title: Active-site mutations in the South african human immunodeficiency virus type 1 subtype C protease have a significant impact on clinical inhibitor binding: kinetic and thermodynamic study.
abstract: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections in sub-Saharan Africa represent about 56% of global infections. Study of active-site mutations (the V82A single mutation and the V82F I84V double mutation) in the less-studied South African HIV type 1 subtype C (C-SA) protease indicated that neither mutation had a significant impact on the proteolytic functioning of the protease. However, the binding affinities of, and inhibition by, saquinavir, ritonavir, indinavir, and nelfinavir were weaker for each variant than for the wild-type protease, with the double mutant exhibiting the most dramatic change. Therefore, our results show that the C-SA V82F I84V double mutation decreased the binding affinities of protease inhibitors to levels significantly lower than that required for effective inhibition.
authors.affiliation: Protein Structure-Function Research Unit, School of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of the Witwatersrand, I Jan Smuts Avenue, Johannesburg 2050, South Africa.
authors.forename: Salerwe
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mosebi
authors.forename: Lynn
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Morris
authors.forename: Heini W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Dirr
authors.forename: Yasien
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sayed