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JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR NMR
Volume 18, Issue 2, Pages 119-128Publisher
KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008342312269
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helix-turn-helix motif; HIV; integrase; protein dimer; protein structure; zinc-binding domain
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The solution structure of the dimeric N-terminal domain of HIV-2 integrase (residues 1-55, named IN1-55) has been determined using NMR spectroscopy. The structure of the monomer, which was already reported previously [Eijkelenboom et al. (1997) Curr. Biol., 7, 739-746], consists of four alpha -helices and is well defined. Helices alpha1, alpha2 and alpha3 form a three-helix bundle that is stabilized by zinc binding to His12, His16, Cys40 and Cys43. The dimer interface is formed by the N-terminal tail and the first half of helix alpha3. The orientation of the two monomeric units with respect to each other shows considerable variation. N-15 relaxation studies have been used to characterize the nature of the intermonomeric disorder. Comparison of the dimer interface with that of the well-defined dimer interface of HIV-1 IN1-55 shows that the latter is stabilized by additional hydrophobic interactions and a potential salt bridge. Similar interactions cannot be formed in HIV-2 IN1-55 [Cai et al. (1997) Nat. Struct. Biol., 4, 567-577], where the corresponding residues are positively charged and neutral ones.
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