Gene/Protein Disease Symptom Drug Enzyme Compound
Pivot Concepts: Gene/Protein Disease Symptom Drug Enzyme Compound   Target Concepts: Gene/Protein Disease Symptom Drug Enzyme Compound

---

Query: EC:2.7.7.49 (reverse transcriptase)
31,746 document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)

A recombinant clone of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 reverse transcriptase (HIV-1 RT) with reduced sensitivity to 3'-azido-3'-deoxythymidine 5'-triphosphate (AZTTP) and phosphonoformate (PFA), a pyrophosphate analog, has been obtained from the RNA of HTLV-IIIB infected cells using the polymerase chain reaction. The mutant HIV-1 RT retained polymerase activity and was cross-resistant to triphosphate forms of other nucleoside analogs including 2',3'-dideoxycytidine 5'-triphosphate, 2',3'-dideoxyadenosine 5'-triphosphate, and 3'-deoxy-2',3'-didehydrothymidine 5'-triphosphate (D4TTP), but remained sensitive to the non-nucleoside HIV-1 RT inhibitors, such as nevirapine and TIBO R82150. Sequence analysis of the mutant HIV-1 RT revealed a single amino acid substitution (Val-->Ala) at amino acid 90. The substitution of amino acid 90 by the closely related amino acids, such as Thr and Gly, also showed decreased sensitivity to AZTTP, D4TTP, and PFA. All these mutations at amino acid 90 also caused an alteration of Km for thymidine triphosphate. These results suggest that Val at this site plays a role in determining the interaction of the HIV-1 RT enzyme with the pyrophosphate group of deoxynucleoside triphosphate (dNTP) and that the hydrophobicity of the amino acid at this position was the most important determinant in the binding of HIV-1 RT to dNTP.
...
PMID:Identification of the amino acid in the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 reverse transcriptase involved in the pyrophosphate binding of antiviral nucleoside triphosphate analogs and phosphonoformate. Implications for multiple drug resistance. 750 27

Treatment of murine leukaemia virus reverse transcriptase with benzophenone 4-maleimide inactivates DNA polymerase activity, but has no effect on the RNAase H function. Kinetic measurements indicated that benzophenone 4-maleimide is a competitive inhibitor with respect to template-primer binding, but is non-competitive with respect to dNTP binding. Enzyme modified with benzophenone 4-maleimide cannot bind template-primer or primer alone, as judged by u.v.-mediated cross-linking of radiolabelled substrates. Of the eight cysteine residues in murine leukaemia virus reverse transcriptase, only two were modified by benzophenone 4-maleimide, which were identified as Cys-90 and Cys-310 by comparative tryptic-peptide mapping and amino acid composition analysis. Inclusion of template-primer or primer alone in the modification mixture protected only Cys-90 from modification by benzophenone 4-maleimide. To investigate the role of Cys-90 in detail, we converted it to alanine by site-directed mutagenesis. The mutant enzyme, however, exhibited no loss either of DNA polymerase or of RNAase H activity. These results indicate that Cys-90 is located in a domain of murine leukaemia virus reverse transcriptase that binds template-primer, but may not have a direct role in the enzymic function of the enzyme. Ala-90 mutant murine leukaemia virus reverse transcriptase is at least 10-fold more susceptible to heat inactivation than is the wild-type enzyme, which suggests that Cys-90 in murine leukaemia virus reverse transcriptase may play a role in maintaining structural integrity.
...
PMID:Sulphydryl groups in the template-primer-binding domain of murine leukaemia virus reverse transcriptase. Identification and functional analysis of cysteine-90. 750 26

