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Trimeric, coiled-coil extension on peptide fusion inhibitor of HIV-1 influences selection of resistance pathways.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 9 Mar 2012
Zhuang Min, Wang Wei, De Feo Christopher J, Vassell Russell, Weiss Carol D
Abstract excerpt
Peptides corresponding to N- and C-terminal heptad repeat regions (HR1 and HR2, respectively) of viral fusion proteins can block infection of viruses in a dominant negative manner by interfering with refolding of the viral HR1 and HR2 to form a six-helix bundle (6HB) that drives fusion between viral and host cell membranes. The 6HB of the HIV gp41 (endogenous bundle) consists of an HR1 coiled-coil trimer with...
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