Figure 3. Retroviral intasome structures. A-C, representative intasomes from the spumavirus PFV (A; protein database (PDB) accession code 3OY9), -retrovirus MMTV (B; PDB code 3JCA), and lentivirus MVV (C; PDB code 5M0Q) are color-coded to highlight the CIC. Green and blue, catalytically active IN protomers; cyan, supporting IN CCDs; black, DNA strands. Whereas four PFV IN molecules suffice to form the CIC, both MMTV and MVV require six IN protomers. For MMTV, critical CTDs (magenta) are donated by flanking IN dimers, leading to an overall IN octamer. In MVV, flanking IN tetramers provide the critical CTDs, resulting in an overall IN hexadecamer. Gray coloring in B and C deemphasizes IN elements that do not compose the CIC. D-F, resected CCD and CTD domains from above green IN protomers, oriented to highlight the different CCD-CTD linker regions (dark gray). Associated magenta CTDs from separate IN protomers in E and F assume similar positions as the green CTD in D. Red sticks, DDE catalytic triad residues. JBC REVIEWS: HIV integrase mechanisms and inhibition 15140 Figure 4. INSTI structures and ALLINI chemotypes. A, diagrams of the four FDA-licensed INSTIs as well as investigational second-generation compound 6p (113, 119). B, representative ALLINI chemotypes. Asterisks mark common positions of t-butoxyacid moieties. JBC REVIEWS: HIV integrase mechanisms and inhibition 15142