| Literature DB >> 7507107 |
P S Jacques1, B M Wöhrl, K J Howard, S F Le Grice.
Abstract
A contribution of the 51-kDa subunit of human immunodeficiency virus type-1 reverse transcriptase to activities of the parental heterodimer (p66/p51) was assessed in "selectively deleted" heterodimers whose p51 component contained C-terminal truncations of 13, 19, or 25 residues. Analyses included (i) efficiency of reconstitution into heterodimer, (ii) retention of polymerase and ribonuclease H (RNase H) function, and (iii) interaction with the HIV replication primer, tRNA(Lys,3). Our data suggest that these features of heterodimer reverse transcriptase can be modulated by the extent of the C-terminal p51 deletion. Severely impaired tRNA binding in a selectively deleted heterodimer whose 51-kDa subunit lacks 13 residues, despite retention of enzymatic functions, strengthens arguments for p51 involvement in tRNA binding.Entities:
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Year: 1994 PMID: 7507107
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Biol Chem ISSN: 0021-9258 Impact factor: 5.157