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Tryptophan 375 stabilizes the outer-domain core of gp120 for HIV vaccine immunogen design.

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The outer-domain core of gp120 may serve as a better HIV vaccine immunogen than the full-length gp120 because of its greater stability and immunogenicity. In our previous report, we introduced two disulfide bonds to the outer-domain core of gp120 to fix its conformation into a CD4-bound state, which resulted in a significant increase in its immunogenicity when compared to the wild-type outer-domain core. In this report, to further improve the immunogenicity of the outer-domain core based immunogen, we have introduced a Tryptophan residue at gp120 amino acid sequence position 375 (375S/W). Our data from immunized guinea pigs indeed shows a striking increase in the immune response due to this stabilized core outer-domain. Therefore, we conclude that the addition of 375W to the outer-domain core of gp120 further stabilizes the structure of immunogen and increases the immunogenicity.

Year of Publication
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2017
Journal
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Vaccine
Volume
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35
Issue
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23
Number of Pages
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3067-3075
Date Published
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2017
ISSN Number
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0264-410X
URL
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https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0264-410X(17)30546-7
DOI
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10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.04.054
Short Title
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Vaccine
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