1HRH

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF THE RIBONUCLEASE H DOMAIN OF HIV-1 REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.40 Å
  • R-Value Observed: 0.200 

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Literature

Crystal structure of the ribonuclease H domain of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase.

Davies 2nd., J.F.Hostomska, Z.Hostomsky, Z.Jordan, S.R.Matthews, D.A.

(1991) Science 252: 88-95

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1707186
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    1HRH

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    The crystal structure of the ribonuclease (RNase) H domain of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase (RT) has been determined at a resolution of 2.4 A and refined to a crystallographic R factor of 0.20. The protein folds into a five-stranded mixed beta sheet flanked by an asymmetric distribution of four alpha helices. Two divalent metal cations bind in the active site surrounded by a cluster of four conserved acidic amino acid residues. The overall structure is similar in most respects to the RNase H from Escherichia coli. Structural features characteristic of the retroviral protein suggest how it may interface with the DNA polymerase domain of p66 in the mature RT heterodimer. These features also offer insights into why the isolated RNase H domain is catalytically inactive but when combined in vitro with the isolated p51 domain of RT RNase H activity can be reconstituted. Surprisingly, the peptide bond cleaved by HIV-1 protease near the polymerase-RNase H junction of p66 is completely inaccessible to solvent in the structure reported here. This suggests that the homodimeric p66-p66 precursor of mature RT is asymmetric with one of the two RNase H domains at least partially unfolded.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Agouron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., La Jolla, CA 92037.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
RIBONUCLEASE H
A, B
136Human immunodeficiency virus 1Mutation(s): 0 
UniProt
Find proteins for P03366 (Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 group M subtype B (isolate BH10))
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Go to UniProtKB:  P03366
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UniProt GroupP03366
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.40 Å
  • R-Value Observed: 0.200 
  • Space Group: P 31
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 51.9α = 90
b = 51.9β = 90
c = 114.9γ = 120
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
PROLSQrefinement

Structure Validation

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Entry History 

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Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 1992-01-15
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2008-03-24
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.2: 2011-07-13
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.3: 2017-11-29
    Changes: Derived calculations, Other
  • Version 1.4: 2024-02-07
    Changes: Data collection, Database references