在脂基层中,HIV gp41膜-近端外部区域和跨膜域的寡合结构和三维折叠
Byungsu Kwon1, Myungwoon Lee1, Alan J Waring2
1Department of Chemistry , Massachusetts Institute of Technology , 170 Albany Street , Cambridge , Massachusetts 02139 , United States.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|June 12, 2018
概括
这项研究揭示了HIV-1 gp41膜相互作用区域 (MPER-TMD) 在脂质膜内形成三元螺旋转螺旋结构,对于病毒的进入和融合至关重要. 这一发现澄清了gp41在本地环境中的结构.
科学领域:
- 结构生物学
- 病毒学
- 生物物理
背景情况:
- 艾滋病毒-1 糖蛋白 gp41 对于病毒的进入至关重要,它调解了膜融合.
- gp41的C端MPER-TMD区域对膜相互作用至关重要,但结构性表征不佳.
- 之前的研究使用了截断的或非原生环境,导致结构数据不一致.
研究的目的:
- 在本地类似的脂质膜环境中确定全长MPER-TMD的结构结构.
- 阐明MPER-TMD结构在HIV-1膜融合中的作用.
主要方法:
- 使用了固态核磁共振 (NMR) 光谱.
- 这项研究使用了完全长的MPER-TMD片段,将其复制成含胆固醇的脂双层.
- 使用了先进的NMR技术,包括13C化学转移和19F-19F/13C-19F距离测量.
主要成果:
- MPER-TMD主要采用阿尔法螺旋形状,在TMD的C端具有β表格.
- 固态NMR数据表明MPER-TMD在膜内的三元化.
- 在MPER和TMD螺旋之间确定了一个不同的转结构,MPER在膜表面,TMD跨越双层.
结论:
- 全长MPER-TMD组装成脂质膜中的三元螺旋转螺旋结构.
- 这种结构,特别是转向,可能在病毒融合过程中促进膜破坏,可能与胆固醇等脂质相互作用.
- 在膜融合的后期阶段,表面绑定的MPER螺旋可能与其他gp41段发生接触.
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