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dc.contributor.advisorBurke, Donald H.eng
dc.contributor.authorSchuckmann, Matthew M.eng
dc.date.issued2011eng
dc.date.submitted2011 Springeng
dc.descriptionTitle from PDF of title page (University of Missouri--Columbia, viewed on August 23, 2012).eng
dc.descriptionThe entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file.eng
dc.descriptionThesis advisor: Dr. Donald Burkeeng
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.eng
dc.descriptionM.S. University of Missouri-Columbia 2011.eng
dc.description"May 2011"eng
dc.description.abstract[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Connection subdomain mutations are a recently discovered class of reverse transcriptase (RT) drug resistance mutations which are positioned at some distance from previously described resistance mutations. The work presented in this thesis investigates drug resistance mechanisms conferred by HIV-1 RT connection subdomain mutation N348I. N348I was chosen as a representative connection subdomain mutation due to its clinical relevance to resistance against drugs belonging to both classes of HIV-1 RT inhibitors: the NRTIs and NNRTIs. N348I is the first, and currently only, clinically relevant HIV-1 RT single amino acid substitution mutation known to confer cross-resistance to drugs from both classes of RT inhibitors. I describe here a mechanism of HIV-1 RT N348I in vitro resistance against inhibition by the NNRTI nevirapine (NVP), where I show the mutant enzyme exhibits a decreased affinity towards inhibitor binding. Using pre-steady state kinetics techniques, I further show in detail how the N348I mutation on either of the heterodimer enzyme's subunits affects enzymatic activities. Interestingly, the mutation on either subunit decreases the rate of catalytic turnover for nucleotide incorporation reactions. The N348I mutant enzyme also displays an altered RNAse H activity, and I demonstrate that the N348I mutation on the p51 subunit provides the major contribution towards this altered activity. I also investigated RT N348I in vitro susceptibility to ddATP, the active form of the NRTI prodrug didanosine (ddI). Multiple mechanisms of NRTI resistance were studied, but significant levels of in vitro resistance to ddATP were not detected despite the fact that the N34I mutant virus has been shown to be resistant to ddI. Here I found that the N348I mutation does not negatively impact the steady-state kinetics of single nucleotide incorporation reactions, or the affinity for nucleotide substrate.eng
dc.format.extentviii, 98 pageseng
dc.identifier.merlinb94297939eng
dc.identifier.oclc818865251eng
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.32469/10355/14917eng
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10355/14917
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.publisherUniversity of Missouri--Columbiaeng
dc.relation.ispartofcommunityUniversity of Missouri--Columbia. Graduate School. Theses and Dissertationseng
dc.rightsAccess to files is limited to the University of Missouri--Columbia.eng
dc.subjectviral drug resistanceeng
dc.subjectretroviral inhibitorseng
dc.subjectenzymologyeng
dc.subjectDNA polymeraseeng
dc.subjectRNase Heng
dc.subject.meshDrug Resistance, Viral -- drug effectseng
dc.subject.meshHIV-1 -- drug effectseng
dc.subject.meshHIV Reverse Transcriptaseeng
dc.subject.meshReverse Transcriptase Inhibitorseng
dc.subject.meshRibonuclease Heng
dc.subject.meshNevirapineeng
dc.subject.meshMutation, Missenseeng
dc.subject.meshDrug Resistance, Viral -- geneticseng
dc.titleCharacterization of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase drug resistance connection subdomain mutation N348Ieng
dc.typeThesiseng
thesis.degree.disciplineMicrobiology (Medicine) (MU)eng
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Missouri--Columbiaeng
thesis.degree.levelMasterseng
thesis.degree.nameM.S.eng


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