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Table 1 Nucleotide substitutions affect the stability of the branched hairpin (BH) and extended hairpin (EH) conformation of TAR.

From: Optimization of the doxycycline-dependent simian immunodeficiency virus through in vitro evolution

 

ΔG BH a

ΔG EH a

ΔΔGBH-EHb

culture c

TARwt (SIVmac239)

-65.3

-68.2

2.9

 

TARm (SIV-rtTA)

-67.5

-63.9

-3.6

 

+63A-G

-67.5

-66.3

-1.2

172, 281, 3115, 481, 6124, 7136, 1328

+63A-G +44C-T

-65.9

-63.9

-2.0

1153

+63A-G +21G-A

-62.5

-66.6

4.1

4234

+78C-T

-65.8

-65.7

-0.1

532, 1037

+78C-T +47T-C

-63.7

-64.1

0.4

5198

+21G-A

-62.5

-64.2

1.7

948

+21G-A +78C-T +99C-T

-58.4

-63.6

5.2

5124

+21G-A +74G-A

-58.8

-63.4

4.6

9130

+5G-A +59A-T

-63.3

-69.6

6.3

10136

+73T-C

-66.5

-65.1

-1.4

11147

+73T-C +49C-T

-64.2

-64.9

0.7

8222

+46C-T +72G-A

-67.6

-63.6

-4.0

12120

  1. a ΔG values (kcal/mole) as determined with the Mfold RNA analysis software. b ΔΔGBH-EH = ΔGBH-ΔGEH. c Culture in which the mutation is observed (see Figure 2), with the day of earliest detection in superscript.