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SUBMITTER: Maillard PV
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2156100 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Maillard Pierre V PV Reynard Séverine S Serhan Fatima F Turelli Priscilla P Trono Didier D
PLoS pathogens 20071201 12
TRIM5alpha is a restriction factor that limits infection of human cells by so-called N- but not B- or NB-tropic strains of murine leukemia virus (MLV). Here, we performed a mutation-based functional analysis of TRIM5alpha-mediated MLV restriction. Our results reveal that changes at tyrosine(336) of human TRIM5alpha, within the variable region 1 of its C-terminal PRYSPRY domain, can expand its activity to B-MLV and to the NB-tropic Moloney MLV. Conversely, we demonstrate that the escape of MLV fr ...[more]