Advances in the development of HIV integrase strand transfer inhibitors

Y Wang, SX Gu, Q He, R Fan - European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract HIV-1 integrase (IN) is a key enzyme in viral replication that catalyzes the covalent
integration of viral cDNA into the host genome. Currently, five HIV-1 IN strand transfer …

Redondovirus diversity and evolution on global, individual, and molecular scales

LJ Taylor, MI Dothard, MA Rubel, AA Allen… - Journal of …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Redondoviridae is a newly established family of circular Rep-encoding single-stranded
(CRESS) DNA viruses found in the human ororespiratory tract. Redondoviruses were …

Retroviral integrase: Structure, mechanism, and inhibition

DO Passos, M Li, R Craigie, D Lyumkis - The enzymes, 2021 - Elsevier
The retroviral protein Integrase (IN) catalyzes concerted integration of viral DNA into host
chromatin to establish a permanent infection in the target cell. We learned a great deal about …

Structure of a HIV-1 IN-Allosteric inhibitor complex at 2.93 Å resolution: Routes to inhibitor optimization

G Eilers, K Gupta, A Allen, S Montermoso… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
HIV integrase (IN) inserts viral DNA into the host genome and is the target of the strand
transfer inhibitors (STIs), a class of small molecules currently in clinical use. Another potent …

[HTML][HTML] HIV-1 Integrase Assembles Multiple Species of Stable Synaptic Complex Intasomes That Are Active for Concerted DNA Integration In vitro

M Li, R Yang, X Chen, H Wang, R Ghirlando… - Journal of molecular …, 2024 - Elsevier
Retroviral DNA integration is mediated by nucleoprotein complexes (intasomes) in which a
pair of viral DNA ends are bridged by a multimer of integrase (IN). Most of the high …

Molecular determinants for Rous sarcoma virus intasome assemblies

S Bera, K Shi, H Aihara, DP Grandgenett, KK Pandey - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Integration of retroviral DNA into the host genome involves formation of integrase (IN)-DNA
complexes termed intasomes. Here, we report the single-particle cryo-EM structure of the …

Structural and Biochemical Studies of HIV-1 Integration and Inhibition

G Eilers - 2020 - search.proquest.com
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) affects millions of people worldwide who rely on
antiretroviral therapy to prevent the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and halt further …

Molecular determinants for Rous sarcoma virus intasome assemblies involved in retroviral integration

S Bera, K Shi, H Aihara, DP Grandgenett… - Journal of Biological …, 2023 - ASBMB
Integration of retroviral DNA into the host genome involves the formation of integrase (IN)–
DNA complexes termed intasomes. Further characterization of these complexes is needed …