2fcx

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'''HIV-1 DIS kissing-loop in complex with neamine'''<br />

==Overview==

The kissing-loop complex that initiates dimerization of genomic RNA is crucial for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) replication. We showed that owing to its strong similitude with the bacterial ribosomal A site it can be targeted by aminoglycosides. Here, we present its crystal structure in complex with neamine, ribostamycin, neomycin and lividomycin. These structures explain the specificity for 4,5-disubstituted 2-deoxystreptamine (DOS) derivatives and for subtype A and subtype F kissing-loop complexes, and provide a strong basis for rational drug design. As a consequence of the different topologies of the kissing-loop complex and the A site, these aminoglycosides establish more contacts with HIV-1 RNA than with 16S RNA. Together with biochemical experiments, they showed that while rings I, II and III confer binding specificity, rings IV and V are important for affinity. Binding of neomycin, paromomycin and lividomycin strongly stabilized the kissing-loop complex by bridging the two HIV-1 RNA molecules. Furthermore, in situ footprinting showed that the dimerization initiation site (DIS) of HIV-1 genomic RNA could be targeted by these aminoglycosides in infected cells and virions, demonstrating its accessibility.

 

==About this Structure==

2FCX is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein_complex Protein complex] structure of sequences from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ ] with <scene name='pdbligand=K:'>K</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=CL:'>CL</scene> and <scene name='pdbligand=XXX:'>XXX</scene> as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ligands ligands]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=2FCX OCA].

 

Targeting the dimerization initiation site of HIV-1 RNA with aminoglycosides: from crystal to cell., Ennifar E, Paillart JC, Bodlenner A, Walter P, Weibel JM, Aubertin AM, Pale P, Dumas P, Marquet R, Nucleic Acids Res. 2006 May 5;34(8):2328-39. Print 2006. PMID:[http://ispc.weizmann.ac.il//pmbin/getpm?pmid=16679451 16679451]

[[Category: Protein complex]]

[[Category: Dumas, P.]]

[[Category: Ennifar, E.]]

[[Category: Marquet, R.]]

[[Category: Paillart, J C.]]