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ArticlePloS one2014

Structural analysis of viral infectivity factor of HIV type 1 and its interaction with A3G, EloC and EloB.

Kauê Santana da Costa, Elcio Leal, Alberto Monteiro dos Santos, Anderson Henrique Lima e Lima, Cláudio Nahum Alves, Jerônimo Lameira

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Article in PloS one, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kauê Santana da CostaLaboratório de Planejamento e Desenvolvimento de Fármacos, Instituto de Ciências Exatas e Naturais- ICEN e Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brazil.
Elcio LealFaculdade de Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brazil.
Alberto Monteiro dos SantosLaboratório de Planejamento e Desenvolvimento de Fármacos, Instituto de Ciências Exatas e Naturais- ICEN e Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brazil.
Anderson Henrique Lima e LimaLaboratório de Planejamento e Desenvolvimento de Fármacos, Instituto de Ciências Exatas e Naturais- ICEN e Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brazil.
Cláudio Nahum AlvesLaboratório de Planejamento e Desenvolvimento de Fármacos, Instituto de Ciências Exatas e Naturais- ICEN e Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brazil.
Jerônimo LameiraLaboratório de Planejamento e Desenvolvimento de Fármacos, Instituto de Ciências Exatas e Naturais- ICEN e Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brazil ; Faculdade de Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brazil.
Universidade Federal do Pará · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe virion infectivity factor (Vif) is an accessory protein, which is essential for HIV replication in host cells. Vif neutralizes the antiviral host protein APOBEC3 through recruitment of the E3 ubiquitin ligase complex. METHODOLOGY: Fifty thousand Vif models were generated using the ab initio relax protocol of the Rosetta algorithm from sets of three- and nine-residue fragments using the fragment Monte Carlo insertion-simulated annealing strategy, which favors protein-like features, followed by an all-atom refinement. In the protocol, a constraints archive was used to define the spatial relationship between the side chains from Cys/His residues and zinc ions that formed the zinc-finger motif that is essential for Vif function. We also performed centroids analysis and structural analysis with respect to the formation of the zinc-finger, and the residue disposal in the protein binding domains. Additionally, molecular docking was used to explore details of Vif-A3G and Vif-EloBC interactions. Furthermore, molecular dynamics simulation was used to evaluate the stability of the complexes Vif-EloBC-A3G and Vif-EloC. PRINCIPAL

findingsThe zinc in the HCCH domain significantly alters the folding of Vif and changes the structural dynamics of the HCCH region. Ab initio modeling indicated that the Vif zinc-finger possibly displays tetrahedral geometry as suggested by Mehle et al. (2006). Our model also showed that the residues L146 and L149 of the BC-box motif bind to EloC by hydrophobic interactions, and the residue P162 of the PPLP motif is important to EloB binding. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: The model presented here is the first complete three-dimensional structure of the Vif. The interaction of Vif with the A3G protein and the EloBC complex is in agreement with empirical data that is currently available in the literature and could therefore provide valuable structural information for advances in rational drug design.

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APOBEC DeaminasesBinding SitesCytidine DeaminaseCytosine DeaminaseHIV-1Molecular Docking SimulationMolecular Dynamics SimulationMonte Carlo MethodProtein BindingProtein FoldingUbiquitin-Protein Ligasesvif Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency VirusVirulence FactorsZinc FingersAPOBEC3 proteins, humanAPOBEC DeaminasesCytidine DeaminaseCytosine DeaminaseUbiquitin-Protein Ligasesvif Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virusvif protein, Human immunodeficiency virus 1Virulence Factors

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PMID24586532
PMCPMC3935857
OpenAlexW1965436293

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