Abstract: It was found that, similar to the multidrug-resistant mutant
reverse transcriptase (
RT)(
Q151M), the mutations
L74V,
M184V, and a triple mutant containing
L74V/
Y115F/
M184V all caused increased selectivity for dGTP over the active metabolite of abacavir (carbovir triphosphate).
Abstract: The triple mutant showed no advantage in selectivity over
RT(
M184V) and was severely impaired in its ability to remove a chain terminator, giving no kinetic basis for its increased resistance in a cellular system.