Retroviral integrases and their cousins

被引:173
作者
Rice, P
Craigie, R
Davies, DR
机构
[1] Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Natl. Inst. Diabet. Digest. K., National Institutes of Health, Bethesda
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10.1016/S0959-440X(96)80098-4
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The recently determined structures of the catalytic domains of HIV integrase, avian sarcoma virus integrase and the Mu transposase are strikingly similar to each other and also exhibit significant similarity to several nucleases. All these enzymes cut polynucleotides, leaving 3'OH and 5'PO4 groups. The integrase and transposase also possess a strand-transfer activity that splices DNA. The structural similarities among members of this superfamily of polynucleotidyl transferases suggest that they share a similar mechanism of catalysis.
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