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A positively charged side chain at position 154 on the beta8-alphaE loop of HIV-1 RT is required for stable ternary complex formation.
Nucleic acids research - 1 Sept 2003
Sharma Bechan, Kaushik Neerja, Upadhyay Alok, Tripathi Snehlata, Singh Kamalendra, Pandey Virendra N
Abstract excerpt
Lys154 is the only positively charged residue located in the VLPQGWK motif on the beta8-alphaE loop at the junction of the fingers and palm subdomains of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 reverse transcriptase (HIV-1 RT). Some of the conserved residues in this motif are critical for RT function...
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