Slow Receptor Binding of the Noncytopathic HIV-2UC1 Envs Is Balanced by Long-Lived Activation State and Efficient Fusion Activity

Miranda Harris, Sneha Ratnapriya, Angela Chov, Héctor Cervera, Alisha Block, Christopher Gu, Nathaniel Talledge, Louis M. Mansky, Joseph Sodroski, Alon Herschhorn

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Abstract

Harris et al. show that the envelope glycoproteins of a rare HIV-2UC1 strain evolved to balance low affinity to the CD4 receptor with an improved, long-lived, and readily triggerable molecular machinery to mediate virus entry.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number107749
JournalCell reports
Volume31
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 9 2020

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Keywords

  • HIV envelope glycoproteins
  • binding kinetics
  • long-lived activation state
  • molecular mechanism of HIV entry

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