X-ray structure of HIV-1 protease in situ product complex

1.9 A x-ray study shows closed flap conformation in crystals of tethered HIV-1 PR

Observation of a tetrahedral reaction intermediate in the HIV-1 protease-substrate complex

Rapid screening for HIV-1 protease inhibitor leads through X-ray diffraction

Crystal structure of HIV-1 protease in situ product complex and observation of a low-barrier hydrogen bond between catalytic aspartates

Pr160Gag-Pol, Matrix protein p17, MA, Capsid protein p24, CA, Spacer peptide p2, Nucleocapsid protein p7, NC, Transframe peptide, TF, p6-pol, p6*, Protease, Retropepsin, PR, Reverse transcriptase/ribonuclease H, p66 RT, p51 RT, p15, Integrase, IN

PQVTLWQRPLVTIKIGGQLKEALLDTGADDTVLEEMSLPGRWKPKMIGGIGGFIKVRQYDQILIEICGHKAIGTVLVGPT
PVNIIGRNLLTQIGMTLNFGGSSGPQVTLWQRPLVTIKIGGQLKEALLDTGADDTVLEEMSLPGRWKPKMIGGIGGFIKV
RQYDQILIEICGHKAIGTVLVGPTPVNIIGRNLLTQIGATLNF

Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (isolate HXB2 group M subtype B)

1-5% saturated ammonium sulfate, pH 6.2, Soaking, temperature 300.0K

Some waters and the short peptide partially occupy the electron density. In some unit cells the water cluster is there while in others the ligand is present.

THIS CONSTRUCT INCLUDES A LINKER THAT CONSIST OF 996TH GLY, 997TH GLY, 998TH SER, 999TH SER AND 1000TH GLY.

HIV-1 protease; transition state; reaction intermediate; catalysis; inhibitor; X-ray Crystallography, AIDS, Aspartyl protease, Capsid maturation, Capsid protein, Cytoplasm, DNA integration, DNA recombination, DNA-directed DNA polymerase, Endonuclease, Host-virus interaction, Hydrolase, Lipoprotein, Magnesium, Metal-binding, Multifunctional enzyme, Myristate, Nuclease, Nucleotidyltransferase, Nucleus, Phosphoprotein, Protease, Ribosomal frameshifting, RNA-binding, RNA-directed DNA polymerase, Transferase, Viral nucleoprotein, Virion, Zinc, Zinc-finger

PQVTLWQRPLVTIKIGGQLKEALLDTGADDTVLEEMSLPGRWKPKMIGGIGGFIKVRQYDQILIEICGHKAIGTVLVGPT
PVNIIGRNLLTQIGCTLNF