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Emergence of Compensatory Mutations Reveals the Importance of Electrostatic Interactions between HIV-1 Integrase and Genomic RNA.
mBio - 26 Oct 2022
Shema Mugisha Christian, Dinh Tung, Kumar Abhishek, Tenneti Kasyap, Eschbach Jenna E, Davis Keanu, Gifford Robert, Kvaratskhelia Mamuka, Kutluay Sebla B
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HIV-1 integrase (IN) has a noncatalytic function in virion maturation through its binding to the viral RNA genome (gRNA). Class II IN substitutions inhibit IN-gRNA binding and result in the formation of virions with aberrant morphologies marked by mislocalization of the gRNA between the capsid lattice and the lipid envelope. These viruses are noninfectious due to a block at an early reverse transcription stage in...
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