unique flap conformation in an hiv-1 protease with high-level darunavir resistance
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Abstract
Darunavir (DRV) is one of the most powerful protease inhibitors for treating human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) infection and presents a high genetic barrier to the generation of resistant viruses. However, DRV-resistant HIV-1 infrequently emerges from viruses exhibiting resistance to other protease inhibitors. To address this resistance, researchers have gathered genetic information on DRV resistance. In contrast, few structural insights into the mechanism underlying DRV resistance are available. To elucidate this mechanism, we determined the crystal structure of the ligand-free state of a protease with high-level DRV resistance and six DRV resistance-associated mutations (including I47V and I50V), which we generated by in vitro selection. This crystal structure showed a unique curling conformation at the flap regions that was not found in the previously reported ligand-free protease structures. Molecular dynamics simulations indicated that the curled flap conformation altered the flap dynamics. These results suggest that the preference for a unique flap conformation influences DRV binding. These results provide new structural insights into elucidating the molecular mechanism of DRV resistance and aid to develop PIs effective against DRV-resistant viruses.
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| Authors | ;Masaaki eNakashima;Masaaki eNakashima;Hirotaka eOde;Koji eSuzuki;Koji eSuzuki;Masayuki eFujino;Masami eMaejima;Yuki eKimura;Yuki eKimura;Takashi eMasaoka;Junko eHattori;Masakazu eMatsuda;Atsuko eHachiya;Yoshiyuki eYokomaku;Atsuo eSuzuki;Nobuhisa eWatanabe;Nobuhisa eWatanabe;Wataru eSugiura;Yasumasa eIwatani;Yasumasa eIwatani |
| Journal | journal of magnetic resonance (san diego, calif : 1997) |
| Year | 2016 |
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10.3389/fmicb.2016.00061
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