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Inhibition of HIV Infection by Lectin Binding to gp120

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Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is the causative agent of AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome). The polypeptide precursor gp160 of HIV-1 forms the external glycoprotein, gp120 and the transmembrane glycoprotein, gp41 (1 ). Sequence variability is a feature of HIV viruses that have been classified into several subtypes (2 ). There are 22–31 potential N -linked glycosylation sites on gp120 depending on the HIV-1 isolate and thus, approximately half of its molecular weight is composed of carbohydrate. Gp120 oligosaccharides are a mixture of high mannose-, hybrid-, and complex-type N -glycans (3 -5 ). The proportion of these N -glycan substituents on the envelope glycoprotein varies on different HIV-2 isolates propagated in different cell lines (6 ). The less-processed oligosaccharides are primarily located on conserved N -linked glycosylation sites on the recombinant gp120s produced in CHO cells and by a baculovirus expression system (4 ,7 ). This points to the high mannose and hybridtype oligosaccharides as being important in the structure and/or function of the envelope glycoprotein.
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