Human immunodeficiency virus type-1 reverse transcriptase copies very short templates: kinetic and crosslinking analysis. 1993

M L Andreola, and E Dufour, and L Tarrago-Litvak, and V I Jamkovoy, and A S Levina, and P J Barr, and S Litvak, and G A Nevinsky
Institut de Biochimie Cellulaire du CNRS, Bordeaux, France.

We describe in this article some properties concerning the cDNA elongation activity of human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) reverse transcriptase (RT). The kinetic parameters of the polymerization reaction catalyzed by HIV-1 RT, using short templates, were studied. Values of Km and Vmax were measured as a function of the oligoadenylate template length: the logarithm of Km increased linearly, with an incremental factor of 2.2, when the template length differs by one nucleotide. Using short templates, olig(A)n (n = 7-14) and primers shorter or longer than the template, HIV-1 reverse transcriptase was able to synthesize polymer products longer than 200 nucleotides. We showed that an oligonucleotide as short as (pA)3 was long enough to serve as template for cDNA synthesis by RT. In the binding of RT to template of different lengths (5 to 14 nucleotides long), two constants were determined differing in each case by a factor of about 10. The three recombinant forms of HIV-1 RT (p66/p51, p66/p66 and p51/p51) were crosslinked to a short template, (pA)14, in the presence of cis-aquahydroxydiamminoplatinum. The efficiency of crosslink of [32P](pA)14 template with each of the subunits of RT correlated well with the affinity of this template to the different forms of RT. In the case of p66/p51, the crosslink occurred mainly with the p66 subunit. These results confirm the important catalytic role of the p66 subunit in the heterodimeric human retroviral polymerase.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007700 Kinetics The rate dynamics in chemical or physical systems.
D011061 Poly A A group of adenine ribonucleotides in which the phosphate residues of each adenine ribonucleotide act as bridges in forming diester linkages between the ribose moieties. Adenine Polynucleotides,Polyadenylic Acids,Poly(rA),Polynucleotides, Adenine
D002945 Cisplatin An inorganic and water-soluble platinum complex. After undergoing hydrolysis, it reacts with DNA to produce both intra and interstrand crosslinks. These crosslinks appear to impair replication and transcription of DNA. The cytotoxicity of cisplatin correlates with cellular arrest in the G2 phase of the cell cycle. Platinum Diamminodichloride,cis-Diamminedichloroplatinum(II),cis-Dichlorodiammineplatinum(II),Biocisplatinum,Dichlorodiammineplatinum,NSC-119875,Platidiam,Platino,Platinol,cis-Diamminedichloroplatinum,cis-Platinum,Diamminodichloride, Platinum,cis Diamminedichloroplatinum,cis Platinum
D003432 Cross-Linking Reagents Reagents with two reactive groups, usually at opposite ends of the molecule, that are capable of reacting with and thereby forming bridges between side chains of amino acids in proteins; the locations of naturally reactive areas within proteins can thereby be identified; may also be used for other macromolecules, like glycoproteins, nucleic acids, or other. Bifunctional Reagent,Bifunctional Reagents,Cross Linking Reagent,Crosslinking Reagent,Cross Linking Reagents,Crosslinking Reagents,Linking Reagent, Cross,Linking Reagents, Cross,Reagent, Bifunctional,Reagent, Cross Linking,Reagent, Crosslinking,Reagents, Bifunctional,Reagents, Cross Linking,Reagents, Cross-Linking,Reagents, Crosslinking
D012194 RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase An enzyme that synthesizes DNA on an RNA template. It is encoded by the pol gene of retroviruses and by certain retrovirus-like elements. EC 2.7.7.49. DNA Polymerase, RNA-Directed,RNA-Dependent DNA Polymerase,Reverse Transcriptase,RNA Transcriptase,Revertase,DNA Polymerase, RNA Directed,DNA Polymerase, RNA-Dependent,RNA Dependent DNA Polymerase,RNA Directed DNA Polymerase
D013379 Substrate Specificity A characteristic feature of enzyme activity in relation to the kind of substrate on which the enzyme or catalytic molecule reacts. Specificities, Substrate,Specificity, Substrate,Substrate Specificities
D013698 Templates, Genetic Macromolecular molds for the synthesis of complementary macromolecules, as in DNA REPLICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION of DNA to RNA, and GENETIC TRANSLATION of RNA into POLYPEPTIDES. Genetic Template,Genetic Templates,Template, Genetic
D054303 HIV Reverse Transcriptase A reverse transcriptase encoded by the POL GENE of HIV. It is a heterodimer of 66 kDa and 51 kDa subunits that are derived from a common precursor protein. The heterodimer also includes an RNAse H activity (RIBONUCLEASE H, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS) that plays an essential role the viral replication process. Reverse Transcriptase, HIV,Reverse Transcriptase, Human Immunodeficiency Virus,Transcriptase, HIV Reverse
D018894 Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors Inhibitors of reverse transcriptase (RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE), an enzyme that synthesizes DNA on an RNA template. Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor,Inhibitors, Reverse Transcriptase,Inhibitor, Reverse Transcriptase,Transcriptase Inhibitor, Reverse

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