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A QM/MM study of the reaction mechanism for the 3′-processing step catalyzed by HIV-1 integrase

2009

Integrase (IN) is one of the three human immunodeficiency virus type 1 enzymes (HIV-1) essential for effective viral replication. This viral enzyme is involved in the integration of HIV DNA into host chromosomal DNA. In this work we have carried out molecular dynamics simulations using a hybrid Quantum Mechanics/Molecular Mechanics (QM/MM) approach to study the reaction mechanism for the 3′-processing step of DNA integration using a model substrate. The results obtained by QM(AM1)/MM and QM(PM3)/MM simulations have been improved by single-point corrections using an ab initio method to describe the quantum subsystem. The results obtained within this computational model can be used to obtain …

Reaction mechanismbiologyChemistryAb initioSubstrate (chemistry)Molecular dynamics (MD)Condensed Matter PhysicsBiochemistryIntegraseQuantum mechanical/molecular mechanical (QM/MM)QM/MMchemistry.chemical_compoundMolecular dynamicsComputational chemistryHIV-1biology.proteinDNA IntegrationPhysical and Theoretical ChemistryDNAJournal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM
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