Abstract
Virus assembly and maturation proceed through the programmed operation of molecular switches, which trigger both local and global structural rearrangements to produce infectious particles. HIV-1 contains an assembly and maturation switch that spans the C-terminal domain (CTD) of the capsid (CA) region and the first spacer peptide (SP1) of the precursor structural protein, Gag. The crystal structure of the CTD-SP1 Gag fragment is a goblet-shaped hexamer in which the cup comprises the CTD and an ensuing type II β-turn, and the stem comprises a 6-helix bundle. The β-turn is critical for immature virus assembly and the 6-helix bundle regulates proteolysis during maturation. This bipartite character explains why the SP1 spacer is a critical element of HIV-1 Gag but is not a universal property of retroviruses. Our results also indicate that HIV-1 maturation inhibitors suppress unfolding of the CA-SP1 junction and thereby delay access of the viral protease to its substrate.
Authors
7
- Jonathan M Wagner (first)
- Kaneil K Zadrozny (additional)
- Jakub Chrustowicz (additional)
- Michael D Purdy (additional)
- Mark Yeager (additional)
- Barbie K Ganser-Pornillos (additional)
- Owen Pornillos (additional)
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Created | 9 years, 1 month ago (July 14, 2016, 9:16 a.m.) |
Deposited | 1 year, 10 months ago (Oct. 11, 2023, 8:53 p.m.) |
Indexed | 3 weeks, 2 days ago (Aug. 3, 2025, 7:03 p.m.) |
Issued | 9 years, 1 month ago (July 14, 2016) |
Published | 9 years, 1 month ago (July 14, 2016) |
Published Online | 9 years, 1 month ago (July 14, 2016) |
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@article{Wagner_2016, title={Crystal structure of an HIV assembly and maturation switch}, volume={5}, ISSN={2050-084X}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/elife.17063}, DOI={10.7554/elife.17063}, journal={eLife}, publisher={eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd}, author={Wagner, Jonathan M and Zadrozny, Kaneil K and Chrustowicz, Jakub and Purdy, Michael D and Yeager, Mark and Ganser-Pornillos, Barbie K and Pornillos, Owen}, year={2016}, month=jul }