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Query: EC:2.7.7.49 (reverse transcriptase)
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This is the first report describing the synthesis and conformation of methanocarba nucleosides incorporating an endo (beta-face) cyclopropyl at the 2',3' position of 2',3'-didehydro-2',3'-dideoxy carbocyclic nucleosides. These nucleoside isosteres have been shown to exist in a unique extreme eastern conformation. This prediction was confirmed by x-ray crystallography and high resolution NMR spectroscopy. As expected, the methanocarba adenosine compound was neither a substrate nor an inhibitor of adenosine deaminase. However, some of the compounds synthesized demonstrated moderate antiviral activity against HSV-1. The methanocarba adenosine and its triphosphate form were evaluated as inhibitors of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase.
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PMID:Synthesis and biological evaluation of endocyclic 2',3'-didehydro-2',3'-dideoxymethanocarba adenosine. 1250 82

This paper presents the first solution structure of the RNase H domain of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase (RT) determined by NMR methods. The solution conditions in this study were at physiological pH in the presence of Mg(2+). An investigation of the dependence of the (1)H-(15)N HSQC spectrum of the RNase H domain on [Mg(2+)] indicates that Mg(2+) produces significant, global effects on the amide chemical shifts, implying that divalent metal ion binding is important for stabilizing the structure of the isolated domain in solution. Analysis of amide shift data as a function of MgCl(2) concentration using either a single- or two-site binding model indicated that the latter provided a significantly improved fit, with the K(D) for site A = 2.7-3.2 mM and K(D) for site B approximately 35 mM, calculated on the assumption that site A is already occupied. Resonances of the [U-(13)C,(15)N]RNase H domain, measured at pH 6.8, in 80 mM MgCl(2), were assigned and NOESY data collected in order to determine the structure. Assignment of the NOESY spectra using the ARIA program resulted in a high-resolution structure for residues 6-114 which was similar to the crystal structure of the isolated domain,. The data were insufficient to define a compact structure for the C-terminal residues after 114. Residues I134-L138 located at the C-terminus are highly disordered and give rise to relatively sharp and intense amide resonances, while the amide resonances for the segment from E124 to A132 appear to be largely absent and are presumably subject to significant exchange broadening between different conformational states. Comparisons with crystal structure data for the full reverse transcriptase molecule indicate that the corresponding region is absent in nearly all of the crystal structures determined for the P2(1)2(1)2(1) space group, while these residues adopt an alpha-helix in structures determined for other symmetry groups. This structural heterogeneity indicates that significant conformational variability exists for this segment of the full reverse transcriptase enzyme as well, and the structure of the C-terminal peptide can be selected or deselected, depending on crystallization conditions. This analysis, along with the structural characterization contained herein, challenges the previous paradigm that the dynamic behavior of the isolated RNase H domain differs substantially from the behavior in the intact enzyme. The poor Mg(2+) binding and conformational flexibility of residues located near the active site indicate that substrate binding is a precondition for metal ion binding and for selecting the active site conformation of the RNase H domain.
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PMID:Solution structure of the RNase H domain of the HIV-1 reverse transcriptase in the presence of magnesium. 1253 76

An unnatural hydrophobic base, pyrrole-2-carbaldehyde (denoted as Pa), was developed as a specific pairing partner of 9-methylimidazo[(4,5)-b]pyridine (Q). The Q base is known to pair with 2,4-difluorotoluene (F) as an isostere of the A-T pair, and F also pairs with A efficiently in replication. In contrast, the Q-Pa pair showed specific selectivity in replication, and the five-membered-ring base Pa paired efficiently with Q but paired poorly with A. In addition, the interaction of Pa with DNA polymerases was superior, in comparison to that of F. The aldehyde group of Pa was recognized well by the Klenow fragment of Escherichia coli DNA polymerase I and the reverse transcriptase of Avian myeloblastosis virus. The structural features of the Q-Pa pair in a DNA duplex were analyzed by NMR, showing the shape complementarity of the Pa fitting with Q. The structurally unique base Pa provides valuable information for the development of unnatural base pairs toward the expansion of the genetic alphabet.
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PMID:An unnatural hydrophobic base pair with shape complementarity between pyrrole-2-carbaldehyde and 9-methylimidazo[(4,5)-b]pyridine. 1272 Apr 41

The ribonucleoprotein enzyme telomerase maintains chromosome ends in most eukaryotes and is critical for a cell's genetic stability and its proliferative viability. All telomerases contain a catalytic protein component homologous to viral reverse transcriptases (TERT) and an RNA (TR) that provides the template sequence as well as a scaffold for ribonucleoprotein assembly. Vertebrate telomerase RNAs have three essential domains: the template, activation and stability domains. Here we report the NMR structure of an essential RNA element derived from the human telomerase RNA activation domain. The sequence forms a stem-loop structure stabilized by a GU wobble pair formed by two of the five unpaired residues capping a short double helical region. The remaining three loop residues are in a well-defined conformation and form phosphate-base stacking interactions reminiscent of other RNA loop structures. Mutations of these unpaired nucleotides abolish enzymatic activity. The structure rationalizes a number of biochemical observations, and allows us to propose how the loop may function in the telomerase catalytic cycle. The pre-formed structure of the loop exposes the bases of these three essential nucleotides and positions them to interact with other RNA sequences within TR, with the reverse transcriptase or with the newly synthesized telomeric DNA strand. The functional role of this stem-loop appears to be conserved in even distantly related organisms such as yeast and ciliates.
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PMID:The solution structure of an essential stem-loop of human telomerase RNA. 1273 11

