Abstract: The present invention provides nucleic acid molecules which include a region specifically interacting with the nucleic acid encoding the LEDGF/P75 protein or the nucleic acid encoding a fragment of a LEDGF/P75 protein and methods and uses of such nucleic acid molecules.

Abstract: The present invention provides nucleic acid molecules which include a region specifically interacting with the nucleic acid encoding the LEDGF/P75 protein or the nucleic acid encoding a fragment of a LEDGF/P75 protein and methods and uses of such nucleic acid molecules.

Abstract: The present invention provides nucleic acid molecules which include a region specifically interacting with the nucleic acid encoding the LEDGF/P75 protein or the nucleic acid encoding a fragment of a LEDGF/P75 protein and methods and uses of such nucleic acid molecules.

Abstract: The present invention provides nucleic acid molecules which include a region specifically interacting with the nucleic acid encoding the LEDGF/P75 protein or the nucleic acid encoding a fragment of a LEDGF/P75 protein and methods and uses of such nucleic acid molecules.

Abstract: The present invention provides integrase interacting proteins including cofactors which promote strand transfer activity of viral integrase, more particularly HIV integrase, and methods and uses relating thereto. The present invention also relates to methods of identifying molecules interacting with integrase interacting protein and their use as an antiviral.

Abstract: In a study of HIV-1 integrase (IN) complexes derived from nuclei of human cells stably expressing the viral protein from a synthetic gene it was demonstrated that in the nuclear extracts IN exists as part of a large distinct complex with apparent Stokes radius of 61 ?, which dissociates upon dilution yielding a core molecule of 41 ?. The IN complexes were isolated from cells expressing FLAG-tagged IN. By present invention it was demonstrated that the 41 ? core is tetramer of IN, whereas 61 ? molecules are composed of IN tetramers associated with a cellular protein with an apparent molecular weight of 76 kDa. This integrase interacting protein (Inip76) was found to be identical to LEDGF/DFS70/p75 a protein implicated in regulation of gene expression and cellular stress-response. HIV-1 IN and Inip76 co-localized in the nuclei of human cells stably expressing IN. Furthermore, it has been demonstrated by present invention that recombinant Inip76 strongly promoted strand-transfer activity of HIV-1 IN in vitro.

Abstract: In a study of HIV-1 integrase (IN) complexes derived from nuclei of human cells stably expressing the viral protein from a synthetic gene it was demonstrated that in the nuclear extracts IN exists as part of a large distinct complex with apparent Stokes radius of 61 ?, which dissociates upon dilution yielding a core molecule of 41 ?. The IN complexes were isolated from cells expressing FLAG-tagged IN. By present invention it was demonstrated that the 41 ? core is tetramer of IN, whereas 61 ? molecules are composed of IN tetramers associated with a cellular protein with an apparent molecular weight of 76 kDa. This integrase interacting protein (Inip76) was found to be identical to LEDGF/DFS70/p75 a protein implicated in regulation of gene expression and cellular stress-response. HIV-1 IN and Inip76 co-localized in the nuclei of human cells stably expressing IN. Furthermore, it has been demonstrated by present invention that recombinant Inip76 strongly promoted strand-transfer activity of HIV-1 IN in vitro.