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Vif overcomes the innate antiviral activity of APOBEC3G by promoting its degradation in the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 27 Feb 2004
Mehle Andrew, Strack Bettina, Ancuta Petronela, Zhang Chengsheng, McPike Mark, Gabuzda Dana
Abstract excerpt
Viruses must overcome diverse intracellular defense mechanisms to establish infection. The Vif (virion infectivity factor) protein of human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) acts by overcoming the antiviral activity of APOBEC3G (CEM15), a cytidine deaminase that induces G to A hypermutation in newly synthesized viral DNA. In the absence of Vif, APOBEC3G incorporation into virions renders HIV-1 non-infectious. We...
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