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ArticlePLoS pathogens2025

DHX15 inhibits mouse APOBEC3 deamination.

Wenming Zhao, Ayan Modak, Susan R Ross

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Article in PLoS pathogens, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Journal of virology · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Wenming ZhaoDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Illinois Chicago College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.
Ayan ModakDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Illinois Chicago College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.
Susan R RossDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Illinois Chicago College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-3094-3769

Funding

Role of APOBEC3 in in vivo Restriction of Retrovirus InfectionR01AI085015 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI ROSS, SUSAN R · 2010 to 2019
$3.9M
Role of DNA sensors in host anti-retroviral defenseR01AI121275 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI ROSS, SUSAN R · 2016 to 2020
$2.0M
Interplay between reverse transcription and host restrictionR01AI174538 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI ROSS, SUSAN R · 2023 to 2025
$1.6M
Acquisition of a Q-Exactive HF Mass SpectrometerS10OD027016 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI COLOGNA, STEPHANIE M · 2019 to 2019
$600k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI085015NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI121275NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI174538NIH HHS S10 OD027016
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

APOBEC3 family proteins are critical host factors that counteract and prevent the replication of retroviruses and other viruses through cytidine deamination. Human APOBEC3 proteins inactivate HIV-1 through the introduction of lethal mutations to viral genomes. In contrast, mouse APOBEC3 does not induce DNA hypermutation of murine retroviruses, although it retains functional cytidine deaminase activity. Why mouse APOBEC3 does not effectively deaminate murine retroviruses is still unknown. In this study, we found that the dead box helicase DHX15 interacts with mouse APOBEC3 and inhibits its deamination activity. DHX15 was packaged into murine leukemia virus (MLV) virions independent of its binding with APOBEC3. Moreover, DHX15 knockdown inhibited MLV replication and resulted in more G-to-A mutations in proviral DNA. Finally, DHX15 knockdown induced DNA damage in murine cells, suggesting that it plays a role in preserving genome integrity in cells expressing mouse APOBEC3 protein.

Indexed as

Cytidine DeaminaseCytosine DeaminaseDEAD-box RNA HelicasesLeukemia Virus, MurineAnimalsAPOBEC DeaminasesDeaminationDNA DamageHEK293 CellsHumansMiceVirus ReplicationApobec3 protein, mouseAPOBEC DeaminasesCytidine DeaminaseCytosine DeaminaseDEAD-box RNA Helicases

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PMID40168451
PMCPMC11990775

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