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Table 9 Molecular changes associated with anti-herpetic drugs resistance in thymidine kinase (TK) and DNA polymerase (DNA pol) genes of Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) and type 2 (HSV-2) according to amino acid mutations, stop codon and nucleotide insertion or deletion reported in the literature[2934]

From: Diagnosis of genital herpes simplex virus infection in the clinical laboratory

Gene

Drug

Aminoacidmutationsa

Stop codona

Nucleotide insertion/deletionb

Association of mutationsa

HSV-1 TK

ACV

R51W, Y53P/D/H, D55N, G56S/V, P57H, K62N, H58R/L, G59R/Y/W, G61V, K62N, T63A/I/S, T64A/S, T65N, E83K, P84S, V87H, T103P, Q104H, H105P, Q125E/L, M128A/F, G129D, G144N/R, A156V, D162A, R163H/C, A167V, A168T, L170P, Y172C/F, P173L/R, A174P, A175V, R176Q, L178R, S181N, Q185R, V187M, A189V, G200C/D, T201P, G206R, L208H, R216C/H/S, R220C/H, R222C/H, L227F, Y239S, T245M/P, T287M, L297S, L315S, C336Y, L364P

Y53, S74, E95, T103, Q104, R176, Q250, Q261, R281, L341, C336, Q342, L364, A375

133-136, 153-155, 180-183, 184-187 430-436, 437-438,455-458, 460-464, 464-465, 548-553,615-619, 666-669, 853-856, 878-880, 896-900, 1061-1064

 

HSV-2 TK

ACV

R34C, R51W, G56E, G59P, P85S, N100H, Q105P, T131P, R177W, S182D, S182N, V192M, T202A, R217H, R221H, R221C, R223H, L228I,D229H, R272V, P273S, D274R, T288M,C337Y

A28, L69, D137, Q222, Y240, T264

215-217, 219-222222, 439-440, 452, 467, 519-521, 551-556, 586-591, 626-628, 808-812

R272V + P273S + D74R

P85S + N100H + V192M

HSV-1 DNA pol

ACV

D368A, E370A, V462A, K532T, Y557S, Q570R, D581A, G597K/D, A605V, Q618H, Y696H, R700G, L702H, V714M, V715M, F716L, A719V/T, S724N,E771Q, L774F, L778M, D780N, L782I, P797T, E798K, L802F, V183M, N815L/S/T/V/Y/E, Y818C, T821M, G841S/C, R842S, S889A, F891C/Y, V892S, D907V, I922N/T, Y941H, V958L, R959H, N961K, D1070N

  

A719V + V904M

A327T + A605V

T566A + A605V

 

FCV

N494S, A605V, F716L, A719V,A719T, S724N, L778M, D780N, L782I, E798K, F891C, D907V, V958L

  

A719V + V904M

A327T + A605V

S724N + A916V

 

CDV

A136T, R700H, R700M, S724N, T821M, L1007H, I1028T

   
 

ACV + FCV

A605V, F716L, A719V, A719T, S724N, L778M, D780N, L782I, E798K, F891C, D907V, V958L

  

A719V + V904M

A327T + A605V

 

ACV + CDV

T821M

   

HSV-2 DNA pol

ACV

E250Q, R628C, E678G, A724V, S725G, D785N, D912N/V

   
 

FCV

S725G, S729N, L783M, D912V

   
 

ACV + FCV

S725G, D912V

   
  1. aThe number is the amino acid position in the protein. The two letters correspond respectively to the wild type amino acid and the mutated amino acid.
  2. bNucleotide numbering TK: thymidine kinase, DNA pol: DNA polymerase, ACV: aciclovir, FCV: foscarnet, CDV: cidofovir.