The reverse transcriptase (RT) of HIV which has been inhibited by the incorporation of AZT into the primer strand is subject to a deblocking reaction by cellular ATP. This reaction yields unblocked primer plus the dinucleoside tetraphosphate, AZTp(4)A. In the present study, we report that AZTp(4)A is an excellent substrate for the enzyme Ap(4)A hydrolase (asymmetrical dinucleoside tetraphosphatase, EC 3.6.1.17), an enzyme that is widely distributed in many cell types. Progress of the reaction has been monitored by 31P NMR, and it was found that hydrolysis results in the production of AZTTP:ATP in a 7:1 ratio. The AZTp(4)A was also hydrolyzed at a rate 1.8-fold more rapidly than Ap(4)A. Spectrophotometric assays yielded Michaelis constants of 2.35 and 0.71 microM for Ap(4)A and AZTp(4)A, respectively. It, therefore, appears that Ap(4)A hydrolase can play a useful role in the regeneration of the AZTTP, the active form of AZT, for the inhibition of HIV RT.
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PMID:Metabolic transformation of AZTp4A by Ap4A hydrolase regenerates AZT triphosphate. 1276 70

Nucleotides 2-(4-azidophenacyl)thio-1,N6-etheno-2'-deoxyadenosine 5'-triphosphate 1 and its tetrafluoro analog 2 inhibit HIV-1 reverse transcriptase (RT) competitively relative to template. These template-competitive RT inhibitors (TCRTIs) were analyzed for conformational properties by molecular modeling and NMR analysis. Both inhibitors prefer sugar conformations of C2'-endo/C3'-exo with a high-anti glycosidic bond rotation and +sc/ap phosphate conformation (gamma). The major effect of the etheno group is to favor an extended, fully staggered anti conformation in the N1-C2-S-CH2 psi1 side chain rotation, and NMR analysis detects a long range sugar H4' to side chain phenyl meta-H NOE, a result consistent with this compact structure as an important contributor to the solution structure. The binding model generated places the phenyl side chain in a lipophilic pocket in the template grip region of the RT polymerase domain with the Mg-triphosphate complexed to active site carboxylates. The structures of the TCRTIs are compared with that of the template-competitive DNA polymerase inhibitor 2-(4-azidophenacyl)thio-2'-deoxyadenosine 5'-triphosphate 3, and a theoretical model for selectivity is proposed.
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PMID:Conformational properties of nucleotide-based template-competitive HIV-1 reverse transcriptase inhibitors: analysis of enzyme binding modes. 1281 87

The conformational analysis of the HIV-1 reverse transcriptase inhibitor, (+)-(s)-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-9-chloro-5-methyl-6-(3-methyl-2-butenyl)imidazol[4,5,1-jk][1,4]benzodiazepin-2(1H)-thione or 9-Cl TIBO, has been investigated using high level of calculations, ab initio, and DFT theory. The potential energy surface as the function of two important rotatable dihedral angles of the 9-Cl TIBO side chain was generated by the Hartree-Fock method at the 3-21G basis set. Eight pronounced local minima were found to exist within an energy difference of less than 10 kJ/mol. The energy barriers between the different local minima are lower than 15 kJ/mol. A second derivative (frequency) analysis showed that all conformers are stable at this level of theory. These structures were used as starting points for full geometry optimizations at the HF/6-31G and B3LYP/6-31G levels of theory to obtain the absolute geometries and structural information. The comparisons of calculated conformers with the bound conformer in the X-ray structure were sequentially considered. Additionally, to obtain some structural information and to correlate between calculated structures and the structure in solution, NMR chemical shift calculations were also performed on all eight local minimum structures at B3LYP/6-311++G level, using the GIAO approach. The calculated (1)H NMR and (13)C NMR chemical shifts for the lowest energetic conformer give the greatest correspondence with the experimental results.
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PMID:Structural flexibility of non-nucleoside HIV-1 reverse transcriptase inhibitor: 9-Cl TIBO as explained by potential energy surface and (13)C and (1)H NMR calculations, based on ab initio and density functional study. 1450 74

