Conclusion: However, in the presence of the
M41L/
L210W/
T215Y complex,
R284K increases the catalytic rate of nucleotide incorporation and the RNase H activity of the
RT, and these effects promote chain-terminated primer rescue on DNA/DNA template-primers, but not on RNA/DNA complexes.
Method: The plasmid p66RTB contains the nucleotide sequence encoding for the 66-kDa subunit of HIV-1BH10
RT, and p66RTB(LY) encodes a p66 derivative with thymidine analogue resistance mutations
M41L and
T215Y.