Mutation in the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 reverse transcriptase (RT) at codon 215 has been shown to play a significant role in resistance to zidovudine (AZT). Substitution of threonine with tyrosine or phenylalanine alone confers decreased susceptibility to the inhibitor. In this study we constructed a panel of 10 viruses with different amino acids at this codon, including 7 novel mutants, and assessed their susceptibilities to AZT. The majority of the new mutants were AZT sensitive, whereas the Thr-215-->Trp mutant was partially resistant (threefold less susceptible). A combination of the Thr-215-->Trp with the other AZT resistance mutations Lys-70-->Arg and Met-41-->Leu gave additive resistance. The Thr-215-->Phe virus was less AZT resistant than the Thr-215-->Tyr mutant, both on its own and when each was combined with the Met-41-->Leu mutant. These observations confirm the general hypothesis that increased bulk of the amino acid side chains at this position confers decreased AZT sensitivity. A leucine-to-valine substitution at codon 74 has previously been found to confer dideoxynucleoside resistance. We constructed mutants with five novel amino acid substitutions (Ala, Gly, Glu, Met, and Asp) at codon 74. Of these, only one (that with the Met substitution) retained enough RT activity to yield viable virus. It thus appears that there are severe structure-function constraints on the amino acid side chains at this position in the enzyme. The activities of the Leu-74-->Ala and Leu-74-->Met RT enzymes expressed in Escherichia coli appeared to have reduced susceptibility to ddGTP compared with the wild-type enzyme. The mutants described in this work may prove useful for correlation with structural studies of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 RT.
...
PMID:Mutagenic study of codons 74 and 215 of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 reverse transcriptase, which are significant in nucleoside analog resistance. 751 65

Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 reverse transcriptase has subunits of 66 and 51 kDa (p66 and p51, respectively). Structural studies indicate that each subunit consists of common subdomains. The polymerase domain of p66 forms a nucleic acid binding cleft, and, by analogy with a right hand, the subdomains are referred to as fingers, palm, and thumb (Kohlstaedt, L. A., Wang, J., Friedman, J. M., Rice, P. A., and Steitz, T. A. (1992) Science 256, 1783-1790). Residues 257-266 correspond to a highly conserved region of primary structure among retroviral pol genes. Crystallographic evidence indicates that these residues are in the thumb subdomain and form part of an alpha-helix (alpha H), which interacts with DNA (Jacobo-Molina, A., Ding, J., Nanni, R. G., Clark, A. D., Jr., Lu, X., Tantillo, C., Williams, R. L., Kamer, G., Ferris, A. L., Clark, P., Hizi, A., Hughes, S. H., and Arnold, E. (1993) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 90, 6320-6324). To define the role of this region during catalytic cycling, we performed systematic site-directed mutagenesis from position 253 through position 271 by changing each residue, one by one, to alanine. Each mutant protein was expressed and purified, and their substrate-specific activities were surveyed. The results are consistent with alpha H (residues 255-268) of p66 interacting with the template and/or primer strand. The core of alpha H appears to play an important role in template-primer binding (residues Gln-258, Gly-262, and Trp-266), and in protein-protein interactions (residues Val-261 and Leu-264). The periodicity of the effects observed suggest that a segment of one face of alpha H interacts with the template-primer. The lower fidelity observed with alanine mutants of Gly-262 and Trp-266 correlated with an over 200-fold increase in the dissociation rate constant for template-primer relative to wild type enzyme and suggests that enzyme-DNA interactions in the template-primer stem are important fidelity determinants.
...
PMID:Structure/function studies of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 reverse transcriptase. Alanine scanning mutagenesis of an alpha-helix in the thumb subdomain. 752 66

