Structural highlights
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 PubMedElicitation of potent and broadly neutralizing antibodies is an important goal in designing an effective human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) vaccine. The HIV-1 gp41 inner-core trimer represents a functionally and structurally conserved target for therapeutics. Here we report the 2.0-A-resolution crystal structure of the complex between the antigen-binding fragment of D5, an HIV-1 cross-neutralizing antibody, and 5-helix, a gp41 inner-core mimetic. Both binding and neutralization depend on residues in the D5 CDR H2 loop protruding into the conserved gp41 hydrophobic pocket, as well as a large pocket in D5 surrounding core gp41 residues. Kinetic analysis of D5 mutants with perturbed D5-gp41 interactions suggests that D5 persistence at the fusion intermediate is crucial for neutralization. Thus, our data validate the gp41 N-peptide trimer fusion intermediate as a target for neutralizing antibodies and provide a template for identification of more potent and broadly neutralizing molecules. Structural basis for HIV-1 neutralization by a gp41 fusion intermediate-directed antibody.,Luftig MA, Mattu M, Di Giovine P, Geleziunas R, Hrin R, Barbato G, Bianchi E, Miller MD, Pessi A, Carfi A Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2006 Aug;13(8):740-7. Epub 2006 Jul 23. PMID:16862157[1] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See AlsoReferences
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