Resumen
APOBEC3G is a single-strand DNA cytosine deaminase capable of blocking retrovirus and retrotransposon replication. APOBEC3G has two conserved zinc-coordinating motifs but only one is required for catalysis. Here, deletion analyses revealed that the minimal catalytic domain consists of residues 198-384. Size exclusion assays indicated that this protein is monomeric. Many (31/69) alanine substitution derivatives of APOBEC3G198-384 retained significant to full levels of activity. These data corroborated an APOBEC2-based structural model for the catalytic domain of APOBEC3G indicating that most non-essential residues are solvent accessible and most essential residues cluster within the protein core.
Idioma original | English (US) |
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Páginas (desde-hasta) | 4761-4766 |
Número de páginas | 6 |
Publicación | FEBS Letters |
Volumen | 581 |
N.º | 24 |
DOI | |
Estado | Published - oct 2 2007 |
Publicado de forma externa | Sí |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Genetics
- Molecular Biology
- Biophysics
- Structural Biology
- Biochemistry
- Cell Biology