The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-specific reverse transcriptase (RT) inhibitor quinoxaline S-2720 showed a more-potent inhibitory effect on HIV-1-induced cytopathicity in CEM cells than either nevirapine, pyridinone L-697,661, bis-heteroarylpiperazine (BHAP) U-88204, TSAO ([2',5'-bis-O-(tert-butyldimethylsilyl)-beta-D-ribofuranosyl]-3'-spiro-5 "- (4-amino-1",2"-oxathiole-2",2"-dioxide)-N3-ethylthymine, or 4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-5-methylimidazo[4,5,1-jk][1,4-benzodiazepin-2(I H)-one (TIBO) R82913. The quinoxaline derivative was also markedly more inhibitory to the mutant HIV-1 strains containing in their RT Ile-100, Asn-103, Ala-106, Lys-138, Cys-181, or His-188 substitutions than were the other HIV-1-specific RT inhibitors. Moreover, quinoxaline S-2720 totally prevented HIV-1 infection and emergence of drug-resistant mutant virus strains in CEM cell cultures at concentrations (i.e., 0.35 microM) that are 10- to 25-fold lower than those required for BHAP U-88204 and nevirapine to knock out the virus. Also, the concentration-response curve for S-2720 was markedly steeper than for BHAP and nevirapine, as reflected by the ratio of the 95% to the 50% antivirally effective concentration. Lower concentrations of quinoxaline dominantly lead to the appearance of the Ala-106 RT mutation, causing low-level resistance to the compound. At higher quinoxaline concentrations, the Glu-190 RT and/or the Cys-181 RT mutation is added to the Ala-106 mutation, whereas at the highest quinoxaline concentrations, the Ala-106 mutation tends to disappear from the virus pool, leaving the Glu-190 RT and Cys-181 RT mutations as the only mutations conferring high-level resistance to the compound.
...
PMID:Resistance pattern of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 reverse transcriptase to quinoxaline S-2720. 752 84

A set of mutations [Ala-62-->Val(A62V), V75I, F77L, F116Y, and Q151M] in the polymerase domain of reverse transcriptase (RT) of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) confers on the virus a reduced sensitivity to multiple antiretroviral dideoxynucleosides and has been seen in HIV-1 variants isolated from patients receiving combination chemotherapy with 3'-azido-3'-deoxythymidine (AZT) plus 2',3'-dideoxycytidine (ddC) or 2',3'-dideoxyinosine (ddI). The IC50 values of AZT, ddC, ddI, 2',3'-dideoxyguanosine, and 2',3'-didehydro-3'-deoxythymidine against an infectious clone constructed to include the five mutations were significantly higher than those of a wild-type infectious clone. The K1 value for AZT 5'-triphosphate determined for the virus-associated RT from a posttherapy strain was 35-fold higher than that of RT from a pretherapy strain. Detailed analysis of HIV-1 strains isolated at various times during therapy showed that the Q151M mutation developed first in vivo, at the time when the viremia level suddenly increased, followed by the F116Y and F77L mutations. All five mutations ultimately developed, and the viremia level rose even further. Analyses based on the three-dimensional structure of HIV-1 RT suggest that the positions where at least several of the five mutations occur are located in close proximity to the proposed dNTP-binding site of RT and the first nucleotide position of the single-stranded template.
...
PMID:Emergence of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 variants with resistance to multiple dideoxynucleosides in patients receiving therapy with dideoxynucleosides. 753 21

Five structurally related thiophene and furane analogues of the oxathiin carboxanilide derivative NSC 615985 (UC84) (designated UC10, UC68, UC81, UC42, and UC16) were identified as potent inhibitors of HIV-1 replication in cell culture and HIV-1 reverse transcriptase activity. These compounds were markedly active against a series of mutant HIV-1 strains, containing the Leu-100-->Ile, Val-106-->Ala, Glu-138-->Lys, or Tyr-181-->Cys mutations in their reverse transcriptase. However, the thiocarboxanilide derivatives selected for mutations at amino acid positions 100 (Leu-->Ile), 101 (Lys-->Ile/Glu), 103 (Lys-->Thr/Asp) and 141 (Gly-->Glu) in the HIV-1 reverse transcriptase. The compounds completely suppressed HIV-1 replication and prevented the emergence of resistant virus strains when used at 1.3-6.6 microM--that is, 10- to 25-fold lower than the concentration required for nevirapine and bis(heteroaryl)piperazine (BHAP) U90152 to do so. If UC42 was combined with the [2',5'-bis-O-(tert-butyldimethylsilyl)-3'-spiro-5"-(4"-amino-1",2"- oxathiole-2",2"-dioxide)]-beta-D-pentofuranosyl (TSAO) derivative of N3-methylthymine (TSAO-m3T), virus breakthrough could be prevented for a much longer time, and at much lower concentrations, than if the compounds were used individually. Virus breakthrough could be suppressed for even longer, and at lower drug concentrations, if BHAP was added to the combination of UC42 with TSAO-m3T, which points to the feasibility of two- or three-drug combinations in preventing virus breakthrough and resistance development.
...
PMID:Suppression of the breakthrough of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) in cell culture by thiocarboxanilide derivatives when used individually or in combination with other HIV-1-specific inhibitors (i.e., TSAO derivatives). 753 17

