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ArticleBiophysical journal2025

IP6, PF74 affect HIV-1 capsid stability through modulation of hexamer-hexamer tilt angle preference.

Chris M Garza, Matthew Holcomb, Diogo Santos-Martins, Bruce E Torbett, Stefano Forli

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Article in Biophysical journal, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors.

Chris M GarzaDepartment of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California; University of California San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, California.
Matthew HolcombDepartment of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California.
Diogo Santos-MartinsDepartment of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California.
Bruce E TorbettCenter for Immunity and Immunotherapies, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington; Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
Stefano ForliDepartment of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California. Electronic address: forli@scripps.edu.

Funding

Structural Biology CoreU54AI170855 · NIAID · SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI Alan N. Engelman · 2022 to 2026
$36.7M
MEDICAL SCIENTIST TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM007198 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI CHI, NEIL C, INSEL, PAUL A · 1985 to 2024
$29.3M
X-ray Crystallographic Fragment Screening CoreU54AI150472 · NIAID · SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI OLSON, ARTHUR J. · 2019 to 2021
$15.7M
UC San Diego Medical Scientist Training ProgramT32GM154642 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI Neil C Chi, Mary Kathleen Lewinski · 2025 to 2026
$2.9M
NIAID NIH HHS U54 AI150472NIAID NIH HHS U54 AI170855NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007198NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM154642
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The HIV-1 capsid is an irregularly shaped protein complex containing the viral genome and several proteins needed for integration into the host cell genome. Small molecules, such as the drug-like compound PF-3450074 (PF74) and the anionic sugar inositolhexakisphosphate (IP6), are known to impact capsid stability, although the mechanisms through which they do so remain unknown. In this study, we employed atomistic molecular dynamics simulations to study the impact of molecules bound to hexamers at the central pore (IP6) and the FG-binding site (PF74) on the interface between capsid oligomers. We found that the IP6 cofactor stabilizes a pair of neighboring hexamers in their flattest configurations, whereas PF74 introduces a strong preference for intermediate tilt angles. These results suggest that the tilt angle between neighboring hexamers is a primary mechanism for the modulation of capsid stability. In addition, hexamer-pentamer interfaces were highly stable, suggesting that pentamers are likely not the locus of disassembly.

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CapsidHIV-1Phytic AcidProtein MultimerizationBinding SitesCapsid ProteinsIndolesMolecular Dynamics SimulationPhenylalanineProtein StabilityCapsid ProteinsIndolesPF-3450074PhenylalaninePhytic Acid

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PMID39690744
PMCPMC11788498

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