title: Integrase of Mason-Pfizer monkey virus.
abstract: The gene encoding an integrase of Mason-Pfizer monkey virus (M-PMV) is located at the 3'-end of the pol open reading frame. The M-PMV integrase has not been previously isolated and characterized. We have now cloned, expressed, isolated, and characterized M-PMV integrase and compared its activities and primary structure with those of HIV-1 and other retroviral integrases. M-PMV integrase prefers untranslated 3'-region-derived long-terminal repeat sequences in both the 3'-processing and the strand transfer activity assays. While the 3'-processing reaction catalyzed by M-PMV integrase was significantly increased in the presence of Mn(2+) and Co(2+) and was readily detectable in the presence of Mg(2+) and Ni(2+) cations, the strand transfer activity was strictly dependent only on Mn(2+). M-PMV integrase displays more relaxed substrate specificity than HIV-1 integrase, catalyzing the cleavage and the strand transfer of M-PMV and HIV-1 long-terminal repeat-derived substrates with similar efficiency. The structure-based sequence alignment of M-PMV, HIV-1, SIV, and ASV integrases predicted critical amino acids and motifs of M-PMV integrase for metal binding, interaction with nucleic acids, dimerization, protein structure maintenance and function, as well as for binding of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 and Rous avian sarcoma virus integrase inhibitors 5-CI-TEP, DHPTPB and Y-3.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Snásel
authors.forename: Zdenek
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Krejcík
authors.forename: Vera
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Jencová
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rosenberg
authors.forename: Tomás
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ruml
authors.forename: Jerry
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Alexandratos
authors.forename: Alla
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gustchina
authors.forename: Iva
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pichová
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D019426:Integrases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D016093:Mason-Pfizer monkey virus / Q000201:enzymology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D019426:Integrases