Abstract: Signature HIV-1
integrase mutations associated with clinical raltegravir resistance involve 1 of 3 primary genetic pathways,
Y143C/R,
Q148H/K/R and
N155H, the latter 2 of which confer cross-resistance to elvitegravir.
Introduction: In our efforts to structurally rationalize DTG's distinct resistance and dissociation kinetics profiles, we constructed wild-type,
Q148R,
Q148K,
Q148H/
G140S and
N155H HIV-1
IN models in complex with U5
LTR DNA using carefully selected structural data from wild-type and mutant PFV intasomes as well as Tn5 transposase to model key missing active-site el