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ArticlePloS one2012

Viral reverse transcriptases show selective high affinity binding to DNA-DNA primer-templates that resemble the polypurine tract.

Gauri R Nair, Chandravanu Dash, Stuart F J Le Grice, Jeffrey J DeStefano

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Article in PloS one, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Gauri R NairDepartment of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America.
Chandravanu Dash
Stuart F J Le Grice
Jeffrey J DeStefano
National Cancer Institute · USUniversity of Maryland, College Park · US

Funding

TECHNOLOGIES AND RESOURCES FOR CORE LABORATORIESU54RR026140 · NCRR · MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE · PI ADUNYAH, SAMUEL EVANS · 2009 to 2011
$12.9M
Viral and Host Proteins as Therapeutic TargetsZIABC010494 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI LE GRICE, STUART F. J. · 2009 to 2021
$9.0M
MECHANISM OF RECOMBINATION BY HIV REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASER01GM051140 · NIGMS · UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK · PI DESTEFANO, JEFFREY J · 2000 to 2011
$3.0M
Role of nucleic acid structure in HIV-1 replicationR00DA024558 · NIDA · MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE · PI DASH, CHANDRAVANU · 2009 to 2011
$805k
Cocaine downregulates anti-HIV microRNAs in CD4+ T cellsR03DA033892 · NIDA · MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE · PI DASH, CHANDRAVANU · 2012 to 2013
$282k
Cocaine-Induced Epigenetic Changes in CD4+ T cells and HIV-1 ReplicationR03DA030896 · NIDA · MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE · PI DASH, CHANDRAVANU · 2010 to 2011
$72k
MECHANISM OF RECOMBINATION BY HIV REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASER29GM051140 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PK CAMPUS · PI DESTEFANO, JEFFREY J · 1994 to 1998
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Intramural NIH HHSNCRR NIH HHS U54 RR026140NIDA NIH HHS R00 DA024558NIDA NIH HHS R03 DA030896NIDA NIH HHS R03 DA033892NIGMS NIH HHS GM051140NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM051140NIGMS NIH HHS R29 GM051140
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Previous results using a SELEX (Systematic Evolution of Ligands by Exponential Enrichment)-based approach that selected DNA primer-template duplexes binding with high affinity to HIV reverse transcriptase (RT) showed that primers mimicking the 3' end, and in particular the six nt terminal G tract, of the RNA polypurine tract (PPT; HIV PPT: 5'-AAAAGAAAAGGGGGG-3') were preferentially selected. In this report, two viral (Moloney murine leukemia virus (MuLV) and avian myeloblastosis virus (AMV)) and one retrotransposon (Ty3) RTs were used for selection. Like HIV RT, both viral RTs selected duplexes with primer strands mimicking the G tract at the PPT 3' end (AMV PPT: 5'-AGGGAGGGGGA-3'; MuLV PPT: 5'-AGAAAAAGGGGGG-3'). In contrast, Ty3, whose PPT lacks a G tract (5'-GAGAGAGAGGAA-3') showed no selective binding to any duplex sequences. Experiments were also conducted with DNA duplexes (termed DNA PPTs) mimicking the RNA PPT-DNA duplex of each virus and a control duplex with a random DNA sequence. Retroviral RTs bound with high affinity to all viral DNA PPT constructs, with HIV and MuLV RTs showing comparable binding to the counterpart DNA PPT duplexes and reduced affinity to the AMV DNA PPT. AMV RT showed similar behavior with a modest preference for its own DNA PPT. Ty3 RT showed no preferential binding for its own or any other DNA PPT and viral RTs bound the Ty3 DNA PPT with relatively low affinity. In contrast, binding affinity of HIV RT to duplexes containing the HIV RNA PPT was less dependent on the G tract, which is known to be pivotal for efficient extension. We hypothesize that the G tract on the RNA PPT helps shift the binding orientation of RT to the 3' end of the PPT where extension can occur.

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GC Rich SequenceAvian Myeloblastosis VirusBase SequenceDNA PrimersDNA, ViralMoloney murine leukemia virusProtein BindingRetroelementsRNA-Directed DNA PolymeraseSubstrate SpecificityDNA PrimersDNA, ViralRetroelementsRNA-Directed DNA Polymerase

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PMID22848574
PMCPMC3407194
OpenAlexW2000892689

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