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D186/D190 is an allele-dependent determinant of HIV-1 Nef function.
Virology - 1 Nov 2016
Imle Andrea, Stolp Bettina, Böhmer Verena, Geyer Matthias, Raz Erez, Fackler Oliver T
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The HIV-1 pathogenesis factor Nef interacts with numerous ligands to affect cellular vesicular transport, signal transduction and cytoskeletal dynamics. While most Nef functions depend on multivalent protein interaction motifs, disrupting actin dynamics requires a motif that specifically recruits the host kinase PAK2. An adjacent aspartate was recently predicted to mediate Nef-β-catenin interactions. We report...
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