Baldanti F, Underwood M R, Talarico C L, Simoncini L, Sarasini A, Biron K K, Gerna G
Servizio di Virologia, IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo, Pavia, Italy.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1998 Feb;42(2):444-6. doi: 10.1128/AAC.42.2.444.
Two ganciclovir (GCV)-resistant human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) strains recovered from an AIDS patient (strain VR4990) and a heart transplant recipient (strain VR5474) showed a Cys607-->Tyr change in the UL97-encoded phosphotransferase. No amino acid substitutions were observed in the viral DNA polymerase. Marker transfer experiments showed marked reduction in GCV phosphorylation and drug susceptibility of the recombinant HCMV strain VR4990rec2-1-1. These results further extend the region of the carboxy-terminal domain of the UL97 phosphotransferase involved in GCV substrate recognition.
从一名艾滋病患者(VR4990株)和一名心脏移植受者(VR5474株)体内分离出的两株耐更昔洛韦(GCV)的人巨细胞病毒(HCMV),其UL97编码的磷酸转移酶发生了Cys607→Tyr变化。在病毒DNA聚合酶中未观察到氨基酸替换。标记转移实验表明,重组HCMV株VR4990rec2-1-1的GCV磷酸化和药物敏感性显著降低。这些结果进一步扩展了参与GCV底物识别的UL97磷酸转移酶羧基末端结构域的区域。