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Publication Abstract from PubMed

The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) matrix protein forms a structural shell associated with the inner viral membrane and performs other essential functions throughout the viral life cycle. The crystal structure of the HIV-1 matrix protein, determined at 2.3 angstrom resolution, reveals that individual matrix molecules are composed of five major helices capped by a three-stranded mixed beta-sheet. Unexpectedly, the protein assembles into a trimer in three different crystal lattices, burying 1880 angstrom2 of accessible surface area at the trimer interfaces. Trimerization appears to create a large, bipartite membrane binding surface in which exposed basic residues could cooperate with the N-terminal myristoyl groups to anchor the protein on the acidic inner membrane of the virus.

Crystal structures of the trimeric human immunodeficiency virus type 1 matrix protein: implications for membrane association and assembly.,Hill CP, Worthylake D, Bancroft DP, Christensen AM, Sundquist WI Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1996 Apr 2;93(7):3099-104. PMID:8610175^[1]

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