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Structural probing of the HIV-1 polypurine tract RNA : DNA hybrid using classic nucleic acid ligands

  1. Author:
    Turner, K. B.
    Brinson, R. G.
    Yi-Brunozzi, H. Y.
    Rausch, J. W.
    Miller, J. T.
    Le Grice, S.
    Marino, J. P.
    Fabris, D.

  2. Author Address

    Turner, Kevin B.; Fabris, Daniele] Univ Maryland Baltimore Cty, Baltimore, MD 21228 USA. [Brinson, Robert G.; Marino, John P.] Univ Maryland, Maryland Biotechnol Inst, Ctr Adv Res Biotechnol, Rockville, MD 20850 USA. [Brinson, Robert G.; Marino, John P.] Natl Inst Stand & Technol, Rockville, MD USA. [Brinson, Robert G.; Yi-Brunozzi, Hye Young, Rausch, Jason W.; Miller, Jennifer T.; Le Grice, Stuart F. J.] NCI, HIV Drug Resistance Program, NIH, Frederick, MD 21701 USA.
    1. Year: 2008
  2. Journal: Nucleic Acids Research
    1. 36
    2. 8
    3. Pages: 2799-2810
  4. Type of Article: Article
  1. Abstract:

    The interactions of archetypical nucleic acid ligands with the HIV-1 polypurine tract (PPT) RNA:DNA hybrid, as well as analogous DNA:DNA, RNA:RNA and swapped hybrid substrates, were used to probe structural features of the PPT that contribute to its specific recognition and processing by reverse transcriptase (RT). Results from intercalative and groove-binding ligands indicate that the wild-type PPT hybrid does not contain any strikingly unique groove geometries and/or stacking arrangements that might contribute to the specificity of its interaction with RT. In contrast, neomycin bound preferentially and selectively to the PPT near the 5(rA)(4):(dT)(4) tract and the 3 PPT-U3 junction. Nuclear magnetic resonance data from a complex between HIV-1 RT and the PPT indicate RT contacts within the same regions highlighted on the PPT by neomycin. These observations, together with the fact that the sites are correctly spaced to allow interaction with residues in the ribonuclease H (RNase H) active site and thumb subdomain of the p66 RT subunit, suggest that despite the long cleft employed by RT to make contact with nucleic acids substrates, these sites provide discrete binding units working in concert to determine not only specific PPT recognition, but also its orientation on the hybrid structure.

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