Peptides Mimicking the β7/β8 Loop of HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase p51 as “Hotspot-Targeted” Dimerization Inhibitors
ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters
2020.0
Abstract
A conformationally constrained short peptide designed to target a protein-protein interaction hotspot in HIV-1 reverse transcriptase (RT) disrupts p66-p51 interactions and paves the way to the development of novel RT dimerization inhibitors.