HIV-1 assembly, budding, and maturation

WI Sundquist, HG Kräusslich - Cold Spring …, 2012 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
A defining property of retroviruses is their ability to assemble into particles that can leave
producer cells and spread infection to susceptible cells and hosts. Virion morphogenesis …

HIV-1 maturation: lessons learned from inhibitors

AB Kleinpeter, EO Freed - Viruses, 2020 - mdpi.com
Since the emergence of HIV and AIDS in the early 1980s, the development of safe and
effective therapies has accompanied a massive increase in our understanding of the …

An atomic model of HIV-1 capsid-SP1 reveals structures regulating assembly and maturation

FKM Schur, M Obr, WJH Hagen, W Wan, AJ Jakobi… - Science, 2016 - science.org
Immature HIV-1 assembles at and buds from the plasma membrane before proteolytic
cleavage of the viral Gag polyprotein induces structural maturation. Maturation can be …

HIV capsid is a tractable target for small molecule therapeutic intervention

WS Blair, C Pickford, SL Irving, DG Brown… - PLoS …, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Despite a high current standard of care in antiretroviral therapy for HIV, multidrug-resistant
strains continue to emerge, underscoring the need for additional novel mechanism inhibitors …

A stable immature lattice packages IP6 for HIV capsid maturation

DL Mallery, AB Kleinpeter, N Renner, KMR Faysal… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
HIV virion assembly begins with the construction of an immature lattice consisting of Gag
hexamers. Upon virion release, protease-mediated Gag cleavage leads to a maturation …

Multiple roles of HIV-1 capsid during the virus replication cycle

M Novikova, Y Zhang, EO Freed, K Peng - Virologica Sinica, 2019 - Springer
Human immunodeficiency virus-1 capsid (HIV-1 CA) is involved in different stages of the
viral replication cycle. During virion assembly, CA drives the formation of the hexameric …

Two structural switches in HIV-1 capsid regulate capsid curvature and host factor binding

JCV Stacey, A Tan, JM Lu, LC James… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
The mature HIV-1 capsid protects the viral genome and interacts with host proteins to travel
from the cell periphery into the nucleus. To achieve this, the capsid protein, CA, constructs …

Human Immunodeficiency Virus Gag and protease: partners in resistance

A Fun, AMJ Wensing, J Verheyen, M Nijhuis - Retrovirology, 2012 - Springer
Abstract Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) maturation plays an essential role in the viral
life cycle by enabling the generation of mature infectious virus particles through proteolytic …

Discovery of novel small-molecule HIV-1 replication inhibitors that stabilize capsid complexes

L Lamorte, S Titolo, CT Lemke… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
The identification of novel antiretroviral agents is required to provide alternative treatment
options for HIV-1-infected patients. The screening of a phenotypic cell-based viral replication …

HIV-1 capsid variability: viral exploitation and evasion of capsid-binding molecules

A Saito, M Yamashita - Retrovirology, 2021 - Springer
The HIV-1 capsid, a conical shell encasing viral nucleoprotein complexes, is involved in
multiple post-entry processes during viral replication. Many host factors can directly bind to …