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  text: Human T cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) immature particles differ in morphology
    from other retroviruses, suggesting a distinct way of assembly. Here we report
    the results of cryo-electron tomography studies of HTLV-1 virus-like particles
    assembled in vitro, as well as derived from cells. This work shows that HTLV-1
    uses a distinct mechanism of Gag–Gag interactions to form the immature viral lattice.
    Analysis of high-resolution structural information from immature capsid (CA) tubular
    arrays reveals that the primary stabilizing component in HTLV-1 is the N-terminal
    domain of CA. Mutagenesis analysis supports this observation. This distinguishes
    HTLV-1 from other retroviruses, in which the stabilization is provided primarily
    by the C-terminal domain of CA. These results provide structural details of the
    quaternary arrangement of Gag for an immature deltaretrovirus and this helps explain
    why HTLV-1 particles are morphologically distinct.
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acknowledgement: This work was funded by the Institute of Science and Technology Austria
  (ISTA) and the Austrian Science Fund (grant P31445 to F.K.M.S.). Access to high-resolution
  cryo-ET data acquisition at European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) Heidelberg
  was supported through the EMBL cryo-EM platform. We thank V.-V. Hodirnau at ISTA
  and W. Hagen and F. Weis at EMBL Heidelberg for support in cryo-ET data acquisition.
  This research was also supported by the scientific service units of ISTA through
  resources provided by Scientific Computing, the Life Science Facility, and the EM
  Facility. L.M.M. was supported by National Institutes of Health grants R01 GM151775
  and R21 DE032878 and by the University of Minnesota Masonic Cancer Center. D.P.
  was supported by the DOC doctoral fellowship program of the Austrian Academy of
  Sciences. R.A.D was supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
  Diseases (grant R01AI147890). The funders had no role in study design, data collection
  and analysis, decision to publish or preparation of the manuscript. Specifically,
  we also want to thank A. Schlögl for computational support and J. Hansen and V.
  Vogt for critical comments on the manuscript. We also thank the other members of
  the Schur lab for helpful discussions and experimental advice.
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author:
- first_name: Martin
  full_name: Obr, Martin
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  last_name: Obr
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- first_name: Mathias
  full_name: Percipalle, Mathias
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  last_name: Percipalle
- first_name: Darya
  full_name: Chernikova, Darya
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  last_name: Chernikova
- first_name: Huixin
  full_name: Yang, Huixin
  last_name: Yang
- first_name: Andreas
  full_name: Thader, Andreas
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  last_name: Thader
- first_name: Gergely
  full_name: Pinke, Gergely
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  last_name: Pinke
- first_name: Dario J
  full_name: Porley, Dario J
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  last_name: Porley
- first_name: Louis M.
  full_name: Mansky, Louis M.
  last_name: Mansky
- first_name: Robert A.
  full_name: Dick, Robert A.
  last_name: Dick
- first_name: Florian KM
  full_name: Schur, Florian KM
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  last_name: Schur
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citation:
  ama: Obr M, Percipalle M, Chernikova D, et al. Distinct stabilization of the human
    T cell leukemia virus type 1 immature Gag lattice. <i>Nature Structural &#38;
    Molecular Biology</i>. 2025;32:268-276. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41594-024-01390-8">10.1038/s41594-024-01390-8</a>
  apa: Obr, M., Percipalle, M., Chernikova, D., Yang, H., Thader, A., Pinke, G., …
    Schur, F. K. (2025). Distinct stabilization of the human T cell leukemia virus
    type 1 immature Gag lattice. <i>Nature Structural &#38; Molecular Biology</i>.
    Springer Nature. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41594-024-01390-8">https://doi.org/10.1038/s41594-024-01390-8</a>
  chicago: Obr, Martin, Mathias Percipalle, Darya Chernikova, Huixin Yang, Andreas
    Thader, Gergely Pinke, Darío Porley Esteves, Louis M. Mansky, Robert A. Dick,
    and Florian KM Schur. “Distinct Stabilization of the Human T Cell Leukemia Virus
    Type 1 Immature Gag Lattice.” <i>Nature Structural &#38; Molecular Biology</i>.
    Springer Nature, 2025. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41594-024-01390-8">https://doi.org/10.1038/s41594-024-01390-8</a>.
  ieee: M. Obr <i>et al.</i>, “Distinct stabilization of the human T cell leukemia
    virus type 1 immature Gag lattice,” <i>Nature Structural &#38; Molecular Biology</i>,
    vol. 32. Springer Nature, pp. 268–276, 2025.
  ista: Obr M, Percipalle M, Chernikova D, Yang H, Thader A, Pinke G, Porley Esteves
    D, Mansky LM, Dick RA, Schur FK. 2025. Distinct stabilization of the human T cell
    leukemia virus type 1 immature Gag lattice. Nature Structural &#38; Molecular
    Biology. 32, 268–276.
  mla: Obr, Martin, et al. “Distinct Stabilization of the Human T Cell Leukemia Virus
    Type 1 Immature Gag Lattice.” <i>Nature Structural &#38; Molecular Biology</i>,
    vol. 32, Springer Nature, 2025, pp. 268–76, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41594-024-01390-8">10.1038/s41594-024-01390-8</a>.
  short: M. Obr, M. Percipalle, D. Chernikova, H. Yang, A. Thader, G. Pinke, D. Porley
    Esteves, L.M. Mansky, R.A. Dick, F.K. Schur, Nature Structural &#38; Molecular
    Biology 32 (2025) 268–276.
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date_created: 2024-09-08T10:29:06Z
date_published: 2025-02-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2026-03-16T12:55:18Z
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department:
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doi: 10.1038/s41594-024-01390-8
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