The role of APOBECs in viral replication

WK Xu, H Byun, JP Dudley - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
Apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing enzyme catalytic polypeptide-like (APOBEC) proteins are a
diverse and evolutionarily conserved family of cytidine deaminases that provide a variety of …

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 …

The cytidine deaminase APOBEC3G contributes to cancer mutagenesis and clonal evolution in bladder cancer

W Liu, KP Newhall, F Khani, LM Barlow, D Nguyen… - Cancer Research, 2023 - AACR
Mutagenic processes leave distinct signatures in cancer genomes. The mutational
signatures attributed to APOBEC3 cytidine deaminases are pervasive in human cancers …

DNA deamination is required for human APOBEC3A-driven hepatocellular carcinoma in vivo

JA Naumann, PP Argyris, MA Carpenter… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Although the APOBEC3 family of single-stranded DNA cytosine deaminases is well-known
for its antiviral factors, these enzymes are rapidly gaining attention as prominent sources of …

The APOBEC3 genes and their role in cancer: insights from human papillomavirus

NJ Smith, TR Fenton - Journal of molecular endocrinology, 2019 - jme.bioscientifica.com
The interaction between human papillomaviruses (HPV) and the apolipoprotein-B mRNA-
editing catalytic polypeptide-like (APOBEC) 3 (A3) genes has garnered increasing attention …

Friend retrovirus studies reveal complex interactions between intrinsic, innate and adaptive immunity

U Dittmer, K Sutter, G Kassiotis… - FEMS microbiology …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT Approximately 4.4% of the human genome is comprised of endogenous
retroviral sequences, a record of an evolutionary battle between man and retroviruses. Much …

Elucidating the antiviral mechanism of different MARCH factors

S Umthong, B Lynch, U Timilsina, B Waxman, EB Ivey… - MBio, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
The membrane-associated RING-CH (MARCH) proteins belong to a family of E3 ubiquitin
ligases, whose main function is to remove transmembrane proteins from the plasma …

SERINC5 Potently Restricts Retrovirus Infection In Vivo

U Timilsina, S Umthong, B Lynch, A Stablewski… - MBio, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
The ser ine inc orporator (SERINC) proteins are multipass transmembrane proteins that
affect sphingolipid and phosphatidylserine synthesis. Human SERINC5 and SERINC3 were …

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 …

Mouse APOBEC3 restriction of retroviruses

K Salas-Briceno, W Zhao, SR Ross - Viruses, 2020 - mdpi.com
Apolipoprotein B mRNA editing enzyme, catalytic peptide 3 (APOBEC3) proteins are critical
host proteins that counteract and prevent the replication of retroviruses. Unlike the genome …