HIV-1 capsid: the multifaceted key player in HIV-1 infection

EM Campbell, TJ Hope - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2015 - nature.com
In a mature, infectious HIV-1 virion, the viral genome is housed within a conical capsid core
made from the viral capsid (CA) protein. The CA protein and the structure into which it …

TRIM family proteins: retroviral restriction and antiviral defence

S Nisole, JP Stoye, A Saïb - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2005 - nature.com
Members of the tripartite motif (TRIM) protein family are involved in various cellular
processes, including cell proliferation, differentiation, development, oncogenesis and …

Specific recognition and accelerated uncoating of retroviral capsids by the TRIM5α restriction factor

M Stremlau, M Perron, M Lee, Y Li… - Proceedings of the …, 2006 - National Acad Sciences
The host restriction factor TRIM5α mediates species-specific, early blocks to retrovirus
infection; susceptibility to these blocks is determined by viral capsid sequences. Here we …

Drug repurposing screens reveal cell-type-specific entry pathways and FDA-approved drugs active against SARS-Cov-2

M Dittmar, JS Lee, K Whig, E Segrist, M Li, B Kamalia… - Cell reports, 2021 - cell.com
There is an urgent need for antivirals to treat the newly emerged severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). To identify new candidates, we screen a …

HIV-1 capsid-cyclophilin interactions determine nuclear import pathway, integration targeting and replication efficiency

T Schaller, KE Ocwieja, J Rasaiyaah, AJ Price… - PLoS …, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Lentiviruses such as HIV-1 traverse nuclear pore complexes (NPC) and infect terminally
differentiated non-dividing cells, but how they do this is unclear. The cytoplasmic NPC …

Prolyl cis-trans isomerization as a molecular timer

KP Lu, G Finn, TH Lee, LK Nicholson - Nature chemical biology, 2007 - nature.com
Proline is unique in the realm of amino acids in its ability to adopt completely distinct cis and
trans conformations, which allows it to act as a backbone switch that is controlled by prolyl …

Evasion of cGAS and TRIM5 defines pandemic HIV

L Zuliani-Alvarez, ML Govasli, J Rasaiyaah… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Of the 13 known independent zoonoses of simian immunodeficiency viruses to humans,
only one, leading to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 (M) has become pandemic …

Cyclophilin A retrotransposition into TRIM5 explains owl monkey resistance to HIV-1

DM Sayah, E Sokolskaja, L Berthoux, J Luban - Nature, 2004 - nature.com
Abstract In Old World primates, TRIM5-α confers a potent block to human immunodeficiency
virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection that acts after virus entry into cells,,,,. Cyclophilin A (CypA) …

Host cofactors and pharmacologic ligands share an essential interface in HIV-1 capsid that is lost upon disassembly

AJ Price, DA Jacques, WA McEwan, AJ Fletcher… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
The HIV-1 capsid is involved in all infectious steps from reverse transcription to integration
site selection, and is the target of multiple host cell and pharmacologic ligands. However …

Intrinsic immunity: a front-line defense against viral attack

PD Bieniasz - Nature immunology, 2004 - nature.com
In addition to the conventional innate and acquired immune responses, complex organisms
have evolved an array of dominant, constitutively expressed genes that suppress or prevent …