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9201981

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
27
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-7-31
pubmed:abstractText
We previously found that strand transfer by human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) reverse transcriptase (RT) is promoted at sites where RT pauses during synthesis. In this report, strand transfer is measured within the 5' transactivation response region (TAR) of HIV-1 RNA. We hypothesized that the stable hairpin structure of TAR would induce RT pausing, promoting RNase H-directed cleavage of the template and subsequent transfer at that site. We further predicted that HIV-1 nucleocapsid protein (NC), known to melt secondary structures, would decrease transfer. We show that TAR created a strong pause site for RT, but NC significantly promoted strand transfer. The effect of NC is specific, since other single strand binding proteins failed to stimulate transfer. In another unexpected outcome, preferred positions of internal transfer were not at the pause site but were in the upper stem and loop of TAR. Thus, we propose a new mechanism for transfer within TAR described by an interactive hairpin model, in which association between the donor and the acceptor templates within the TAR stem promotes transfer. The model is consistent with the observed stimulation of strand transfer by NC. The model is applicable to internal and replicative end transfer.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
4
pubmed:volume
272
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
16769-77
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Evidence for a unique mechanism of strand transfer from the transactivation response region of HIV-1.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14642, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.