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Retroviral DNA integration: reaction pathway and critical intermediates

  1. Author:
    Li, M.
    Mizuuchi, M.
    Burke, T. R.
    Craigie, R.
  2. Author Address

    NIDDKD, Mol Biol Lab, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA. NCI, Med Chem Lab, Ctr Canc Res, NIH, Frederick, MD 21701 USA.;Craigie, R, NIDDKD, Mol Biol Lab, NIH, Bldg 5,Room 301,5 Ctr Dr MSC 0560, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA.;bobc@helix.nih.gov
    1. Year: 2006
    2. Date: Mar
  1. Journal: Embo Journal
    1. 25
    2. 6
    3. Pages: 1295-1304
  2. Type of Article: Article
  3. ISSN: 0261-4189
  1. Abstract:

    The key DNA cutting and joining steps of retroviral DNA integration are carried out by the viral integrase protein. Structures of the individual domains of integrase have been determined, but their organization in the active complex with viral DNA is unknown. We show that HIV-1 integrase forms stable synaptic complexes in which a tetramer of integrase is stably associated with a pair of viral DNA ends. The viral DNA is processed within these complexes, which go on to capture the target DNA and integrate the viral DNA ends. The joining of the two viral DNA ends to target DNA occurs sequentially, with a stable intermediate complex in which only one DNA end is joined. The integration product also remains stably associated with integrase and likely requires disassembly before completion of the integration process by cellular enzymes. The results define the series of stable nucleoprotein complexes that mediate retroviral DNA integration.

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  1. DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601005
  2. WOS: 000236737700012

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