Antibodies to a conformational epitope on gp41 neutralize HIV-1 by destabilizing the Env spike.
Lee, J.H., Leaman, D.P., Kim, A.S., Torrents de la Pena, A., Sliepen, K., Yasmeen, A., Derking, R., Ramos, A., de Taeye, S.W., Ozorowski, G., Klein, F., Burton, D.R., Nussenzweig, M.C., Poignard, P., Moore, J.P., Klasse, P.J., Sanders, R.W., Zwick, M.B., Wilson, I.A., Ward, A.B.(2015) Nat Commun 6: 8167-8167
- PubMed: 26404402 
- DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9167
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
5AWN, 5CCK - PubMed Abstract: 
The recent identification of three broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) against gp120-gp41 interface epitopes has expanded the targetable surface on the HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein (Env) trimer. By using biochemical, biophysical and computational methods, we map the previously unknown trimer epitopes of two related antibodies, 3BC315 and 3BC176 ...