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Molecular Dynamics Free Energy Simulations Reveal the Mechanism for the Antiviral Resistance of the M66I HIV-1 Capsid Mutation.
Viruses - 15 May 2021
Sun Qinfang, Levy Ronald M, Kirby Karen A, Wang Zhengqiang, Sarafianos Stefan G, Deng Nanjie
Abstract excerpt
While drug resistance mutations can often be attributed to the loss of direct or solvent-mediated protein-ligand interactions in the drug-mutant complex, in this study we show that a resistance mutation for the picomolar HIV-1 capsid (CA)-targeting antiviral (GS-6207) is mainly due to the free energy cost of the drug-induced protein side chain reorganization in the mutant protein. Among several mutations, M66I...
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