Title : From APOBEC to ZAP: Diverse mechanisms used by cellular restriction factors to inhibit virus infections.

Pub. Date : 2019 Mar

PMID : 30290238






1 Functional Relationships(s)
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1 For example, APOBEC3G deaminates cytosines to hypermutate reverse transcribed viral DNA; IFITM3 alters membranes to inhibit virus membrane fusion; MXA/B oligomerize on viral protein complexes to inhibit virus replication; SAMHD1 decreases dNTP intracellular concentrations to prevent reverse transcription of retrovirus genomes; tetherin prevents release of budding virions from cells; Viperin catalyzes formation of a nucleoside analogue that inhibits viral RNA polymerases; and ZAP binds virus RNAs to target them for degradation. Nucleosides SAM and HD domain containing deoxynucleoside triphosphate triphosphohydrolase 1 Homo sapiens