Structure of the HIV-1 full-length capsid protein in a conformationally trapped unassembled state induced by small-molecule binding.
Du, S., Betts, L., Yang, R., Shi, H., Concel, J., Ahn, J., Aiken, C., Zhang, P., Yeh, J.I.(2011) J Mol Biol 406: 371-386
- PubMed: 21146540 
- DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.11.027
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
3NTE - PubMed Abstract: 
The capsid (CA) protein plays crucial roles in HIV infection and replication, essential to viral maturation. The absence of high-resolution structural data on unassembled CA hinders the development of antivirals effective in inhibiting assembly. Unlike enzymes that have targetable, functional substrate-binding sites, the CA does not have a known site that affects catalytic or other innate activity, which can be more readily targeted in drug development efforts ...