Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2051674 | FEBS Letters | 2006 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Moloney murine leukemia virus reverse transcriptase (RT) selectively uses deoxyribonucleotides over ribonucleotides (rNTPs) as substrates. Substitution of F155 with valine (F155V) was previously found to increase the enzyme’s affinity for rNTPs, though without affecting the Vmax for catalysis, and thereby conferred to the enzyme significant RNA polymerase activity. We have sought new mutations that might increase the RNA polymerase activity of the F155V mutant. We report here that substitution of Q84 with alanine improved RT-F155V’s RNA polymerase activity, but also its DNA polymerase activity. Kinetic analysis and gel-retardation assays suggested that the substitution increased the enzyme’s general affinity for the template-primer.
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Authors
Shufeng Liu, Stephen P. Goff, Guangxia Gao,