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ArticleViruses2025

Dissecting the Unique Self-Assembly Landscape of the HIV-2 Capsid Protein.

Matthew Cook, Pushpanjali Bhardwaj, Faith Lozano, Christian Freniere, Ryan J Malonis, Yong Xiong

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Matthew CookDepartment of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8641-820X
Pushpanjali BhardwajDepartment of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA.
Faith LozanoDepartment of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA.
Christian FreniereDepartment of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2846-669X
Ryan J MalonisDepartment of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA.
Yong XiongDepartment of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9625-9313

Funding

Project 3. IntegrationU54AI170791 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Peter Cherepanov · 2022 to 2026
$30.6M
PREDOCTORAL PROGRAM IN BIOPHYSICST32GM008283 · NIGMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI XIONG, YONG · 1988 to 2022
$10.5M
A multiscale approach for elucidating nuclear entry mechanisms of HIV-1 capsidR01AI162260 · NIAID · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI LIN, CHENXIANG, XIONG, YONG · 2021 to 2025
$3.5M
Determining the molecular mechanisms of HIV-1 maturationR01AI178846 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE · PI Juan Roberto Perilla Jimenez · 2023 to 2026
$2.3M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI162260NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI178846NIAID NIH HHS U54 AI170791NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008283NIH HHS R01AI162260NIH HHS R01AI178846NIH HHS T32GM008283NIH HHS U54AI170791
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Abstract

Human immunodeficiency virus type 2 (HIV-2) is a lentivirus closely related to HIV-1 but exhibits distinct molecular and clinical features that influence viral infectivity and efficacy of antiretroviral therapy. The HIV capsid is a critical structural component with multifaceted roles during infection and mediates some of the observed divergence between HIV-1 and HIV-2. Unlike HIV-1, study of the HIV-2 capsid is limited and standard protocols for the in vitro assembly of HIV-1 capsid protein (CA) lattice structures have not been successfully translated to the HIV-2 context. This work identifies effective approaches for the assembly of the HIV-2 CA lattice and leverages this to biochemically characterize HIV-2 CA assemblies and mutant phenotypes. Our findings elaborate on the sensitivity of HIV-2 CA to chemical conditions and reveal that it assembles into a more varied spectrum of particle morphologies compared to HIV-1. Utilizing these assemblies, we tested the hypothesis that HIV-1 and HIV-2 employ divergent mechanisms to stabilize CA oligomer forms and investigate the effects of non-conserved substitutions at the CA inter-protomer interfaces. This work advances our understanding of the key biochemical determinants of HIV-2 CA assembly that are distinct from HIV-1 and may contribute to their divergent virological properties.

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Capsid ProteinsHIV-2Virus AssemblyCapsidHIV-1HumansMutationProtein MultimerizationCapsid Proteinscapsidcapsid-like particlesHIV-2in vitro assembly

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PMID41157654
PMCPMC12568027

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