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Ribosomal frameshift is used by HIV-1 to synthesize the precursor of its enzymes. The frameshift stimulator is a peculiar structure in the viral messenger RNA coding for this precursor, which increases the probability that this frameshift occurs. It was proposed to be either a triplex structure or an irregular stem-loop. Recently, two NMR groups independently showed that the frameshift stimulatory signal of HIV-1 is an extended stem-loop, with an internal three-purine bulge separating two helical regions. However, it remains unclear how such a structure promotes frameshifting. It is proposed that frameshifting results from a specific interaction between the stimulatory signal and either a hypothetical protein factor or the ribosome. The characterization of the structure of the frameshift stimulatory signal paves the way to the rational design of novel antiviral drugs, which, by binding to this signal, could interfere with frameshifting and viral replication.

Quand une structure particulière de l’ARN du VIH-1 conduit à un décalage de phase : perspectives pour le traitement de l’infection par le VIH