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. 2023 Nov 22;623(7989):1017–1025. doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06639-8

Extended Data Fig. 1. Design and validation of soluble HIV-1 Env heterotrimer constructs.

Extended Data Fig. 1

a, Methods used to create soluble HT1 and HT2 HIV-1 Env heterotrimers. A 20:1 transfection ratio of untagged and D7324-tagged Env expression plasmids, one of which encoded the D368R CD4 knockout mutation in gp120, was co-transfected to produce two predominant populations: untagged trimers and singly tagged trimers. Transfection supernatants were harvested and Env proteins purified by JR-52 immunoaffinity chromatography (as described), resulting in the HT1 and HT2 heterotrimers. Schematics were generated using BioRender.com. b, ELISA comparing CD4 binding of BG505, BG505 HT2, BG505 HT1, and BG505-D368R. Values from two biological replicates (n = 2) are represented by points, with the mean indicated by the dotted line.