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A new model system for exploring assembly mechanisms of the HIV-1 immature capsid in vivo. (English) Zbl 1415.92119

Summary: The assembly of the HIV-1 immature capsid (HIC) is an essential step in the virus life cycle. In vivo, the HIC is composed of \(\sim 420\) hexameric building blocks, and it takes 5-6 min to complete the assembly process. The involvement of numerous building blocks and the rapid timecourse makes it difficult to understand the HIC assembly process. In this work, we study HIC assembly in vivo by using differential equations. We first obtain a full model with 420 differential equations. Then, we reduce six addition reactions for separate building blocks to a single complex reaction. This strategy reduces the full model to 70 equations. Subsequently, the theoretical analysis of the reduced model shows that it might not be an effective way to decrease the HIC concentration at the equilibrium state by decreasing the microscopic on-rate constants. Based on experimental data, we estimate that the nucleating structure is much smaller than the HIC. We also estimate that the microscopic on-rate constant for nucleation reactions is far less than that for elongation reactions. The parametric collinearity investigation testifies the reliability of these two characteristics, which might explain why free building blocks do not readily polymerize into higher-order polymers until their concentration reaches a threshold value. These results can provide further insight into the assembly mechanisms of the HIC in vivo.

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92C99 Physiological, cellular and medical topics

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