National Institutes of Health/National Institute Of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH/NIAID)
AI150464
米国
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ジャーナル: Nat Commun / 年: 2021 タイトル: High-resolution view of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase initiation complexes and inhibition by NNRTI drugs. 著者: Betty Ha / Kevin P Larsen / Jingji Zhang / Ziao Fu / Elizabeth Montabana / Lynnette N Jackson / Dong-Hua Chen / Elisabetta Viani Puglisi / 要旨: Reverse transcription of the HIV-1 viral RNA genome (vRNA) is an integral step in virus replication. Upon viral entry, HIV-1 reverse transcriptase (RT) initiates from a host tRNA primer bound to the ...Reverse transcription of the HIV-1 viral RNA genome (vRNA) is an integral step in virus replication. Upon viral entry, HIV-1 reverse transcriptase (RT) initiates from a host tRNA primer bound to the vRNA genome and is the target of key antivirals, such as non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs). Initiation proceeds slowly with discrete pausing events along the vRNA template. Despite prior medium-resolution structural characterization of reverse transcriptase initiation complexes (RTICs), higher-resolution structures of the RTIC are needed to understand the molecular mechanisms that underlie initiation. Here we report cryo-EM structures of the core RTIC, RTIC-nevirapine, and RTIC-efavirenz complexes at 2.8, 3.1, and 2.9 Å, respectively. In combination with biochemical studies, these data suggest a basis for rapid dissociation kinetics of RT from the vRNA-tRNA initiation complex and reveal a specific structural mechanism of nucleic acid conformational stabilization during initiation. Finally, our results show that NNRTIs inhibit the RTIC and exacerbate discrete pausing during early reverse transcription.