摘要:
This invention provides processes of purifying and recovering trimers of a retroviral envelope (Env) protein from a preparation comprising trimers of the retroviral Env protein and high molecular weight aggregates thereof. Non-ionic detergent is used in the processes to obtain a purified trimer product, which is separated from aggregates. The process further comprises treating the preparation with a non-ionic detergent so as to thereby convert the high molecular weight aggregates into trimers, and purifying and recovering the trimers from the preparation so treated.
摘要:
This invention provides a protein comprising (a) a first polypeptide which comprises consecutive amino acids, the sequence of which corresponds to the sequence of a modified gpl20 envelope polypeptide portion of a gpl40 envelope of (i) an HIV-I KNH1144 isolate, or a quasi-species thereof, or (ii) an HIV-I 5768.4 isolate, or a quasi-species thereof; and (b) a second polypeptide which comprises consecutive amino acids, the sequence of which corresponds to the sequence of a modified gp41 ectodomain polypeptide portion of the gpl40 envelope of (i) the HIV-I KNHl144 isolate or such quasi-species thereof, or (ii) the HIV-I 5768.4 isolate or such quasi-species thereof. This invention also provides nucleic acids encoding such proteins, vectors, host cells and compositions thereof. Also provided are trimeric complexes ('trimers') of these proteins and methods of using such trimers to combat HIV-I infection.
摘要:
This invention provides a modified gpl40 envelope polypeptide of an HIV-1 isolate comprising a gpl20 polypeptide portion comprising consecutive amino acids and a gp41 ectodomain polypeptide portion comprising consecutive amino acids, said gp41 ectodomain polypeptide portion being modified to comprise isoleucine (I) at an amino acid position equivalent to amino acid position 535; glutamine (Q) at an amino acid position equivalent to amino acid position 543; serine (S) at an amino acid position equivalent to amino acid position 553; lysine (K) at an amino acid position equivalent to amino acid position 567; and arginine (R) at an amino acid position equivalent to amino acid position 588, the amino acid positions being numbered by reference to the HIV-1 isolate KNH1144. This invention also provides nucleic acids encoding such a polypeptide, vectors, host cells, trimeric complexes and compositions thereof. Also provided are antibodies generated against the modified polypeptides and trimeric complexes, and methods of using the modified polypeptides, compositions and trimeric complexes.