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The ribonuclease H activity of the reverse transcriptases of human immunodeficiency viruses type 1 and type 2 is modulated by residue 294 of the small subunit.


ABSTRACT: Reverse transcriptases (RTs) exhibit DNA polymerase and ribonuclease H (RNase H) activities. The RTs of human immunodeficiency viruses type 1 and type 2 (HIV-1 and HIV-2) are composed of two subunits, both sharing the same N-terminus (which encompasses the DNA polymerase domain). The smaller subunit lacks the C-terminal segment of the larger one, which contains the RNase H domain. The DNA polymerase domain of RTs resembles a right hand linked to the RNase H domain by a connection subdomain. Despite the high homology between HIV-1 and HIV-2 RTs, the RNase H activity of the latter is substantially lower than that of HIV-1 RT. The thumb subdomain of the small subunit controls the level of RNase H activity. We show here that Gln294, located in this thumb, is responsible for this difference in activity. A HIV-2 RT mutant, where Gln294 in the small subunit was replaced by a proline (present in HIV-1 RT), has an activity almost 10-fold higher than that of the wild-type RT. A comparative in vitro study of the kinetic parameters of the RNase H activity suggests that residue 294 affects the K(m) rather than the kcat value, influencing the affinity for the RNA.DNA substrate.

SUBMITTER: Sevilya Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC149828 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The ribonuclease H activity of the reverse transcriptases of human immunodeficiency viruses type 1 and type 2 is modulated by residue 294 of the small subunit.

Sevilya Z Z   Loya S S   Adir N N   Hizi A A  

Nucleic acids research 20030301 5


Reverse transcriptases (RTs) exhibit DNA polymerase and ribonuclease H (RNase H) activities. The RTs of human immunodeficiency viruses type 1 and type 2 (HIV-1 and HIV-2) are composed of two subunits, both sharing the same N-terminus (which encompasses the DNA polymerase domain). The smaller subunit lacks the C-terminal segment of the larger one, which contains the RNase H domain. The DNA polymerase domain of RTs resembles a right hand linked to the RNase H domain by a connection subdomain. Desp  ...[more]

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