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ArticleFEBS letters2018

HIV-1 gp41 transmembrane oligomerization monitored by FRET and FCS.

Sabrina Schroeder, Joshua D Kaufman, Matthias Grunwald, Peter J Walla, Nils-Alexander Lakomek, Paul T Wingfield

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Article in FEBS letters, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  1. Discoveries and developments of CXCR4-targeted HIV-1 entry inhibitors.Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.) · 2020
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6 authors.

Sabrina SchroederMax-Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany.
Joshua D KaufmanProtein Expression Laboratory, NIAMS, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Matthias GrunwaldMax-Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany.
Peter J WallaInstitute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Technical University Braunschweig, Germany.
Nils-Alexander LakomekMax-Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany.
Paul T WingfieldProtein Expression Laboratory, NIAMS, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.

Funding

Structure/Function of HIV/SIV Envelope Transmembrane Glycoprotein Gp41ZIAAR041116 · NIAMS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES · PI WINGFIELD, PAUL T · 2009 to 2025
$7.9M
STRUCTURE/FUNCTION OF HIV/SIV ENVELOPE TRANSMEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEIN GP41Z01AR041116 · NIAMS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES · PI WINGFIELD, PAUL T · 1996 to 2008
$1.3M
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 AR041116
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The HIV-1 envelope gp120/gp41 trimer mediates viral membrane fusion. After cluster of differentiation-4 recognition, gp120 detaches from the virus, exposing gp41 which triggers fusion. During the fusion process, gp41 may not remain trimeric, which could have functional importance. Here, we probe the reversible association of full length gp41 (minus the cytoplasmic domain) in detergent micelles (with probes attached to transmembrane domain) by fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) with a μm dissociation constant. This is compared with other methods. A gp41-targeted fusion inhibitor must interfere with this transition, and monomeric, partially monomeric or trimeric states all present potential binding epitopes. The gp41 self-association is a valid drug target model and FRET, a potential high-throughput assay system, could be used to screen drug libraries.

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Protein MultimerizationFluorescence Resonance Energy TransferHIV-1HIV Envelope Protein gp41Micellesgp41 protein, Human immunodeficiency virus 1HIV Envelope Protein gp41Micellesfluorescence spectroscopygp41HIVmembrane fusionmonomer-trimer equilibriumstructural biology

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PMID29453892
PMCPMC5996750

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