This document summarizes a research paper that investigated the role of tyrosine sulfation of the amino terminus of the CCR5 chemokine receptor in facilitating HIV-1 entry. The summary discusses how the research team confirmed that CCR5 is post-translationally modified by tyrosine sulfation in its N-terminus. They also found that this sulfation enhances binding of the receptor to ligands but does not affect its expression, and that blocking sulfation decreases ligand binding ability. Additionally, the sulfation of tyrosines was shown to be important for efficient HIV-1 entry and infection. The findings suggest tyrosine sulfation may also play a role in other coreceptors used by HIV-1.