title: Genetic analysis of homomeric interactions of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 integrase using the yeast two-hybrid system.
abstract: The retroviral integrase protein (IN) is responsible for catalyzing a concerted integration reaction in which the two termini of linear viral DNA are joined to host DNA. To probe the potential for IN to form protein multimers, we used the yeast two-hybrid system. The coexpression of a GAL4 DNA binding domain-IN fusion and a GAL4 activation domain-IN fusion together resulted in the successful activation of a GAL4-responsive LacZ reporter gene. The system was used to examine a variety of IN deletion mutants. The results suggest that the central region of the protein is necessary for multimerization and that the N-terminal zinc finger region is not important.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032.
authors.forename: G V
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Kalpana
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Goff
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D004254:DNA Nucleotidyltransferases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D019426:Integrases; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides / Q000737:chemistry; D011485:Protein Binding; D017384:Sequence Deletion; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D015533:Transcriptional Activation; D016335:Zinc Fingers
chemical_list: D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D004254:DNA Nucleotidyltransferases; D019426:Integrases