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Query: EC:2.7.7.49 (reverse transcriptase)
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Two conserved sequence motifs, occurring in HIV-1 reverse transcriptase at residues 110-116 and 183-190, have been studied using site-directed mutagenesis of the cloned gene. In particular, aspartates at positions 185 and 186 have each been mutated to either asparagine or glutamate. The resulting mutant proteins were catalytically inactive but still able to bind the template-primer complex, poly rA-oligo dT. Other mutations in these regions resulted in reduced reverse trascriptase activity but the mutation of tyrosine-183 to serine caused a significant increase in the Km for dTTP and the Ki for inhibition by 3'-azidothymidine-triphosphate, 2',3'-dideoxythymidine-triphosphate and phosphonoformic acid.
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PMID:Mutational analysis of two conserved sequence motifs in HIV-1 reverse transcriptase. 170 76

A characterization of equine infectious anemia virus reverse transcriptase (EIAV RT) and its inhibition by 5'-triphosphate analogs was undertaken to explore the possibility of using EIAV RT as an in vitro model for studying human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). EIAV RT activity was found to be dependent on the bivalent cations Mg++ and Mn++. The optimal pH for enzyme reaction was pH 8.2. EIAV RT preferred a 70 mmol/L concentration of monovalent salts. Phosphonoformic acid (PFA) was an active inhibitor of EIAV RT, but phosphonoacetic acid (PAA) and N-ethylmaleimide (NEM) were not. The inhibition of EIAV RT activity by 5'-triphosphates of nucleoside derivatives was in the following decreasing order: FLTTP greater than AZTTP greater than nPrearaUTP greater than nPredUTP = CEdUTP greater than EtdUTP greater than nPrdUTP greater than HMdUTP. nPrearaUTP was a linear competitive and PFA a linear noncompetitive inhibitor of EIAV RT with respect to dTTP. Apparent Kis and Kii were 1.5 and 2.2 mumol/L respectively. The susceptibility pattern of EIAV RT to inhibitors was similar to that of HIV RT.
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PMID:The characterization of EIAV reverse transcriptase and its inhibition by 5'-triphosphates of 2'-deoxyuridine analogs, PFA and PAA. 171 94

Substrate inhibition was observed with the heterodimeric (p66/p51) and the homodimeric (p66/p66, p51/p51) forms of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 reverse transcriptase (RNA-dependent DNA polymerase, EC 2.7.7.49). An apparent Ki value of 195 +/- 37 microM was determined for dTTP using the bacterial cloned and expressed heterodimer. Similar values were obtained with the homodimeric and the virus-encoded enzymes. When poly-(rC).p(dG)10 was used as template-primer, dGTP exhibited substrate inhibition with an apparent Ki value of 189 +/- 32 microM. Substrate inhibition was not observed with dTTP when DNA.DNA template-primers were used. Hill coefficients for substrate binding determined in the presence of saturating concentrations of template-primer were equal to 1.0, suggesting that substrate inhibition of the heterodimer is not the result of an allosteric mechanism involving the p51 subunit. Furthermore, UV crosslinking experiments with [gamma-32P]dTTP showed crosslinking only to the p66 subunit. Substrate inhibition was not as pronounced with other retroviral reverse transcriptases as it was with human immunodeficiency type 1 reverse transcriptase.
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PMID:Substrate inhibition of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 reverse transcriptase. 171 79

