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ArticleNucleic acids research2003

On the importance of the primer activation signal for initiation of tRNA(lys3)-primed reverse transcription of the HIV-1 RNA genome.

Hendrik Huthoff, Katarzyna Bugala, Jan Barciszewski, Ben Berkhout

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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  3. Extended Interactions between HIV-1 Viral RNA and tRNAInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2020
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  4. Intrinsic conformational dynamics of the HIV-1 genomic RNA 5'UTR.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2019
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  6. Targeting the HIV RNA genome: high-hanging fruit only needs a longer ladder.Current topics in microbiology and immunology · 2015
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Hendrik HuthoffDepartment of Human Retrovirology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 15, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Katarzyna Bugala
Jan Barciszewski
Ben Berkhout

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Abstract

Initiation of reverse transcription is a complex and regulated process in all retroviruses. Several base pairing interactions have been proposed to occur between the HIV-1 RNA genome and the specific tRNA(lys3) primer. The tRNA primer can form up to 21 bp with the primer binding site (PBS), and an additional 8 bp interaction may form between the primer activation signal (PAS) in the HIV-1 RNA and sequences within the T(Psi)C arm of the tRNA. The latter interaction is further analyzed in this in vitro study with mutant RNA transcripts that were designed to preclude the PAS interaction. These mutant transcripts are able to efficiently bind the tRNA primer, but they exhibit a profound defect at initiating reverse transcription. This defect is specific for the tRNA primer because it is not observed for PBS-bound DNA oligonucleotide primers. These results reinforce the model of regulated reverse transcription in which the PAS-mediated interaction is critical for efficient initiation.

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Genome, ViralBase SequenceBinding SitesDNA PrimersHIV-1HIV Reverse TranscriptaseMolecular Sequence DataMutationNucleic Acid ConformationNucleic Acid HybridizationOligoribonucleotidesRNA, Transfer, LysRNA, ViralTemperatureTranscription, GeneticDNA PrimersHIV Reverse TranscriptaseOligoribonucleotidesRNA, Transfer, LysRNA, Viral

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PMID12930970
PMCPMC212812

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