Dodging the host interferon-stimulated gene mediated innate immunity by HIV-1: a brief update on intrinsic mechanisms and counter-mechanisms

K Chintala, K Mohareer, S Banerjee - Frontiers in Immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Host restriction factors affect different phases of a viral life cycle, contributing to innate
immunity as the first line of defense against viruses, including HIV-1. These restriction factors …

Retroviral restriction factors and their viral targets: restriction strategies and evolutionary adaptations

G Boso, CA Kozak - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
The evolutionary conflict between retroviruses and their vertebrate hosts over millions of
years has led to the emergence of cellular innate immune proteins termed restriction factors …

Insights into the structures and multimeric status of APOBEC proteins involved in viral restriction and other cellular functions

XS Chen - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Apo lipoprotein B mRNA e diting c atalytic polypeptide-like (APOBEC) proteins belong to a
family of deaminase proteins that can catalyze the deamination of cytosine to uracil on …

Deaminase-independent mode of antiretroviral action in human and mouse APOBEC3 proteins

Y Hakata, M Miyazawa - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
Apolipoprotein B mRNA editing enzyme, catalytic polypeptide-like 3 (APOBEC3) proteins
(APOBEC3s) are deaminases that convert cytosines to uracils predominantly on a single …

[HTML][HTML] Engineered CBEs based on Macaca fascicularis A3A with improved properties for precise genome editing

CY Ren, YS Liu, YS He, LP Zhang, JH Rao, Y Rao… - Cell Reports, 2024 - cell.com
Cytidine deaminase defines the properties of cytosine base editors (CBEs) for C-to-T
conversion. Replacing the cytidine deaminase rat APOBEC1 (rA1) in CBEs with a human …

Encapsidation of staufen-2 enhances infectivity of hiv-1

K Balakrishnan, AA Jaguva Vasudevan, K Mohareer… - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Staufen, the RNA-binding family of proteins, affects various steps in the Human Immuno-
Deficiency Virus (HIV-1) replication cycle. While our previous study established Staufen-2 …

Ocular A-to-I RNA editing signatures associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection

YY **, YP Liang, WH Huang, L Guo, LL Cheng… - BMC genomics, 2024 - Springer
Ophthalmic manifestations have recently been observed in acute and post-acute
complications of COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection. Our precious study has shown …

Foamy Viruses, Bet, and APOBEC3 Restriction

AA Jaguva Vasudevan, D Becker, T Luedde, H Gohlke… - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Non-human primates (NHP) are an important source of viruses that can spillover to humans
and, after adaptation, spread through the host population. Whereas HIV-1 and HTLV-1 …

[HTML][HTML] Divergence in dimerization and activity of primate APOBEC3C

A Gaba, MA Hix, S Suhail, B Flath, B Boysan… - Journal of molecular …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The APOBEC3 (A3) family of single-stranded DNA cytidine deaminases are host
restriction factors that inhibit lentiviruses, such as HIV-1, in the absence of the Vif protein that …

[HTML][HTML] Murine leukemia virus resists producer cell APOBEC3A by its Glycosylated Gag but not target cell APOBEC3A

AAJ Vasudevan, K Balakrishnan, A Franken, A Krikoni… - Virology, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The human APOBEC3A (A3A) polynucleotide cytidine deaminase has been shown
to have antiviral activity against HTLV-1 but not HIV-1, when expressed in the virus producer …