RNase H activity of HIV reverse transcriptases is confined exclusively to the dimeric forms

Abstract
A method for the rapid preparation of a defined substrate to monitor RNase H activity has been developed. Using this substrate, we have investigated the RNase H activities of the different forms of recombinant HIV‐1 and HIV‐2 reverse, transcriptase (RT) in detail. As we report here, RNase H activity is associated only with the dimeric forms (p51/p66 or p66/p66) of the enzymes