| Literature DB >> 23689710 |
Kazuki Shimane1, Kumi Kawaji, Fusako Miyamoto, Shinya Oishi, Kentaro Watanabe, Yasuko Sakagami, Nobutaka Fujii, Kazuya Shimura, Masao Matsuoka, Mitsuo Kaku, Stefan G Sarafianos, Eiichi N Kodama.
Abstract
T-20EK is a novel fusion inhibitor designed to have enhanced α-helicity over T-20 (enfuvirtide) through engineered electrostatic interactions between glutamic acid (E) and lysine (K) substitutions. T-20EK efficiently suppresses wild-type and T-20-resistant variants. Here, we selected T-20EK-resistant variants. A combination of L33S and N43K substitutions in gp41 were required for high resistance to T-20EK. While these substitutions also caused resistance to T-20, they did not cause cross-resistance to other known fusion inhibitors.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 23689710 PMCID: PMC3719727 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00237-13
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191