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ReviewViruses2016

Structural Maturation of HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase-A Metamorphic Solution to Genomic Instability.

Robert E London

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Review in Viruses, 2016. 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 · Its place in the literature

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10 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Protease-mediated maturation of M-PMV reverse transcriptase into a functional heterodimer.Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Robert E LondonGenome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA. london@niehs.nih.gov.

Funding

Aids Related Nmr ResearchZIAES050147 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI LONDON, ROBERT E · 2009 to 2020
$6.3M
DESIGN, SYNTHESIS &NMR CHARACTERIZATION OF FLUORINATED HIV PROTEASE INHIBITORZ01ES050147 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI LONDON, ROBERT E · 1995 to 2008
$2.3M
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 ES050147
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) reverse transcriptase (RT)-a critical enzyme of the viral life cycle-undergoes a complex maturation process, required so that a pair of p66 precursor proteins can develop conformationally along different pathways, one evolving to form active polymerase and ribonuclease H (RH) domains, while the second forms a non-functional polymerase and a proteolyzed RH domain. These parallel maturation pathways rely on the structural ambiguity of a metamorphic polymerase domain, for which the sequence-structure relationship is not unique. Recent nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) studies utilizing selective labeling techniques, and structural characterization of the p66 monomer precursor have provided important insights into the details of this maturation pathway, revealing many aspects of the three major steps involved: (1) domain rearrangement; (2) dimerization; and (3) subunit-selective RH domain proteolysis. This review summarizes the major structural changes that occur during the maturation process. We also highlight how mutations, often viewed within the context of the mature RT heterodimer, can exert a major influence on maturation and dimerization. It is further suggested that several steps in the RT maturation pathway may provide attractive targets for drug development.

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HIV-1 reverse transcriptasemetamorphic proteinreverse transcriptase maturation pathwayRNase H domainstructural heterodimersubunit-specific RNase H domain unfolding

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PMID27690082
PMCPMC5086598

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