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Gene Synthesis> | … 2016) Codon-optimized nucleotide sequences for the HIV-1 gp120s (HXB2-aligned amino acids 1-505) of NL4-3, AD8, VA40774, HM215335, KX693469, and GU329473 were generated by Genscript gene synthesis service … | Get A Quote |
Approximately 50% of the mass of the Envelope (Env) glycoprotein surface subunit (gp120) of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) is composed of N-linked carbohydrate. Until now, the dogma has been that HIV-1 lacks O-linked carbohydrate on Env. Here we show that a subset of patient-derived HIV-1 isolates contain O-linked carbohydrate on the variable 1 (V1) domain of Env gp120. We demonstrate the presence of this O-glycosylation both on virions and on gp120 expressed as a secreted protein. Further, we establish that these O-linked glycans can confer a more than 1,000-fold decrease in neutralization sensitivity (IC50) to V3-glycan broadly neutralizing antibodies. These findings uncover a structural modifica... More