Psi RNA-specific Binding Promotes HIV-1 Gag Conformational Change Critical for Immature Viral Particle Assembly
Ye Qiu, Puja Banerjee, Kaylee Grabarkewitz, Vicki Hopper Wysocki, Ioulia F. Rouzina, Greg Voth, Karin Musier‐Forsyth
This study shows that Psi RNA binding promotes a conformational change in HIV-1 Gag from compact to extended, essential for viral particle assembly, supported by FRET and molecular dynamics simulations.
RNA · Sep 29, 2026Peer-reviewedBiophysics