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Various strategies for developing APOBEC3G protectors to circumvent human immunodeficiency virus type 1.
European journal of medicinal chemistry - 15 Mar 2023
Bao Qiqi, Zhou Jinming
Abstract excerpt
Host restriction factor APOBEC3G (A3G) efficiently restricts Vif-deficient HIV-1 by being packaged with progeny virions and causing the G to A mutation during HIV-1 viral DNA synthesis as the progeny virus infects new cells. HIV-1 expresses Vif protein to resist the activity of A3G by mediating A3G degradation. This process requires the self-association of Vif in concert with A3G proteins, protein chaperones, and...
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