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John A.G. Briggs Retrovirus structure and assembly. The structural genomics of HIV. Gag. Immature virion. Immature HIV. p17. p24. p7. p2. p1. Gag cleavage – can be inhibited. maturation. MMTV. Immature virion. HIV. 2 pathways of Retrovirus formation. Immature virion.
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John A.G. Briggs Retrovirus structure and assembly
p17 p24 p7 p2 p1 Gag cleavage – can be inhibited
MMTV Immature virion HIV 2 pathways of Retrovirus formation.
Immature virion Internal scaffold domain Cytoplasmic retention motif
MMTV Immature virion HIV Envelopment?
Core formed from ~1200 capsid proteins Arranged in ~96Å hexagonal lattice
What is the structure of the lattice here? maturation
Immature HIV-1 In-vitro assembled
If it is made from 80A hexagons, with six proteins per hexagon then 3400 ±200 gag proteins
Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy Mean mass: 165 ±29MDa 3800 ± 700 gag proteins
145nm immature virion formed from ~5000 Gag proteins Arranged in ~80 Å hexagonal lattice
Immature virion Tighter hexagonal lattice with 8 nm unit cell. ~5000 gag proteins form a complete shell for a 145 nm virus Mature virion Looser hexagonal lattice with 9.6 nm unit cell. ~1200 CA proteins form the conical core, leaving a large number elsewhere
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