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The poxviral scrapin MV-LAP requires a myxoma viral infection context to efficiently downregulate MHC-I molecules.
Virology - 20 Dec 2005
Collin Nicolas, Guérin Jean-Luc, Drexler Ingo, Blanié Sophie, Gelfi Jacqueline, Boullier Séverine, Foucras Gilles, Sutter Gerd, Messud-Petit Frédérique
Abstract excerpt
Downregulation of MHC class I molecules is a strategy developed by some viruses to escape cellular immune responses. Myxoma virus (MV), a poxvirus causing rabbit myxomatosis, encodes MV-LAP that is known to increase MHC-I endocytosis and degradation through a C(4)HC(3) motif critical for an E3 ubiquitin ligase activity. Here, we performed a functional mapping of MV-LAP and showed that not only the C(4)HC(3) motif...
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