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T103 |
0-201 |
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HIV-1 Env is a prototypic viral class I fusion protein that exhibits extensive surface glycosylation, resulting in an effective glycan shield to aid evasion from the host adaptive immune response21,31. |
T104 |
202-362 |
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In order to visualize the structure of the respective glycan “shields” of HIV-1 and SARS coronavirus we used single-particle cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM). |
T105 |
363-517 |
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The results for HIV-1 Env were reproduced directly from Berndsen et al.51 while the previously published SARS 2P dataset52 was reprocessed for this study. |
T106 |
518-714 |
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Although cryo-EM datasets of fully glycosylated MERS S41 and chimpanzee simian immunodeficiency virus (SIVcpz)53 are also available, only the HIV and SARS data were of sufficient quality (Fig. 5). |
T107 |
715-890 |
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We recently showed51 that dynamics in surface exposed glycans HIV-1 Env leads to an extensive network of interactions that drive higher-order structuring in the glycan shield. |
T108 |
891-1044 |
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This structure defines diffuse boundaries between buried and exposed surface protein surface, which can serve to define potential sites of vulnerability. |
T109 |
1045-1225 |
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Cryo-EM captures the ensemble-average structure of biomolecules and therefore glycan dynamics results in blurred density at the resolutions necessary for building atomic structure. |
T110 |
1226-1479 |
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However, we showed how a simple combination of low-pass filtering and auto-thresholding, as well as 3D variability analysis, can reveal the previously hidden structure of the SARS glycan shield and compare it with the HIV-1 Env glycan shield51 (Fig. 5). |
T111 |
1480-1798 |
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We observe the nearly all-encompassing glycan density on HIV-1 Env and evidence for extensive glycan–glycan interactions, especially in the oligomannose patch regions, whereas the glycans on SARS S appear more isolated and lack the wide-ranging glycan networks that are the hallmark of an effective glycan shield54,55. |
T112 |
1799-2250 |
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The 3D variability maps are more sensitive to low intensity signal and reveal additional glycan–glycan interactions in both maps, however the S1 receptor-binding domains in the SARS dataset were shown to exist in both up and down conformations52, leading to poor resolution and significant 2D-variability which is convolved with the variability coming from glycans and limits the interpretability of glycan shielding effects in this region of the map. |
T113 |
2251-2326 |
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Fig. 5 Comparative cryo-EM analysis of SARS S and HIV-1 Env glycan shields. |
T114 |
2327-2340 |
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a Left panel: |
T115 |
2341-2549 |
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Sharpened 3.2-Å-resolution C3-symmetric cryo-EM map of SARS S 2P ectodomain52 visualized at a high contour level with disordered S1 receptor-binding and N-terminal domains extending out from the central core. |
T116 |
2550-2563 |
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Middle panel: |
T117 |
2564-2703 |
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Low-pass filtered (lpf) cryo-EM map of the glycoprotein visualised at a low contour level along with a simulated peptide-only map overlaid. |
T118 |
2704-2866 |
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Right panel: SPARX 3D variability map51. b Same as in (a) but for HIV-1 Env BG505 SOSIP.664 construct in complex with three copies of RM20A3 base-specific Fabs51. |