کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
9286630 1227350 2005 7 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Cytidine deamination and resistance to retroviral infection: towards a structural understanding of the APOBEC proteins
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری ایمنی شناسی و میکروب شناسی ویروس شناسی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Cytidine deamination and resistance to retroviral infection: towards a structural understanding of the APOBEC proteins
چکیده انگلیسی
The human apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing enzyme, catalytic polypeptide-like 3G (APOBEC3G, or hA3G) protein, provides cells with an intracellular antiretroviral activity that is associated with the hypermutation of viral DNA through cytidine deamination. Indeed, hA3G belongs to a family of vertebrate proteins that contain one or two copies of a signature sequence motif unique to cytidine deaminases (CTDAs). We have constructed secondary structure models of the APOBEC proteins through a combination of structure prediction and subsequent alignment with nucleotide CTDAs whose structures have been solved to high resolution. Secondary structure elements common to all CTDAs are predicted, in addition to structural features that are apparently unique to the APOBEC family of proteins. Most notably, a putative looped-out helix abuts an amino acid that modulates the susceptibility of A3G proteins to the antagonistic action of the human and simian immunodeficiency virus (HIV and SIV) Vif proteins. Using the structure models as a guide, we reflect on mutagenesis studies of the APOBEC1 (A1), hA3G and activation induced deaminase (AID) proteins, with emphasis on the determinants of cytidine deamination and antiviral activities.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Virology - Volume 334, Issue 2, 10 April 2005, Pages 147-153
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