A Single Amino Acid Difference in the Host APOBEC3G Protein Controls the Primate Species Specificity of HIV Type 1 Virion Infectivity Factor

The HIV type 1 (HIV-1) virion infectivity factor (Vif) protein blocks the action of the host defense factor APOBEC3G in human cells, thereby allowing release of infectious virions, but fails to inhibit similar APOBEC3G proteins present in some simian cells. Conversely, the Vif protein encoded by the...

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Published in:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS 2004-03, Vol.101 (11), p.3770-3774
Main Authors: Bogerd, Hal P, Doehle, Brian P, Wiegand, Heather L, Cullen, Bryan R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Amino Acid Substitution
Amino acids
Animals
APOBEC-3G Deaminase
Biochemistry
Biological Sciences
Cell lines
Cercopithecus aethiops - metabolism
Chimeras
Cytidine Deaminase
HIV
HIV 1
HIV Infections - metabolism
HIV-1 - metabolism
Human immunodeficiency virus
Human immunodeficiency virus 1
Humans
Kidney cells
Macaca mulatta - metabolism
Mutation
Nucleoside Deaminases
Pan troglodytes - metabolism
Plasmids
Primates
Proteins
Proteins - genetics
Proteins - metabolism
Repressor Proteins
Simian immunodeficiency virus
Virions
Viruses
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Summary:The HIV type 1 (HIV-1) virion infectivity factor (Vif) protein blocks the action of the host defense factor APOBEC3G in human cells, thereby allowing release of infectious virions, but fails to inhibit similar APOBEC3G proteins present in some simian cells. Conversely, the Vif protein encoded by the African green monkey (agm) simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) can block agm APOBEC3G function but fails to inhibit human APOBEC3G. This difference plays a key role in determining the primate species tropism of HIV-1 and SIV agm. Here, we demonstrate that a single APOBEC3G residue, which is an aspartic acid in human APOBEC3G and a lysine in agm APOBEC3G, controls the ability of the HIV-1 Vif protein to bind and inactivate these host defense factors. These data identify a critical charged residue that plays a key role in mediating the formation of the distinct Vif:APOBEC3G complexes formed in human and simian cells. Moreover, these results suggest that the biological barrier preventing the entry of additional SIV into the human population as zoonotic infections is potentially quite fragile.
ISSN:0027-8424
1091-6490
DOI:10.1073/pnas.0307713101