Conformational flexibility of HIV-1 envelope glycoproteins modulates transmitted / founder sensitivity to broadly neutralizing antibodies
D. Parthasarathy, K. R. Pothula, K.-M. A. Dam, S. Ratnapriya, H. C. Benet, R. Parsons, X. Huang, S. Sammour, K. Janowska, M. Harris, S. Sacco, J. Sodroski, M. Bridges, W. Hubbell, P. Acharya, A. Herschhorn
This paper shows that some HIV-1 transmitted/founder Envs are incompletely closed, making them sensitive to antibodies targeting open conformations, and highlights the importance of Env conformational flexibility for bnAb neutralization.
bioRxiv · Sep 13, 2023Microbiology