1acy | pdb_00001acy

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF THE PRINCIPAL NEUTRALIZING SITE OF HIV-1

spinqualitylabelsall models 1acy, resolution 3.00Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 1acy is a 3 chain structure with sequence from Hiv-1 m:b_mn and Mus musculus. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, RCSB, PDBsum Evolutionary Conservation Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf. Publication Abstract from PubMed The crystal structure of a complex between a 24-amino acid peptide from the third variable (V3) loop of human immunodeficiency virus-type 1 (HIV-1) gp 120 and the Fab fragment of a broadly neutralizing antibody (59.1) was determined to 3 angstrom resolution. The tip of the V3 loop containing the Gly-Pro-Gly-Arg-Ala-Phe sequence adopts a double-turn conformation, which may be the basis of its conservation in many HIV-1 isolates. A complete map of the HIV-1 principal neutralizing determinant was constructed by stitching together structures of V3 loop peptides bound to 59.1 and to an isolate-specific (MN) neutralizing antibody (50.1). Structural conservation of the overlapping epitopes suggests that this biologically relevant conformation could be of use in the design of synthetic vaccines and drugs to inhibit HIV-1 entry and virus-related cellular fusion. Crystal structure of the principal neutralization site of HIV-1.,Ghiara JB, Stura EA, Stanfield RL, Profy AT, Wilson IA Science. 1994 Apr 1;264(5155):82-5. PMID:7511253 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also Antibody

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