Expression of enzymatically active reverse transcriptase of simian immunodeficiency virus in bacteria: Sensitivity to nucleotide analogue inhibitors

Vinayaka R. Prasad; Kyl Myrick; William Haseltine; Stephen P. Goff

doi:10.1016/0042-6822(90)90164-M

Expression of enzymatically active reverse transcriptase of simian immunodeficiency virus in bacteria: Sensitivity to nucleotide analogue inhibitors

Vinayaka R. Prasad
, Kyl Myrick
, William Haseltine
, Stephen P. Goff

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A fragment of the SIV_mac251 pol gene was expressed in Escherichia coli as a trpE fusion protein. Analysis of extracts from bacteria containing this expression plasmid revealed the presence of a reverse transcriptase activity dependent on Mgt²⁺ as divalent cation and active on both poly(rA) · oligo(dT) and poly(rC · oligo(dG) templates. In comparative studies, the SIV and HIV-1 reverse transcriptases expressed in bacteria displayed very similar high sensitivities to the chain terminator inhibitors AZTTP and ddTTP. The reverse transcriptase of Moloney murine leukemia virus and the DNA polymerase of E. coli were both more resistant to ddTTP, and the E. coli enzyme was significantly more resistant to AZTTP.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	896-900
Number of pages	5
Journal	Virology
Volume	179
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0042-6822(90)90164-M
State	Published - Dec 1990
Externally published	Yes

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