To decrease the toxicity of potent anti-HIV nucleosides 3'-azido-2',3'-dideoxythymidine (AZT) and 2',3'-dideoxy-3'-fluorothymidine (3'-FddThd, FLT), their new analogues, 3'-azido-2',3'-dideoxy-5-hydroxymethyluridine (3'-Az5HmddUrd) and 2',3'-dideoxy-3'-fluoro-5-hydroxymethyluridine (3'-F5HmddUrd), were synthesized. The reaction of 3'-azido-2',3'-dideoxyuridine (3'-AzddUrd) and 2',3'-dideoxy-3'-fluorouridine (3'-FddUrd) with formaldehyde, under strongly alkaline conditions and at elevated temperature, proceeded after 4 days to completion to afford the corresponding 5-hydroxymethyl derivatives 3'-Az5HmddUrd and 3'-F5HmddUrd in good yield. These compounds were also prepared by oxidation of AZT and FLT with the use of K2S2O8. 1H NMR analyses were subjected to the series of 3', 4 and 5-substituted pyrimidine 2'-deoxy- and 2',3'-dideoxynucleosides involving 3'-Az5HmddUrd and 3'-F5HmddUrd. Analysis of the sugar furanose ring puckering demonstrated that all 3'-fluorine derivatives exhibited strong domination of the S conformation (approximately 100%) while 3'-substitution by electron-donating groups, such as NH2, increased population of the N conformation. Experimentally observed substituent effect on the furanose ring puckering equilibrium was reconstructed in the 100 ps molecular dynamic trajectories obtained for AZT, FLT, dThd, 2',3'-ddThd and 3'-amino-2',3'-ddThd. It may be concluded that anti-HIV activity is linked to a direct interaction of the 3'-substituent with reverse transcriptase (RT) binding site. Anti-HIV activities of 3'-Az5HmddUrd and 3'-F5HmddUrd are lower than activity of AZT and FLT; however, 3'-Az5HmddUrd and 3'-F5HmddUrd are less toxic than AZT and FLT.
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PMID:Synthesis, solution conformation and anti-HIV activity of novel 3'-substituted-2',3'-dideoxy-5-hydroxymethyluridines and their 4,5-substituted analogues. 1452 29

Replication of human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) uses a viral reverse transcriptase (RT) to convert its positive-strand RNA into double stranded DNA, which is then integrated into host genome. Reverse transcription is a complex event involving p66 and p51 RT subunits but also several viral proteins including Nef, Tat, Vif, IN, NCp7 and p55gag. Viral RNA itself forms a primer/template complex by association with a cellular tRNA(Lys3) which is already present in mature virions. A RT initiation complex (RTIC) is thus formed which may also involve cellular protein upon viral entry. X rays diffraction and NMR studies of free or inhibitor-bound RT have led to the recognition of RT 3D structure, and allowed a thorough understanding of the mode of action of classical competitive nucleoside RT inhibitors (NRTIs) and of the binding of allosteric, non NRTIs (NNRTIs) inhibitors. This also opened an access to computer-aided drug design and modeling. Current NNRTIs represent, in terms of chemical structures, a heterogeneous class of inhibitors currently undergoing extensive development. By contrast with NRTIs, they seem to block initiation steps of reverse transcription. Molecular dynamics, detailed analysis of their interaction with RT as well as the incidence, in the series, of cases of non classical biological behavior, as illustrated here for a new family of compounds, suggest mechanisms of action which are not understandable without considering the involvement of the RTIC as a whole. This opens the exciting perspective of developing new compounds based on this integrated knowledge. Key Words: Nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs); Reverse transcriptase initiation complex (RTIC); Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); Non classical nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors; Molecular modeling; Docking; QSAR; Natural endogenous reverse transcription (NERT).
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PMID:Nonnucleoside inhibitors of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase: from the biology of reverse transcription to molecular design. 1452 23

Previous NMR relaxation studies of the isolated RNase H domain of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase at low pH have revealed that it is substantially more dynamic and less ordered than the relatively stable and catalytically active E. coli RNase HI. Using more recently developed techniques, we have investigated the dynamic behavior of the RNase H domain of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase at a more physiological pH (6.8), under a variety of solution conditions: no Mg(2+), 80 mM Mg(2+), and 80 mM Mg(2+) plus AMP ligand. In addition, we have repeated the previous measurements on a sample containing 100 mM sodium acetate, pH 5.4. Under all conditions studied, the order parameters from NMR relaxation analysis are uniformly high (>0.8) for most of the domain with the exception of the C-terminal region. Subtle differences can be found among the conditions studied, although the statistical significance of the differences is marginal. Residues 71-114 show a slight increase in order parameter with the addition of 5'-AMP. Conformational exchange, measured with CPMG relaxation dispersion experiments in the presence of Mg and AMP, were detected for some NH sites, predominantly located in the N-terminal region of the protein near strands beta2 and beta3 and helix alpha(A) (residues 28-69). In contrast with earlier studies indicating pathologically extreme dynamic behavior that apparently correlated with inactivity of the isolated domain, the relaxation analysis under the conditions of the present study yielded parameters that are more similar to those of the active E. coli RNase HI. A comparison of the order parameters obtained from a model-free analysis of the relaxation data with the B-factors in the crystal structures of the RNase H domain, both for the isolated domain and for the full HIV-1 reverse transcriptase structure, suggests that the dynamic behavior is similar in all cases.
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PMID:Backbone dynamics of the RNase H domain of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase. 1526 Apr 76


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