Article
Quaternary structures of HIV Env immunogen exhibit conformational vicissitudes and interface diminution elicited by ligand binding
28 Mar 2011
Abstract excerpt
The human immunodeficiency virus envelope protein is the key element mediating entry into host cells. Conformational rearrangement of Env upon binding to the host CD4 receptor and chemokine coreceptor drives membrane fusion. We elucidated the quaternary arrangement of the soluble Env trimeric immunogen o-gp140ΔV2TV1, in both its native (unliganded) and CD4-induced (liganded) states by cryoelectron microscopy and...
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