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ArticleBioinformation2006

Paradigm development: comparative and predictive 3D modeling of HIV-1 Virion Infectivity Factor (Vif).

Seetharaaman Balaji, Rangaswamy Kalpana, Paul Shapshak

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Article in Bioinformation, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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  5. HIV-1 Vif interaction with APOBEC3 deaminases and its characterization by a new sensitive assay.Journal of neuroimmune pharmacology : the official journal of the Society on NeuroImmune Pharmacology · 2011
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3 authors.

Seetharaaman BalajiBioinformatics, School of Chemical and Biotechnology, SASTRA Deemed University, Thanjavur, Tamilnadu, India. blast_balaji@rediffmail.com
Rangaswamy Kalpana
Paul Shapshak

Funding

COMMUNITY DEPOSIT AND REVIEW OF BIOCHEMICAL DATABASESR01GM056529 · NIGMS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI KAZIC, TONI · 1997 to 2006
$2.4M
HIV INFECTION POTENTIAL /IDU-RELATED INJECTION MATERIALSR01DA012580 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI PAGE, JOHN BRYAN · 2000 to 2002
$1.2M
GENE EXPRESSION IN HIV ASSOCIATED DEMENTIA BRAINR21DA014533 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI SHAPSHAK, PAUL · 2001 to 2004
$795k
NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA012580NIDA NIH HHS R21 DA014533NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM056529
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obtaining structural information about Vif is of interest for several reasons that include the study of the interaction of Vif with APOBEC3G, a resistance factor. Vif is a potential drug target and its function is essential for the HIV-1 infectivity process. To study Vif mechanism of action, we need to decipher its structure. Pivotal in this approach is the painstaking prediction of its protein structure. The three-dimensional (3D) crystal structure for Vif has not been established. In order to understand its mechanism of action, information on the structure of Vif is very much needed. Therefore we undertook this study based on the hypothesis that information from structurally homologous proteins can be used to predict the 3D structure of Vif by computer modeling and threading. As a result the structure of HIV-1 Vif has been modeled and deposited in the theoretical models section and accepted with the PDB code 1VZF. Here, we present the results of the comparative modeling strategy we used to predict the 3D structure of Vif.

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PMID17597910
PMCPMC1891711

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