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Co-Evolution Of Nelfinavir-Resistant Hiv-1 Protease And The P1-P6 Substrate, Madhavi Kolli, Stephane Lastere, Celia Schiffer
Co-Evolution Of Nelfinavir-Resistant Hiv-1 Protease And The P1-P6 Substrate, Madhavi Kolli, Stephane Lastere, Celia Schiffer
Celia A. Schiffer
The selective pressure of the competitive protease inhibitors causes both HIV-1 protease and occasionally its substrates to evolve drug resistance. We hypothesize that this occurs particularly in substrates that protrude beyond the substrate envelope and contact residues that mutate in response to a particular protease inhibitor. To validate this hypothesis, we analyzed substrate and protease sequences for covariation. Using the chi2 test, we show a positive correlation between the nelfinavir-resistant D30N/N88D protease mutations and mutations at the p1-p6 cleavage site as compared to the other cleavage sites. Both nelfinavir and the substrate p1-p6 protrude beyond the substrate envelope and contact …
Structural Basis For Coevolution Of A Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Nucleocapsid-P1 Cleavage Site With A V82a Drug-Resistant Mutation In Viral Protease, Moses Prabu-Jeyabalan, Ellen A. Nalivaika, Nancy M. King, Celia A. Schiffer
Structural Basis For Coevolution Of A Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Nucleocapsid-P1 Cleavage Site With A V82a Drug-Resistant Mutation In Viral Protease, Moses Prabu-Jeyabalan, Ellen A. Nalivaika, Nancy M. King, Celia A. Schiffer
Celia A. Schiffer
Maturation of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) depends on the processing of Gag and Pol polyproteins by the viral protease, making this enzyme a prime target for anti-HIV therapy. Among the protease substrates, the nucleocapsid-p1 (NC-p1) sequence is the least homologous, and its cleavage is the rate-determining step in viral maturation. In the other substrates of HIV-1 protease, P1 is usually either a hydrophobic or an aromatic residue, and P2 is usually a branched residue. NC-p1, however, contains Asn at P1 and Ala at P2. In response to the V82A drug-resistant protease mutation, the P2 alanine of NC-p1 mutates to valine …