Dimerization regulates both deaminase-dependent and deaminase-independent HIV-1 restriction by APOBEC3G

APOBEC3G inhibits HIV-1 viral replication via catalytic and non-catalytic processes. Here the authors show that APOBEC3G binds single-stranded DNA as an active deaminase monomer, subsequently forming catalytic-inactive dimers that block reverse transcriptase-mediated DNA synthesis.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Michael Morse, Ran Huo, Yuqing Feng, Ioulia Rouzina, Linda Chelico, Mark C. Williams
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00501-y