National Institutes of Health/National Institute Of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH/NIAID)
R01 AI136680
National Institutes of Health/National Institute Of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH/NIAID)
AI27690
National Institutes of Health/National Institute Of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH/NIAID)
U54AI150472
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ジャーナル: Sci Adv / 年: 2022 タイトル: Cryo-EM structure of the HIV-1 Pol polyprotein provides insights into virion maturation. 著者: Jerry Joe E K Harrison / Dario Oliveira Passos / Jessica F Bruhn / Joseph D Bauman / Lynda Tuberty / Jeffrey J DeStefano / Francesc Xavier Ruiz / Dmitry Lyumkis / Eddy Arnold / 要旨: Key proteins of retroviruses and other RNA viruses are translated and subsequently processed from polyprotein precursors by the viral protease (PR). Processing of the HIV Gag-Pol polyprotein yields ...Key proteins of retroviruses and other RNA viruses are translated and subsequently processed from polyprotein precursors by the viral protease (PR). Processing of the HIV Gag-Pol polyprotein yields the HIV structural proteins and enzymes. Structures of the mature enzymes PR, reverse transcriptase (RT), and integrase (IN) aided understanding of catalysis and design of antiretrovirals, but knowledge of the Pol precursor architecture and function before PR cleavage is limited. We developed a system to produce stable HIV-1 Pol and determined its cryo-electron microscopy structure. RT in Pol has a similar arrangement to the mature RT heterodimer, and its dimerization may draw together two PR monomers to activate proteolytic processing. HIV-1 thus may leverage the dimerization interfaces in Pol to regulate assembly and maturation of polyprotein precursors.