The conformational states of the HIV-1 envelope glycoproteins

Q Wang, A Finzi, J Sodroski - Trends in microbiology, 2020 - cell.com
During HIV-1 entry into target cells, binding of the virus to host receptors, CD4 and
CCR5/CXCR4, triggers serial conformational changes in the envelope glycoprotein (Env) …

Stabilized HIV-1 envelope immunization induces neutralizing antibodies to the CD4bs and protects macaques against mucosal infection

KO Saunders, RJ Edwards, K Tilahun… - Science translational …, 2022 - science.org
A successful HIV-1 vaccine will require induction of a polyclonal neutralizing antibody (nAb)
response, yet vaccine-mediated induction of such a response in primates remains a …

Vaccine-induced V1V2-specific antibodies control and or protect against infection with HIV, SIV and SHIV

S Zolla-Pazner, R Alvarez, XP Kong… - Current Opinion in HIV …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Vaccine-induced V1V2-specific antibodies control and or prot... : Current Opinion in HIV and
AIDS Vaccine-induced V1V2-specific antibodies control and or protect against infection with …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Difficult-to-neutralize global HIV-1 isolates are neutralized by antibodies targeting open envelope conformations

Q Han, JA Jones, NI Nicely, RK Reed, X Shen… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract The HIV-1 envelope (Env) is the target for neutralizing antibodies and exists on the
surface of virions in open or closed conformations. Difficult-to-neutralize viruses (tier 2) …

Structural dynamics reveal isolate-specific differences at neutralization epitopes on HIV Env

EA Hodge, GS Naika, SM Kephart, A Nguyen, R Zhu… - Iscience, 2022 - cell.com
The envelope glycoprotein (Env) is the sole target for neutralizing antibodies against HIV
and the most rapidly evolving, variable part of the virus. High-resolution structures of Env …

Asymmetric structures and conformational plasticity of the uncleaved full-length human immunodeficiency virus envelope glycoprotein trimer

S Zhang, K Wang, WL Wang, HT Nguyen… - Journal of …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
The functional human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) envelope glycoprotein (Env) trimer
[(gp120/gp41) 3] is produced by cleavage of a conformationally flexible gp160 precursor …

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 …