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Integrase residues that determine nucleotide preferences at sites of HIV-1 integration: implications for the mechanism of target DNA binding.
Nucleic acids research - 1 Apr 2014
Serrao Erik, Krishnan Lavanya, Shun Ming-Chieh, Li Xiang, Cherepanov Peter, Engelman Alan, Maertens Goedele N
Abstract excerpt
Retroviruses favor target-DNA (tDNA) distortion and particular bases at sites of integration, but the mechanism underlying HIV-1 selectivity is unknown. Crystal structures revealed a network of prototype foamy virus (PFV) integrase residues that distort tDNA: Ala188 and Arg329 interact with tDNA bases, while Arg362 contacts the phosphodiester backbone. HIV-1 integrase residues Ser119, Arg231, and Lys258 were...
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