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Glutamine 151 participates in the substrate dNTP binding function of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase.
Biochemistry - 30 May 1995
Sarafianos S G, Pandey V N, Kaushik N, Modak M J
Abstract excerpt
In order to define the role of Gln151 in the polymerase function of HIV-1 RT, we carried out site-directed mutagenesis of this residue by substituting it with a conserved (Q151N) and a nonconserved residue (Q151A). Q151N exhibited properties analogous to those of the wild-type enzyme, while Q151A has severely impaired polymerase activity. The Q151A mutant exhibited a 15-100-fold reduction in kcat with RNA...
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