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Structural highlights

Function

ABC3F_HUMAN DNA deaminase (cytidine deaminase) which acts as an inhibitor of retrovirus replication and retrotransposon mobility via deaminase-dependent and -independent mechanisms. Exhibits antiviral activity against vif-deficient HIV-1. After the penetration of retroviral nucleocapsids into target cells of infection and the initiation of reverse transcription, it can induce the conversion of cytosine to uracil in the minus-sense single-strand viral DNA, leading to G-to-A hypermutations in the subsequent plus-strand viral DNA. The resultant detrimental levels of mutations in the proviral genome, along with a deamination-independent mechanism that works prior to the proviral integration, together exert efficient antiretroviral effects in infected target cells. Selectively targets single-stranded DNA and does not deaminate double-stranded DNA or single- or double-stranded RNA. Exhibits antiviral activity also against hepatitis B virus (HBV), equine infectious anemia virus (EIAV), xenotropic MuLV-related virus (XMRV) and simian foamy virus (SFV) and may inhibit the mobility of LTR and non-LTR retrotransposons. May also play a role in the epigenetic regulation of gene expression through the process of active DNA demethylation.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]}

References

1. ↑ Wiegand HL, Doehle BP, Bogerd HP, Cullen BR. A second human antiretroviral factor, APOBEC3F, is suppressed by the HIV-1 and HIV-2 Vif proteins. EMBO J. 2004 Jun 16;23(12):2451-8. Epub 2004 May 20. PMID:15152192 doi:10.1038/sj.emboj.7600246
2. ↑ Chen H, Lilley CE, Yu Q, Lee DV, Chou J, Narvaiza I, Landau NR, Weitzman MD. APOBEC3A is a potent inhibitor of adeno-associated virus and retrotransposons. Curr Biol. 2006 Mar 7;16(5):480-5. PMID:16527742 doi:10.1016/j.cub.2006.01.031
3. ↑ Delebecque F, Suspene R, Calattini S, Casartelli N, Saib A, Froment A, Wain-Hobson S, Gessain A, Vartanian JP, Schwartz O. Restriction of foamy viruses by APOBEC cytidine deaminases. J Virol. 2006 Jan;80(2):605-14. PMID:16378963 doi:10.1128/JVI.80.2.605-614.2006
4. ↑ Zielonka J, Bravo IG, Marino D, Conrad E, Perkovic M, Battenberg M, Cichutek K, Munk C. Restriction of equine infectious anemia virus by equine APOBEC3 cytidine deaminases. J Virol. 2009 Aug;83(15):7547-59. doi: 10.1128/JVI.00015-09. Epub 2009 May 20. PMID:19458006 doi:10.1128/JVI.00015-09
5. ↑ Mbisa JL, Bu W, Pathak VK. APOBEC3F and APOBEC3G inhibit HIV-1 DNA integration by different mechanisms. J Virol. 2010 May;84(10):5250-9. doi: 10.1128/JVI.02358-09. Epub 2010 Mar 10. PMID:20219927 doi:10.1128/JVI.02358-09
6. ↑ Paprotka T, Venkatachari NJ, Chaipan C, Burdick R, Delviks-Frankenberry KA, Hu WS, Pathak VK. Inhibition of xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus by APOBEC3 proteins and antiviral drugs. J Virol. 2010 Jun;84(11):5719-29. doi: 10.1128/JVI.00134-10. Epub 2010 Mar 24. PMID:20335265 doi:10.1128/JVI.00134-10
7. ↑ Stenglein MD, Burns MB, Li M, Lengyel J, Harris RS. APOBEC3 proteins mediate the clearance of foreign DNA from human cells. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2010 Feb;17(2):222-9. doi: 10.1038/nsmb.1744. Epub 2010 Jan , 10. PMID:20062055 doi:10.1038/nsmb.1744
8. ↑ Guo JU, Su Y, Zhong C, Ming GL, Song H. Hydroxylation of 5-methylcytosine by TET1 promotes active DNA demethylation in the adult brain. Cell. 2011 Apr 29;145(3):423-34. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2011.03.022. Epub 2011 Apr, 14. PMID:21496894 doi:10.1016/j.cell.2011.03.022
9. ↑ Hultquist JF, Lengyel JA, Refsland EW, LaRue RS, Lackey L, Brown WL, Harris RS. Human and rhesus APOBEC3D, APOBEC3F, APOBEC3G, and APOBEC3H demonstrate a conserved capacity to restrict Vif-deficient HIV-1. J Virol. 2011 Nov;85(21):11220-34. doi: 10.1128/JVI.05238-11. Epub 2011 Aug 10. PMID:21835787 doi:10.1128/JVI.05238-11
10. ↑ Phalora PK, Sherer NM, Wolinsky SM, Swanson CM, Malim MH. HIV-1 replication and APOBEC3 antiviral activity are not regulated by P bodies. J Virol. 2012 Nov;86(21):11712-24. doi: 10.1128/JVI.00595-12. Epub 2012 Aug 22. PMID:22915799 doi:10.1128/JVI.00595-12
11. ↑ Refsland EW, Hultquist JF, Harris RS. Endogenous origins of HIV-1 G-to-A hypermutation and restriction in the nonpermissive T cell line CEM2n. PLoS Pathog. 2012;8(7):e1002800. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002800. Epub 2012 Jul, 12. PMID:22807680 doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1002800
12. ↑ Chaipan C, Smith JL, Hu WS, Pathak VK. APOBEC3G restricts HIV-1 to a greater extent than APOBEC3F and APOBEC3DE in human primary CD4+ T cells and macrophages. J Virol. 2013 Jan;87(1):444-53. doi: 10.1128/JVI.00676-12. Epub 2012 Oct 24. PMID:23097438 doi:10.1128/JVI.00676-12
13. ↑ Gillick K, Pollpeter D, Phalora P, Kim EY, Wolinsky SM, Malim MH. Suppression of HIV-1 infection by APOBEC3 proteins in primary human CD4(+) T cells is associated with inhibition of processive reverse transcription as well as excessive cytidine deamination. J Virol. 2013 Feb;87(3):1508-17. doi: 10.1128/JVI.02587-12. Epub 2012 Nov 14. PMID:23152537 doi:10.1128/JVI.02587-12