How to package the RNA of HIV-1

Kleinpeter, Alex B.; Freed, Eric O.

doi:10.7554/elife.63585

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“…To assess effects of the IN changes on HIV-1 structure, we first quantified IN protein content of virion extracts by immunoblotting. As described previously 21,55 , H12N IN was unstable in virions. While the ∼4-fold reduction observed in K240E virions was also statistically significant ( Figure 5c ), the IN content of the remaining viruses was generally similar to WT.…”

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Oligomeric HIV-1 Integrase Structures Reveal Functional Plasticity for Intasome Assembly and RNA Binding

Jing,

Shan,

Dinh

et al. 2024

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Integrase (IN) performs dual essential roles during HIV-1 replication. During ingress, IN functions within an oligomeric intasome assembly to catalyze viral DNA integration into host chromatin. During late stages of infection, tetrameric IN binds viral RNA and orchestrates the condensation of ribonucleoprotein complexes into the capsid core. The molecular architectures of IN assemblies that mediate these distinct events remain incompletely characterized. Furthermore, the tetramer is an important antiviral target for allosteric IN inhibitors. Here, we determined cryo-EM structures of wildtype HIV-1 IN tetramers and intasome hexadecamers. Our structures unveil a remarkable plasticity that leverages IN C-terminal domains and abutting linkers to assemble functionally distinct oligomeric forms. Alteration of a newly recognized conserved interface revealed that both IN functions track with tetramerization in vitro and during HIV-1 infection. Collectively, our findings reveal how IN plasticity orchestrates its diverse molecular functions and provide a working model for IN-viral RNA binding and atomic blueprints for allosteric IN inhibitor development.

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