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1n4l
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Revision as of 23:05, 2 May 2008
A DNA analogue of the polypurine tract of HIV-1
Overview
The polypurine tract (PPT) from the HIV-1 genome is resistant to digestion by reverse transcriptase following (-)-strand synthesis and is used to prime (+)-strand synthesis during retroviral replication. We have determined the crystal structure of the asymmetric DNA/DNA analog16-mer duplex (CTTTTTAAAAGAAAAG/CTTTTCTTTTAAAAAG) comprising most of the "visible" portion of the RNA:DNA hybrid from the polypurine tract of HIV-1, which was previously reported in a complex with HIV-1 reverse transcriptase. Our 16-mer completely encompasses a 10-mer DNA duplex analog of the HIV-1 PPT. We report here a detailed analysis of our B' form 16-mer DNA structure, including three full pure A-tracts, as well as a comparative structural analysis with polypurine tract and other A-tract-containing nucleic acid structures. Our analysis reveals that the polypurine tract structures share structural features despite being different nucleic acid forms (i.e. DNA:DNA versus RNA:DNA). In addition, the previously reported A-tract-containing DNA molecules bound to topoisomerase I are remarkably similar to our polypurine tract 16-mer structure. On the basis of our analysis, we suggest that the specific topology of long pure A-tracts is remarkably comparable across a wide array of biological environments.
About this Structure
1N4L is a Single protein structure of sequence from Moloney murine leukemia virus. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
Staying straight with A-tracts: a DNA analog of the HIV-1 polypurine tract., Cote ML, Pflomm M, Georgiadis MM, J Mol Biol. 2003 Jun 27;330(1):57-74. PMID:12818202 Page seeded by OCA on Sat May 3 02:05:22 2008
