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Journal of Virology, December 2001, p. 11344-11353, Vol. 75, No. 23
REGER, UMR-5097 Centre National de la
Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux
2,1 Laboratoire de Virologie,
Hôpital Pellegrin,3
IBGC-CNRS,4 and IFR66
Pathologies infectieuses,2 Bordeaux,
France
Received 19 January 2001/Accepted 17 August 2001
Integration of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) proviral
DNA in the nuclear genome is catalyzed by the retroviral integrase
(IN). In addition to IN, viral and cellular proteins associated in the
high-molecular-weight preintegration complex have been suggested to be
involved in this process. In an attempt to define host factors
interacting with IN, we used an in vitro system to identify cellular
proteins in interaction with HIV-1 IN. The yeast Saccharomyces
cerevisiae was chosen since (i) its complete sequence has been
established and the primary structure of all the putative proteins from
this eucaryote has been deduced, (ii) there is a significant degree of
homology between human and yeast proteins, and (iii) we have previously
shown that the expression of HIV-1 IN in yeast induces a lethal
phenotype. Strong evidences suggest that this lethality is linked to IN
activity in infected human cells where integration requires the
cleavage of genomic DNA. Using IN-affinity chromatography we identified
four yeast proteins interacting with HIV-1 IN, including the yeast
chaperonin yHSP60, which is the counterpart of human hHSP60. Yeast
lethality induced by HIV-1 IN was abolished when a mutated HSP60 was
coexpressed, therefore suggesting that both proteins interact in vivo.
Besides interacting with HIV-1 IN, the hHSP60 was able to stimulate the in vitro processing and joining activities of IN and protected this
enzyme from thermal denaturation. In addition, the functional human
HSP60-HSP10 complex in the presence of ATP was able to recognize the
HIV-1 IN as a substrate.
0022-538X/01/$04.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/JVI.75.23.11344-11353.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.
Functional Interactions of Human Immunodeficiency
Virus Type 1 Integrase with Human and Yeast HSP60
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CNRS-Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, 146 rue Léo
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