title: Drug-resistant HIV-1 proteases identify enzyme residues important for substrate selection and catalytic rate.
abstract: A series of mutations, first identified in protease inhibitor-resistant HIV-1 viral isolates, were introduced into HIV-1 PR as individual substitutions. Mutants containing R8K, V32I, V82T, I84V, G48V/L90M, or V82T/I84V substitutions were analyzed for differences in substrate preference and catalytic efficiency using a set of single amino acid substituted HIV-1 CA-NCa cleavage site peptides. All mutants exhibited wild-type preference for large hydrophobic residues, especially Phe, in the P1' substrate position. Only the R8K and V32I mutants showed significant differences in subsite selection compared to wild-type enzyme. In a parallel study, the individual mutations R10K, L12V, I44V, A60M, I71V, and I108V were introduced into RSV PR. These amino acid positions are structurally equivalent to Arg8, Leu10, Val32, Met46, Ile54, and Ile84 in HIV-1 PR, respectively, which mutate in drug-resistance. The RSV R10K substitution significantly altered substrate specificity and catalytic rate, compared to wild-type, in a manner similar to that of the HIV-1 R8K mutant. Crystal structures of the RSV PR R10K, I44V, I71V, and Il08V mutant enzymes presented here indicate that each of these substitutions has little effect on the overall structure of the respective enzymes. Taken together, these data provide an explanation for the reported in vivo predilection for selection of large hydrophobic residues in the P1' substrate position of second locus mutations in the Gag polyprotein PR cleavage sites. The data also suggest that the selection of resistant enzymes is not simply limited to loss of binding to inhibitor but affects other steps in proteolysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA.
authors.forename: T W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Ridky
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kikonyogo
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Leis
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gulnik
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Copeland
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Erickson
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wlodawer
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kurinov
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Harrison
authors.forename: I T
authors.initials: IT
authors.lastname: Weber
mesh_terms: D019943:Amino Acid Substitution / Q000235:genetics*; D016282:Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D001358:Avian Sarcoma Viruses / Q000235:genetics; D001665:Binding Sites / Q000235:genetics; D002213:Capsid / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D002384:Catalysis; D003460:Crystallization; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial / Q000235:genetics; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000235:genetics; D016333:HIV Protease / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000235:genetics; D006868:Hydrolysis; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D019590:Nucleocapsid Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D013379:Substrate Specificity / Q000235:genetics; D014633:Valine / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D019590:Nucleocapsid Proteins; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D016282:Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases; D016333:HIV Protease; C072891:Rous sarcoma virus protease; D014633:Valine