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Homodimeric reverse transcriptases from rous sarcoma virus mutated within the polymerase or RNase H active site of one subunit are active.
European journal of biochemistry - 1 Aug 2000
Werner S, Wöhrl B M
Abstract excerpt
Heterodimeric reverse transcriptase (RT) alphabeta from Rous sarcoma virus (RSV) possesses an asymmetric subunit organization with the polymerase and RNase H active sites localized in the alpha subunit. To determine whether homodimeric RSV RTs alpha (63 kDa) or beta (95 kDa) assume alpha subunit organization similar to that of the heterodimer, an essential aspartic acid residue was mutated in the active site of...
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