Four phloroglucinol derivatives, named mallotophenone (5-methylene-bis-2,6-dihydroxy-3-methyl-4-methoxyacetophenone), mallotochromene (8-acetyl-5,7-dihydroxy-6-(3-acetyl-2,4- dihydroxy-5-methyl-6-methoxybenzyl)-2,2-dimethylchromene), mallotojaponin (3-(3,3(dimethylallyl)5-(3(acetyl-2,4- dihydroxy-5-methyl-6-methoxybenzyl)-phloracetophenone) and mallotolerin (3-(3-methyl-2-hydroxybut-3-enyl)-5(3-acetyl-2,4- dihydroxy-5-methyl-6-methoxybenzyl)-phloracetophenone), have been tested for their ability to inhibit the activity of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-reverse transcriptase. Under the reaction conditions with (rA)n.(dT)12-18 as the template.primer, the enzyme activity was inhibited by approximately 70% in the presence of 10 micrograms/ml mallotochromene or mallotojaponin, whereas mallotophenone and mallotolerin were much less inhibitory to the enzyme. The enzyme activity was also inhibited, though to lesser extent, by these compounds under similar conditions with initiated MS-2 phage RNA as the template.primer. The mode of inhibition was, as analyzed with mallotojaponin, competivite with respect to the template.primer, (rA)n.(dT)12-18, and non-competitive with respect to the triphosphate substrate, dTTP. The Ki value of mallotojaponin for HIV-reverse transcriptase was determined to be 6.1 microM.
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PMID:Inhibition of HIV-reverse transcriptase activity by some phloroglucinol derivatives. 171 59

3'-Mercapto-3'-deoxy-TTP was synthesized and tested as DNA chain terminator nucleotide for calf thymus alpha DNA polymerase, E. coli DNA polymerase I (Klenow fragment), terminal deoxyribonucleotidyltransferase (Bollum enzyme) and reverse transcriptase from AMV- and HIV-I-viruses. It was shown that the compound terminates DNA chain elongation by reverse transcriptases selectively and irreversibly. Other tested DNA polymerases do not use this nucleotide analogue as a substrate. 3'-Mercapto-3'-deoxythymidine was tested on lymphoblastoid T-cell line MT-4 with HIV-viruses and shown to suppress viruses as efficiently as 3'-azido-3'-deoxythymidine.
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PMID:[3'-Mercapto-3'-deoxythymidine-5'-triphosphate as a terminator of DNA synthesis catalyzed by RNA-dependent DNA-polymerases]. 171 4

Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 reverse transcriptase (EC 2.7.7.49), a heterodimer consisting of two polypeptide chains of molecular weights 66,000 and 51,000, fluoresces due to the presence of 36 tryptophan residues with an emission peak centered at 338 nm. The association of 2'-deoxynucleoside 5'-triphosphates with the enzyme results in a decrease in the intensity of the tryptophan emission spectrum, which can be used to calculate apparent dissociation constants. The Kd values determined for binding of the four natural 2'-deoxynucleoside 5'-triphosphates to the free enzyme range from 36.7 +/- 1.8 microM for dTTP to 47.3 +/- 3.9 microM for dATP. The 5'-triphosphate of zidovudine has a Kd of 54.1 +/- 1.3 microM. The enzyme shows no preference for purine or pyrimidine nucleotides. Hill coefficients and the results of dual ligand titration experiments demonstrate that the free enzyme possesses a single dNTP binding site for which the four natural substrates and the 5'-triphosphate of zidovudine compete. The presence of homopolymeric template-primers does not result in selective binding of the complementary 2'-deoxynucleoside 5'-triphosphate, indicating that Watson-Crick base pairing is not involved in the initial binding reaction. The major force driving the association of the ligands with the binding site is hydrophobic. Approximately 14% of the binding energy is derived from electrostatic interactions. Although Mg2+ is required for catalytic activity, it is not absolutely required for initial binding.
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PMID:Initial binding of 2'-deoxynucleoside 5'-triphosphates to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 reverse transcriptase. 171 63

