Abstract: The effects of
Leu528Met,
Met552Ile, and
Met552Val mutations on the binding of HBV
polymerase inhibitors and the natural substrate dCTP were evaluated using an in vitro HBV polymerase assay.
Abstract: The results from the in vitro studies were as follows: (i) dCTP substrate binding was largely unaffected by the mutations, with Km changing moderately, only in a range of 0.6 to 2.6-fold; (ii) K(i)s for 3TCTP and FTCTP against
Met552Ile/Val mutant HBV
polymerases were increased 8- to 30-fold; and (iii) the
Leu528Met mutation had a modest effect on direct binding of these beta-L-oxathiolane ring-containing nucleotide analogs.