Insights into DNA polymerization mechanisms from structure and function analysis of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase

Biochemistry
P H PatelE Arnold

Abstract

When the single-stranded RNA genome of HIV-1 is copied into double-stranded DNA, the viral enzyme reverse transcriptase (RT) catalyzes the addition of approximately 20,000 nucleotides; however, the precise mechanism of nucleotide addition is unknown. In this study, we attempt to integrate the genetic data and biochemical mechanism of DNA polymerization with the structure of HIV-1 RT complexed with a dsDNA template-primer. The first step of polymerization involves the physical association of a polymerase with its nucleic acid substrate. A comparison of the structures of HIV-1 RT in the presence and absence of DNA indicates that the tip of the p66 thumb moves approximately 30 A upon DNA binding. This conformational change permits numerous interactions between residues of alpha-helices H and I in the thumb subdomain and the DNA. Measurements of DNA binding affinity for nucleic acids with double-stranded DNAs that have an increasing number of bases in the template overhang and molecular modeling suggest that portions of beta 3 and beta 4 within the fingers subdomain bind single-stranded regions of the template. Measurements of nucleotide incorporation efficiency (kcat/Km) show that the binding and incorporation of the next compleme...Continue Reading

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