3hvp
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CONSERVED FOLDING IN RETROVIRAL PROTEASES. CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF A SYNTHETIC HIV-1 PROTEASE
Overview
The rational design of drugs that can inhibit the action of viral, proteases depends on obtaining accurate structures of these enzymes. The, crystal structure of chemically synthesized HIV-1 protease has been, determined at 2.8 angstrom resolution (R factor of 0.184) with the use of, a model based on the Rous sarcoma virus protease structure. In this, enzymatically active protein, the cysteines were replaced by, alpha-amino-n-butyric acid, a nongenetically coded amino acid. This, structure, in which all 99 amino acids were located, differs in several, important details from that reported previously by others. The interface, between the identical subunits forming the active protease dimer is, composed of four well-ordered beta strands from both the amino and, carboxyl termini and residues 86 to 94 have a helical conformation. The, observed arrangement of the dimer interface suggests possible designs for, dimerization inhibitors.
About this Structure
3HVP is a Single protein structure of sequence from Human immunodeficiency virus 1. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
Conserved folding in retroviral proteases: crystal structure of a synthetic HIV-1 protease., Wlodawer A, Miller M, Jaskolski M, Sathyanarayana BK, Baldwin E, Weber IT, Selk LM, Clawson L, Schneider J, Kent SB, Science. 1989 Aug 11;245(4918):616-21. PMID:2548279
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