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Kinetic analysis of four HIV-1 reverse transcriptase enzymes mutated in the primer grip region of p66. Implications for DNA synthesis and dimerization.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 11 Jul 1997
Wöhrl B M, Krebs R, Thrall S H, Le Grice S F, Scheidig A J, Goody R S
Abstract excerpt
The highly conserved primer grip region in the p66 subunit of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase (RT) is formed by the beta12-beta13 hairpin (residues 227-235). It has been proposed to play a role in aligning the 3'-OH end of the primer in a position for nucleophilic attack on an incoming dNTP. To analyze the importance of the primer grip for RT function, mutant RTs were used that contain single alanine substitutions of...
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