ArticlePLoS pathogens2016
A Single Nucleotide Polymorphism in Human APOBEC3C Enhances Restriction of Lentiviruses.
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- Multiple Inhibitory Factors Act in the Late Phase of HIV-1 Replication: a Systematic Review of the Literature.Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR · 2018Pooled it
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- Characterization of a synthetic infectious cloned DNA of simian foamy virus serotype 1.Npj viruses · 2025Article
- APOBEC3-Related Editing and Non-Editing Determinants of HIV-1 and HTLV-1 Restriction.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Variability in HIV-1 transmitted/founder virus susceptibility to combined APOBEC3F and APOBEC3G host restriction.Journal of virology · 2025Article
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- The role of distinct APOBEC/ADAR mRNA levels in mutational signatures linked to aging and ultraviolet radiation.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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- APOBEC3 degradation is the primary function of HIV-1 Vif for virus replication in the myeloid cell line THP-1.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2023Article
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- Antiretroviral APOBEC3 cytidine deaminases alter HIV-1 provirus integration site profiles.Nature communications · 2023Article
- APOBEC3C, a nucleolar protein induced by genotoxins, is excluded from DNA damage sites.The FEBS journal · 2022Article
- Divergence in Dimerization and Activity of Primate APOBEC3C.Journal of molecular biology · 2021Article
- Human APOBEC3 Variations and Viral Infection.Viruses · 2021Review
- Examination of the APOBEC3 Barrier to Cross Species Transmission of Primate Lentiviruses.Viruses · 2021Review
- Highly-potent, synthetic APOBEC3s restrict HIV-1 through deamination-independent mechanisms.PLoS pathogens · 2021Article
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- APOBEC1 cytosine deaminase activity on single-stranded DNA is suppressed by replication protein A.Nucleic acids research · 2021Article
- Potential Utilization of APOBEC3-Mediated Mutagenesis for an HIV-1 Functional Cure.Frontiers in microbiology · 2021Review
- Retroviral Restriction Factors and Their Viral Targets: Restriction Strategies and Evolutionary Adaptations.Microorganisms · 2020Review
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Abstract
Humans express seven human APOBEC3 proteins, which can inhibit viruses and endogenous retroelements through cytidine deaminase activity. The seven paralogs differ in the potency of their antiviral effects, as well as in their antiviral targets. One APOBEC3, APOBEC3C, is exceptional as it has been found to only weakly block viruses and endogenous retroelements compared to other APOBEC3s. However, our positive selection analyses suggest that APOBEC3C has played a role in pathogen defense during primate evolution. Here, we describe a single nucleotide polymorphism in human APOBEC3C, a change from serine to isoleucine at position 188 (I188) that confers potent antiviral activity against HIV-1. The gain-of-function APOBEC3C SNP results in increased enzymatic activity and hypermutation of target sequences when tested in vitro, and correlates with increased dimerization of the protein. The I188 is widely distributed in human African populations, and is the ancestral primate allele, but is not found in chimpanzees or gorillas. Thus, while other hominids have lost activity of this antiviral gene, it has been maintained, or re-acquired, as a more active antiviral gene in a subset of humans. Taken together, our results suggest that APOBEC3C is in fact involved in protecting hosts from lentiviruses.
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