Sentences with phrase «cytoplasmic tail structure»

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Cytoplasmic tail of gp41 The structures of three membrane - associated cytoplasmic tails of gp41 are shown in red and orange, from this illustration of the trimeric spikeCytoplasmic tail of gp41 The structures of three membrane - associated cytoplasmic tails of gp41 are shown in red and orange, from this illustration of the trimeric spikecytoplasmic tails of gp41 are shown in red and orange, from this illustration of the trimeric spike structure.

They found that the N - terminal end of the cytoplasmic tail of gp41, measuring 45 amino acid residues, lacked a regular secondary structure and was not associated with the membrane, which wraps around an HIV - 1 viral particle like the leather cover of a baseball.

Saad says the structure opens up whole new areas of research: How the cytoplasmic tail stabilizes the envelope protein structure, how it affects membrane mobility of the envelope protein structure, and how it helps coordinate membrane - binding and the association of 2,000 HIV - 1 Gag polyproteins underneath the membrane surface.

Knowledge of this structure, called the cytoplasmic tail of gp41 protein, will help researchers further understand how the virus infects human cells and how progeny viruses are assembled and released from infected cells.