Structure of a cleavage-independent HIV Env recapitulates the glycoprotein architecture of the native cleaved trimer.
Sarkar, A., Bale, S., Behrens, A.J., Kumar, S., Sharma, S.K., de Val, N., Pallesen, J., Irimia, A., Diwanji, D.C., Stanfield, R.L., Ward, A.B., Crispin, M., Wyatt, R.T., Wilson, I.A.(2018) Nat Commun 9: 1956-1956
- PubMed: 29769533 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04272-y
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
6AVN, 6B0N - PubMed Abstract: 
Furin cleavage of the HIV envelope glycoprotein is an essential step for cell entry that enables formation of well-folded, native-like glycosylated trimers, releases constraints on the fusion peptide, and limits enzymatic processing of the N-glycan shield ...