[Molecular evolution of physiologically functioning anti-retroviral APOBEC3 deaminases].
Uirusu
; 62(1): 27-38, 2012 Jun.
Article
en Ja
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23189822
Recent in vivo findings clearly indicate that mammalian cytidine deaminase APOBEC3 can function as a physiological restriction factor to retrotransposons and infectious retroviruses. However, some retroviruses, including primate lentiviruses, have evolved to counter their natural host's APOBEC3. To survive this arms race, primates seem to have acquired multiple copies of APOBEC3 genes. Surprisingly, however, during the process of the diversification of rodent species, as well as the human race, some ancestral individuals acquired genetic variants that reduced the protein levels of APOBEC3 expression, and these variants currently show unexpectedly wide geographic distributions. These data suggest that in the absence of a heavy burden of infectious retroviruses, high-level expression of APOBEC3 cytidine deaminase might be costly to the integrity of the host genome.
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Retroviridae
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Replicación Viral
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Evolución Molecular
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Citidina Desaminasa
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Citosina Desaminasa
Límite:
Animals
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Humans
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Ja
Revista:
Uirusu
Año:
2012
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Japón
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Japón