viral immunogens

ML Newby, JD Allen, M Crispin - Biotechnology Advances, 2024 - Elsevier
A key aspect of successful viral vaccine design is the elicitation of neutralizing antibodies
targeting viral attachment and fusion glycoproteins that embellish viral particles. This …

Coronavirus accessory protein ORF3 biology and its contribution to viral behavior and pathogenesis

F Si, S Song, R Yu, Z Li, W Wei, C Wu - Iscience, 2023 - cell.com
Coronavirus porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) is classified in the genus
Alphacoronavirus, family Coronaviridae that encodes the only accessory protein, ORF3 …

Mapping the neutralizing specificity of human anti-HIV serum by deep mutational scanning

CE Radford, P Schommers, L Gieselmann… - Cell Host & Microbe, 2023 - cell.com
Understanding the specificities of human serum antibodies that broadly neutralize HIV can
inform prevention and treatment strategies. Here, we describe a deep mutational scanning …

Analysis of glycosylation and disulfide bonding of wild-type SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein

S Zhang, EP Go, H Ding, S Anang, JC Kappes… - Journal of …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, the etiologic agent of COVID-19, uses its spike
(S) glycoprotein anchored in the viral membrane to enter host cells. The S glycoprotein is the …

Characterization of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) envelope glycoprotein conformational states on infectious virus particles

HT Nguyen, Q Wang, S Anang, JG Sodroski - Journal of Virology, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) entry into cells involves triggering of the
viral envelope glycoprotein (Env) trimer ([gp120/gp41] 3) by the primary receptor, CD4, and …

Alterations in gp120 glycans or the gp41 fusion peptide-proximal region modulate the stability of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) envelope glycoprotein …

Z Zhang, Q Wang, HT Nguyen, HC Chen… - Journal of …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) envelope glycoprotein (Env) trimer mediates
entry into host cells by binding receptors, CD4 and CCR5/CXCR4, and fusing the viral and …

A multidonor class of highly glycan-dependent HIV-1 gp120-gp41 interface-targeting broadly neutralizing antibodies

EM Cale, CH Shen, AS Olia, NA Radakovich, R Rawi… - Cell Reports, 2024 - cell.com
Antibodies that target the gp120-gp41 interface of the HIV-1 envelope (Env) trimer comprise
a commonly elicited category of broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs). Here, we isolate …

Shedding-resistant HIV-1 envelope glycoproteins adopt downstream conformations that remain responsive to conformation-preferring ligands

M Lu, X Ma, N Reichard, DS Terry, J Arthos… - Journal of …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) envelope glycoprotein (Env) trimer of
gp120-gp41 heterodimers mediates virus entry into CD4-positive (CD4+) cells. Single …

The glycan hole area of HIV-1 envelope trimers contributes prominently to the induction of autologous neutralization

A Schorcht, CA Cottrell, P Pugach, RP Ringe… - Journal of …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) trimeric envelope glycoprotein (Env) is
heavily glycosylated, creating a dense glycan shield that protects the underlying peptidic …

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 …