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TI The orientation of binding of human immunodeficiency virus reverse
transcriptase on nucleic acid hybrids.
DT 9602
AU DeStefano JJ; Department of Microbiology, University of Maryland,
College Park; 20742, USA.
SO Nucleic Acids Res. 1995 Oct 11;23(19):3901-8. Unique Identifier :
AIDSLINE MED/96038846
AB The binding of HIV reverse transcriptase (RT) to heteroduplexes was
examined using a substrate consisting of a 42 nt chimeric nucleic acid
composed. (5'-->3') of 23 nt of RNA and 19 of DNA. This chimera was
hybridized to an internal region of a relatively long complementary DNA
or RNA. When the chimera was bound to DNA and conditions limiting
cleavage to a single binding event between the enzyme and substrate were
employed initial RNase H-directed cleavages occurred 19-21 nt from the
chimera 5'-terminus. A 42 nt strand identical in sequence to the chimera
and composed of only RNA was cleaved at the same locations. Reducing the
length of the DNA portion of the chimera from 19 to 7 nt did not alter
the cleavage positions, suggesting that cleavage was not coordinated by
the DNA 3'-terminus. Under the same conditions cleavage was not detected
when the chimera was bound to RNA. In contrast, addition of dNTPs to the
DNA 3'-terminus of the chimera occurred only when the chimera was bound
to RNA. The results support preferable binding of RT to RNA-DNA versus
DNA-DNA hybrid regions and a model in which the orientation of binding
to heteroduplexes is 5'-->3' (relative to the RNA strand), polymerase to
RNase H active site, with sites associated with the DNA and RNA strand
respectively.
DE Base Sequence Binding Sites DNA, Complementary/CHEMISTRY/METABOLISM
Heparin/PHARMACOLOGY HIV/*ENZYMOLOGY Molecular Sequence Data Nucleic
Acid Heteroduplexes/CHEMISTRY/*METABOLISM Nucleic Acid Hybridization
Recombinant Proteins/METABOLISM Ribonuclease H, Calf Thymus/METABOLISM
RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase/*METABOLISM RNA,
Complementary/CHEMISTRY/METABOLISM Structure-Activity Relationship
Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. JOURNAL ARTICLE
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).