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Structural insights into the recognition of nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors by HIV‐1 reverse transcriptase: First crystal structures with reverse transcriptase and the active triphosphate forms of lamivudine and emtricitabine
Bertoletti N, Chan AH, Schinazi RF, Yin YW, Anderson KS. Structural insights into the recognition of nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors by HIV‐1 reverse transcriptase: First crystal structures with reverse transcriptase and the active triphosphate forms of lamivudine and emtricitabine. Protein Science 2019, 28: 1664-1675. PMID: 31301259, PMCID: PMC6699100, DOI: 10.1002/pro.3681.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV-1Severe drug toxicityActive antiretroviral therapySuccessful treatment regimenMajor health issueActive triphosphate formHIV-1 drugsReverse transcriptaseHIV-1 reverse transcriptaseAntiretroviral therapyOff-target side effectsTreatment regimenRetroviruses HIV-1Drug toxicityReverse transcriptase enzymeSide effectsRT inhibitorsNew infectionsViral replicationHealth issuesTarget toxicityTriphosphate formNext-generation therapeuticsNRTIsTranscriptase enzyme
2022
Structural Studies and Structure Activity Relationships for Novel Computationally Designed Non-nucleoside Inhibitors and Their Interactions With HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase
Frey KM, Bertoletti N, Chan AH, Ippolito JA, Bollini M, Spasov KA, Jorgensen WL, Anderson KS. Structural Studies and Structure Activity Relationships for Novel Computationally Designed Non-nucleoside Inhibitors and Their Interactions With HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase. Frontiers In Molecular Biosciences 2022, 9: 805187. PMID: 35237658, PMCID: PMC8882919, DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2022.805187.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCrystal structureStructure-based drug designKey interactionsNon-nucleoside inhibitorsMolecular dynamics simulationsStructure-activity relationshipsCompound classesAttractive drug targetDrug designActivity relationshipsAdditional complexesDynamics simulationsStructural studiesNon-nucleoside binding sitePocket of RTComplexesNon-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor nevirapineRT crystal structuresStructureDrug targetsBinding sitesAntiviral dataHIV-1 reverse transcriptaseCompoundsReverse transcriptase inhibitor nevirapine