D316 is critical for the enzymatic activity and HIV-1 restriction potential of human and rhesus APOBEC3B

Rebecca M. McDougle, Judd F. Hultquist, Alex C. Stabell, Sara L. Sawyer, Reuben S. Harris

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Abstract

APOBEC3B is one of seven human APOBEC3 DNA cytosine deaminases that function to inhibit the replication and persistence of retroelements and retroviruses. Human APOBEC3B restricts the replication of HIV-1 in HEK293 cells, while our laboratory clone of rhesus macaque APOBEC3B did not. We mapped the restriction determinant to a single amino acid difference that alters enzymatic activity. Human APOBEC3B D316 is catalytically active and capable of restricting HIV-1 while rhesus APOBEC3B N316 is not; swapping these residues alters the activity and restriction phenotypes respectively. Genotyping of primate center rhesus macaques revealed uniform homozygosity for aspartate at position 316. Considering the C-to-T nature of the underlying mutation, we suspect that our rhesus APOBEC3B cDNA was inactivated by its own gene product during subcloning in Escherichia coli. This region has been previously characterized for its role in substrate specificity, but these data indicate it also has a fundamental role in deaminase activity.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)31-39
Number of pages9
JournalVirology
Volume441
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 20 2013
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • APOBEC3B
  • DNA cytosine deamination
  • Human immunodeficiency virus-type 1 (HIV-1)
  • Restriction factors
  • Rhesus macaque

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Virology

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