Prefusion Structure of Trimeric HIV-1 Envelope Glycoprotein Determined by Cryo-Electron Microscopy HIV-1 Env transitions from a closed to an open state upon binding to its cellular receptor. Single-particle cryo-EM analysis now reveals the closed state of the HIV-1 Env trimer at ~6-Å resolution, featuring three gp41 helices at the center of the trimer. These findings indicate that HIV-1 enters…
Molecular Architecture of Native HIV-1 gp120 Trimers We determined the structure of the native gp120 coat protein of HIV by cryo-electron tomography and molecular modelling. Comparison of gp120 structures in an unbound state, bound to a neutralizing antibody and bound to CD4 cell surface protein provides insight into the conformational changes that occur during antibody neutralization and attachment to…
Protein Secondary Structure Determination by Constrained Single-Particle Cryo-Electron Tomography We propose a hybrid strategy, constrained single-particle tomography (CSPT), that combines the advantages of cryo-electron tomography and subvolume averaging with those of traditional single-particle reconstruction and projection matching refinement. Its key components are the effective manipulation of images from tomographic tilt series to successfully extract high-resolution information and correct for…
A collaborative framework for 3D alignment and classification of heterogeneous subvolumes in cryo-electron tomography Journal of Structural Biology 181(2):116-27, 2013.
An Energy-based Three-dimensional Segmentation Approach for the Quantitative Interpretation of Electron Tomograms IEEE Trans Image Process,14(9):1314-23, 2005.