8W2Y
Structure and interactions of HIV-1 gp41 CHR-NHR reverse hairpin constructs reveal molecular determinants of antiviral activity
Summary for 8W2Y
| Entry DOI | 10.2210/pdb8w2y/pdb |
| Descriptor | Transmembrane protein gp41, GLYCEROL, SULFATE ION, ... (4 entities in total) |
| Functional Keywords | hiv, gp41, virus, viral protein, reverse hairpin |
| Biological source | Human immunodeficiency virus 1 |
| Total number of polymer chains | 1 |
| Total formula weight | 9932.07 |
| Authors | |
| Primary citation | He, L.,McAndrew, R.,Barbu, R.,Gifford, G.,Halacoglu, C.,Drouin-Allaire, C.,Weber, L.,Kristensen, L.G.,Gupta, S.,Chen, Y.,Petzold, C.J.,Allaire, M.,Li, K.H.,Ralston, C.Y.,Gochin, M. Structure and Interactions of HIV-1 gp41 CHR-NHR Reverse Hairpin Constructs Reveal Molecular Determinants of Antiviral Activity. J.Mol.Biol., 436:168650-168650, 2024 Cited by PubMed Abstract: Engineered reverse hairpin constructs containing a partial C-heptad repeat (CHR) sequence followed by a short loop and full-length N-heptad repeat (NHR) were previously shown to form trimers in solution and to be nanomolar inhibitors of HIV-1 Env mediated fusion. Their target is the in situ gp41 fusion intermediate, and they have similar potency to other previously reported NHR trimers. However, their design implies that the NHR is partially covered by CHR, which would be expected to limit potency. An exposed hydrophobic pocket in the folded structure may be sufficient to confer the observed potency, or they may exist in a partially unfolded state exposing full length NHR. Here we examined their structure by crystallography, CD and fluorescence, establishing that the proteins are folded hairpins both in crystal form and in solution. We examined unfolding in the milieu of the fusion reaction by conducting experiments in the presence of a membrane mimetic solvent and by engineering a disulfide bond into the structure to prevent partial unfolding. We further examined the role of the hydrophobic pocket, using a hairpin-small molecule adduct that occluded the pocket, as confirmed by X-ray footprinting. The results demonstrated that the NHR region nominally covered by CHR in the engineered constructs and the hydrophobic pocket region that is exposed by design were both essential for nanomolar potency and that interaction with membrane is likely to play a role in promoting the required inhibitor structure. The design concepts can be applied to other Class 1 viral fusion proteins. PubMed: 38866091DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2024.168650 PDB entries with the same primary citation |
| Experimental method | X-RAY DIFFRACTION (1.63 Å) |
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