[2'fluoro derivatives of nucleosides as substrates of viral replicative nucleotide polymerases]

Mol Biol (Mosk). 2014 Sep-Oct;48(5):834-41.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

Substrate specificities of three viral replicative polymerases of different origins (HIV reverse transcriptase, hepatitis C virus RNA polymerase, and herpes virus DNA polymerase) towards 2'F-NTP were studied. Activated DNA, polyA-oligoUs and (2'F-A)20-oligoU6-complexes were used as templates. It was shown that all DNA polymerases studied can incorporate 2'F-NMP into the 3'-end of primer-template complexes. HIV reverse transcriptase and herpes virus DNA polymerase can elongate synthesis with both dNTP and 2'F-NTP. Homopolymer (2'F-A)20 can serve as a template for polymerization of both UTP and 2'F-UTP,-catalyzed by hepatitis C virus polymerase although with efficacy about 5 to 10-fold lower in comparison with natural primertemplate complex. Pyrophosphorolysis reaction of 2'F-CMP residue at 3'-end of primer catalyzed with HIV reverse transcriptase is going by two orders of magnitude less effective if compared with natural dNMP residue at the same system.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Catalysis
  • DNA Nucleotidylexotransferase / metabolism
  • DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase / metabolism*
  • DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases / metabolism
  • Exodeoxyribonucleases / metabolism*
  • Fluorine / chemistry
  • HIV Reverse Transcriptase / metabolism*
  • Hepatitis C / enzymology
  • Nucleosides / chemistry
  • Nucleosides / metabolism*
  • Oligonucleotides / chemistry
  • Oligonucleotides / metabolism
  • Poly A
  • Substrate Specificity
  • Viral Proteins / metabolism*

Substances

  • Nucleosides
  • Oligonucleotides
  • Viral Proteins
  • Poly A
  • Fluorine
  • reverse transcriptase, Human immunodeficiency virus 1
  • DNA Nucleotidylexotransferase
  • HIV Reverse Transcriptase
  • DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases
  • DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase
  • Exodeoxyribonucleases
  • DNA polymerase, Simplexvirus