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Binding of the HIV envelope glycoprotein (Env) to cellular CD4 and chemokine receptors triggers conformational changes in Env that mediate virus entry, but premature triggering of Env conformational changes leads to virus inactivation. Currently, we have a limited understanding of the network of residues that regulate Env conformational changes. Here, we identify residues in HR1 of gp41 that modulate conformational changes in response to gp120 binding to CD4 and show that the mutations in HR1 and HR2 that confer resistance to fusion inhibitors are associated with gp120 mutations in different regions of Env that confer a more open conformation. These findings contribute to our understanding of the regulation of Env conformational changes and efforts to design new entry inhibitors and stable Env vaccine immunogens.

HIV-1 gp41 Residues Modulate CD4-Induced Conformational Changes in the Envelope Glycoprotein and Evolution of a Relaxed Conformation of gp120