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SUBMITTER: Dev J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5085267 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dev Jyoti J Park Donghyun D Fu Qingshan Q Chen Jia J Ha Heather Jiwon HJ Ghantous Fadi F Herrmann Tobias T Chang Weiting W Liu Zhijun Z Frey Gary G Seaman Michael S MS Chen Bing B Chou James J JJ
Science (New York, N.Y.) 20160623 6295
HIV-1 envelope spike (Env) is a type I membrane protein that mediates viral entry. We used nuclear magnetic resonance to determine an atomic structure of the transmembrane (TM) domain of HIV-1 Env reconstituted in bicelles that mimic a lipid bilayer. The TM forms a well-ordered trimer that protects a conserved membrane-embedded arginine. An amino-terminal coiled-coil and a carboxyl-terminal hydrophilic core stabilize the trimer. Individual mutations of conserved residues did not disrupt the TM t ...[more]