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TI Structural requirements for the binding of tRNA Lys3 to reverse
transcriptase of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1.
DT 9601
AU Oude Essink BB; Das AT; Berkhout B; Department of Virology, Academic
Medical Center, University of; Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
SO J Biol Chem. 1995 Oct 6;270(40):23867-74. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
MED/96007545
AB Reverse transcription of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)
RNA genome is primed by the cellular tRNA Lys3 molecule. Packaging of
this tRNA primer during virion assembly is thought to be mediated by
specific interactions with the reverse transcriptase (RT) protein.
Portions of the tRNA molecule that are required for interaction with the
RT protein remain poorly defined. We have used an RNA gel mobility shift
assay to measure the in vitro binding of purified RT to mutant forms of
tRNA Lys3. The anticodon loop could be mutated without eliminating RT
recognition. However, mutations in the T psi C stem were found to
partially interfere with RT binding, and D arm mutants were completely
inactive in RT binding. Interestingly, binding of the RT protein to tRNA
Lys3 facilitates the subsequent annealing of template strand to the
3'-terminus of the tRNA molecule. Consistent with this finding, we
demonstrate that mutant HIV-1 virions lacking the RT protein do contain
a viral RNA genome without an associated tRNA Lys3 primer. We also found
that a preformed primer tRNA-template complex is efficiently recognized
by RT protein in vitro. Extension of the template molecule over the T
psi C loop did result in complete inhibition of RT binding, suggesting
the presence of additional recognition elements in the T psi C loop.
These results, combined with a comparative sequence analysis of tRNA
species present in HIV-1 virions and RNA motifs selected in vitro for
high affinity RT binding, suggest that RT recognizes the central domain
of the tRNA tertiary structure, which is formed by interaction of the D
and T psi C loops.
DE Base Sequence Binding Sites DNA Primers/GENETICS Human
HIV-1/*ENZYMOLOGY In Vitro Molecular Sequence Data Molecular
Structure Mutagenesis, Site-Directed Nucleic Acid Conformation
RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase/*METABOLISM RNA, Transfer,
Lys/*CHEMISTRY/GENETICS/*METABOLISM RNA,
Viral/CHEMISTRY/GENETICS/METABOLISM Support, Non-U.S. Gov't JOURNAL
ARTICLE
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).