Abstract: Nonnucleoside
RT inhibitors (
NNRTIs) can interfere with the initiation of plus-strand DNA synthesis by enhancing PPT removal, while HIV
RT connection subdomain mutations
N348I and
N348I/
T369I mitigate this effect by altering RNase H cleavage specificity.
Abstract: The combination
N348I/
T369I in HIV-1BH10
RT has a dominant effect on the RNase H cleavage specificity at the PPT/U3 site.
Introduction: In a previous study, we showed that amino acid substitutions in the connection subdomain of HIV-1
RT such as
N348I and
T369I affect the rigidity of a hypot