A series of 23 1-[(2-hydroxyethoxy)methyl]-6-(phenylthio)thymine derivatives that were highly potent inhibitors of wild-type human immunodeficiency virus type 1 strain IIIB (HIV-1/IIIB) replication in CEM cells were evaluated against a panel of HIV-1 mutant strains containing the replacement of leucine by isoleucine at position 100 (100-Leu-->Ile), 103-Lys-->Asn, 106-Val-->Ala, 138-Glu-->Lys, 181-Tyr-->Cys, 181-Tyr-->Ile, or 188-Tyr-->His in their reverse transcriptase (RT). A different structure-antiviral activity relationship was found, depending on the nature of the mutated amino acid in the HIV-1 RT. The results show that 5-ethyl-1-ethoxymethyl-6-(3,5-dimethylbenzyl)uracil, 5-ethyl-1-ethoxymethyl-6-(3,5-dimethylphenylthio)uracil, and 5-ethyl-1-ethoxymethyl-6-(3,5-dimethylphenylthio)-2-thiouracil remain active against the majority of viruses containing single mutations which confer resistance to nonnucleoside RT inhibitors.
...
PMID:Differential activities of 1-[(2-hydroxyethoxy)methyl]-6-(phenylthio)thymine derivatives against different human immunodeficiency virus type 1 mutant strains. 754 Mar 84

The retrovirus protease (PR), an aspartic PR, is composed of two identical subunits, each containing a conserved tripeptide sequence present at the active site of the enzyme. Asp-Ser-Gly is found in avian sarcoma leukaemia viruses (ASLV) and Asp-Thr-Gly in mammalian oncoretroviruses. We have mutated the conserved sequence at the active site of ASLV PR by converting the Ser and Gly residues to Thr and Ala, respectively. Replacement of Gly with Ala yielded an ASLV PR devoid of proteolytic activity. The Ser to Thr conversion did not alter the substrate specificity of the enzyme. Both wild-type and mutated PRs correctly cleaved viral precursors expressed in bacterial cells, as well as synthetic peptides homologous to ASLV and human immunodeficiency virus type 1 cleavage sites. Bacterially produced ASLV PR with Thr instead of Ser had increased enzymatic activity, as shown by hydrolysis of synthetic peptides. However, this mutation reduced the production of reverse transcriptase-containing particles and infectious virus following transfection of permissive cells with virus DNA.
...
PMID:Point mutation in avian sarcoma leukaemia virus protease which increases its activity but impairs infectious virus production. 754 58

In order to determine the catalytic role of Arg72 of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase (RT), we carried out site-directed mutagenesis at codon 72. Two mutant proteins (R72A and R72K) were purified and characterized. With Arg to Ala substitution the kcat of the polymerase reaction was reduced by nearly 100-fold with poly(rA) template, but only about 5-15-fold with poly(rC) and poly(dC) templates. The Arg to Lys substitution exhibited a qualitatively similar pattern, although the overall reduction in kcat was less severe. Most interestingly, we noted a large difference in the rate constant of the first and second nucleotide incorporation by R72A, suggesting that Arg72 participates in the reaction after the formation of the first phosphodiester bond. We propose this step to be the pyrophosphate binding and removal step following the nucleotidyltransferase reaction. Support for this proposal is obtained from the observation that the R72A mutant (i) exhibited a pronounced translocation defect in the processivity analysis, (ii) lacked the ability to catalyze pyrophosphorolysis, and (iii) showed complete resistance to phosphonoformate, an analog of PPi.Arg72 is the first residue of HIV-1 RT proposed to be involved in the pyrophosphate binding/removal function of RT.
...
PMID:Site-directed mutagenesis of arginine 72 of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase. Catalytic role and inhibitor sensitivity. 754 45


<< Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next >>

---