Psychotrine dihydrogen oxalate and O-methylpsychotrine sulfate heptahydrate (MP), the salts of isoquinoline alkaloids from ipecac, were found to be potent inhibitors of the DNA polymerase activity of human immunodeficiency virus-1 reverse transcriptase (HIV-1 RT). We currently report the results of additional studies designed to characterize the mechanism of inhibition facilitated by MP. The inhibition was noncompetitive with respect to TTP and uncompetitive with respect to poly(rA) and oligo(dT)12-18 (4:1) at low template-primer concentrations but competitive at high concentrations (greater than 200 microM). Identical non-Michaelis-type kinetics were observed when activated DNA was used as the template. The biphasic nature of the double-reciprocal plots and Hill coefficients of less than 1 indicate that MP functions as an allosteric inhibitor of the enzyme which appears to possess multiple active sites that interact in a cooperative (negative) fashion in the presence of the inhibitor. MP was selective for the recombinant HIV-1 RT (p66) utilizing poly(rA) and oligo(dT)12-18 (4:1) as template-primer. Greater inhibition was observed with this template primer as compared with other natural and synthetic template-primers tested. MP had significantly less effect on avian myeloblastosis virus RT as well as mammalian or bacterial DNA and RNA polymerases. Other members of the ipecac class of alkaloids, e.g. emetine hydrochloride, were inactive against all of these enzymes, including HIV-1 RT. Conversely, MP did not inhibit in vitro protein synthesis, a property manifested by all the other ipecac alkaloids tested. Studies conducted with structural analogs revealed that the imine functionality at positions 1' and 2' of MP is the key structural requirement for HIV-1 RT inhibitory activity. Therefore, MP appears to possess unique structural properties that enable interaction with HIV-1 RT in a manner that can be differentiated from other polymerases. Use of these alkaloids for the definition of this viral enzyme-specific topology may lead to the development of therapeutically useful chemotherapeutic agents.
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PMID:Psychotrine and its O-methyl ether are selective inhibitors of human immunodeficiency virus-1 reverse transcriptase. 172 Oct 50

Nalidixic acid, a very specific inhibitor of bacterial DNA synthesis, has been studied for its action on the avian myeloblastosis virus reverse transcriptase activity. The drug inhibited the DNA synthesis reaction catalyzed by the viral enzyme in the presence of different template-primers. The inhibitory effect by nalidixic acid was higher with polyriboadenylic acid than with polyribocytidylic acid as a synthetic template. With activated DNA as a template nalidixic acid preferentially inhibited the TMP incorporation when compared with the dAMP incorporation. Both these results showed the importance of the presence of adenine in the templates for a more efficient inhibition by nalidixic acid. The inhibition for this drug was also shown in the presence of Mn2+ instead of Mg2+ as the divalent cation, and with a 2'-fluorinated analogue of polyriboadenylic acid as the template. Kinetic data showed a non-competitive inhibition by nalidixic acid in relation to polyriboadenylic acid and to TTP in the reaction catalyzed by reverse transcriptase.
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PMID:Avian myeloblastosis virus reverse transcriptase inhibition by nalidixic acid. 172 88

N3-Methyl derivative of 3'-azido-3'-deoxythymidine 5'-triphosphate (Me-AZTTP) showed a potent inhibitory effect on HIV-1 reverse transcriptase using MS2 phage RNA as the template. The inhibition mechanism of MeAZTTP was noncompetitive with respect to any of the template MS2 RNA, dATP and dCTP. On the other hand, MeAZTTP showed a mixed-type inhibition with respect to dGTP and dTTP. These results indicate that MeAZTTP competes not only with dTTP but also with dGTP.
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PMID:Inhibitory effect of N3-methyl derivative of 3'-azido-3'-deoxythymidine 5'-triphosphate on the activity of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase. 172 10

Inhibition mechanisms of 5'-triphosphates of 3'-azido-3'-deoxythymidine (AZT-TP) and 3'-deoxythymidine (ddTTP) on extensively purified DNA polymerase gamma from bovine testes were examined by analysis of the products synthesized on singly primed M13 single-stranded DNA or synthetic oligonucleotide template-primer in the presence of analogues. The results indicate that AZT-TP inhibits DNA polymerase gamma in competition with dTTP but is not incorporated into DNA, whereas ddTTP is incorporated into DNA and causes chain termination. In contrast, both analogues were used by reverse transcriptase and caused chain termination.
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PMID:The 5'-triphosphates of 3'-azido-3'-deoxythymidine and 2', 3'-dideoxynucleosides inhibit DNA polymerase gamma by different mechanisms. 189 99


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