Glutamine 151 participates in the substrate dNTP binding function of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase

Biochemistry
Stefan G SarafianosMukund J Modak

Abstract

In order to define the role of Gln151 in the polymerase function of HIV-1 RT, we carried out site-directed mutagenesis of this residue by substituting it with a conserved (Q151N) and a nonconserved residue (Q151A). Q151N exhibited properties analogous to those of the wild-type enzyme, while Q151A has severely impaired polymerase activity. The Q151A mutant exhibited a 15-100-fold reduction in kcat with RNA [poly(rC) and poly(rA)] templates, while only a 5-fold reduction could be seen with the DNA [poly(dC)] template. Most interestingly, the affinity of the Q151A mutant for dNTP substrate remained unchanged with RNA templates, but a significant increase in Km was noted with the DNA template. The binding affinity of Q151A for DNA remained unchanged, as judged by photoaffinity cross-linking. However, unlike the wild-type enzyme, the Q151A mutant failed to catalyze the nucleotidyl transferase reaction onto the primer terminus of the covalently immobilized template-primer. The enzyme showed profoundly altered divalent cation preference from Mg2+ to Mn2+. These results strongly implicate Q151 of HIV-1 RT in the substrate dNTP binding function and possibly in the following chemical (catalytic) step. The effects of the mutation seem to ...Continue Reading

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