期刊
RNA BIOLOGY
卷 7, 期 6, 页码 754-774出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.4161/rna.7.6.14115
关键词
nucleocapsid protein; HIV-1; nucleic acid chaperone; reverse transcription; Gag; zinc fingers; tRNA(3)(Lys); APOBEC3G; retroviruses
资金
- NIH (Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
- NIH [GM065056]
The HIV-1 nucleocapsid protein (NC) is a nucleic acid chaperone, which remodels nucleic acid structures so that the most thermodynamically stable conformations are formed. This activity is essential for virus replication and has a critical role in mediating highly specific and efficient reverse transcription. NC's function in this process depends upon three properties: (1) ability to aggregate nucleic acids; (2) moderate duplex destabilization activity; and (3) rapid on-off binding kinetics. Here, we present a detailed molecular analysis of the individual events that occur during viral DNA synthesis and show how NC's properties are important for almost every step in the pathway. Finally, we also review biological aspects of reverse transcription during infection and the interplay between NC, reverse transcriptase and human APOBEC3G, an HIV-1 restriction factor that inhibits reverse transcription and virus replication in the absence of the HIV-1 Vif protein.
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