Publication Date:
2003-10-18
Description:
Human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) Vif is essential for viral evasion of host antiviral factor CEM15/APOBEC3G. We report that Vif interacts with cellular proteins Cul5, elongins B and C, and Rbx1 to form an Skp1-cullin-F-box (SCF)-like complex. The ability of Vif to suppress antiviral activity of APOBEC3G was specifically dependent on Cul5-SCF function, allowing Vif to interact with APOBEC3G and induce its ubiquitination and degradation. A Vif mutant that interacted with APOBEC3G but not with Cul5-SCF was functionally inactive. The Cul5-SCF was also required for Vif function in distantly related simian immunodeficiency virus mac. These results indicate that the conserved Cul5-SCF pathway used by Vif is a potential target for antiviral development.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Yu, Xianghui -- Yu, Yunkai -- Liu, Bindong -- Luo, Kun -- Kong, Wei -- Mao, Panyong -- Yu, Xiao-Fang -- 1S10-RR14702/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2003 Nov 7;302(5647):1056-60. Epub 2003 Oct 16.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14564014" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Carrier Proteins/genetics/metabolism
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Cell Line
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Cullin Proteins/genetics/*metabolism
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Cytidine Deaminase
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Gene Products, vif/genetics/*metabolism
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HIV-1/genetics/*physiology
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Humans
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Mutation
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Nucleoside Deaminases
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Proteins/*metabolism
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Repressor Proteins
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Transcription Factors/genetics/metabolism
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Transfection
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Ubiquitin/*metabolism
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Virus Replication
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vif Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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