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The double mutation L109M and R448M of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase decreases fidelity of DNA synthesis by promoting mismatch elongation.
Biological chemistry - 1 Dec 2015
Heyn Bianca, Pogodalla Nicole, Brakmann Susanne
Abstract excerpt
Changes of Leu109 and Arg448 of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) reverse transcriptase (RT) have as yet not been associated with altered fitness. However, in a recent study, we described that the simultaneous substitution of L109 and R448 by methionine leads to an error-producing polymerase phenotype that is not observed for the isolated substitutions. The double mutant increased the error rate of...
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