Human APOBEC3 variations and viral infection

S Sadeghpour, S Khodaee, M Rahnama, H Rahimi… - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Human APOBEC3 (apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing catalytic polypeptide-like 3) enzymes
are capable of inhibiting a wide range of endogenous and exogenous viruses using …

The spectrum of APOBEC3 activity: From anti-viral agents to anti-cancer opportunities

AM Green, MD Weitzman - DNA repair, 2019 - Elsevier
The APOBEC3 family of cytosine deaminases are part of the innate immune response to
viral infection, but also have the capacity to damage cellular DNA. Detection of mutational …

Competition for DNA binding between the genome protector replication protein A and the genome modifying APOBEC3 single-stranded DNA deaminases

L Wong, A Sami, L Chelico - Nucleic Acids Research, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The human APOBEC family of eleven cytosine deaminases use RNA and single-stranded
DNA (ssDNA) as substrates to deaminate cytosine to uracil. This deamination event has …

Deamination hotspots among APOBEC3 family members are defined by both target site sequence context and ssDNA secondary structure

YZ McDaniel, D Wang, RP Love… - Nucleic acids …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The human apolipoprotein B mRNA editing enzyme, catalytic polypeptide-like 3 (APOBEC3,
A3) family member proteins can deaminate cytosines in single-strand (ss) DNA, which …

The role of APOBECs in viral replication

WK Xu, H Byun, JP Dudley - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
Apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing enzyme catalytic polypeptide-like (APOBEC) proteins are a
diverse and evolutionarily conserved family of cytidine deaminases that provide a variety of …

Predicting mammalian species at risk of being infected by SARS-CoV-2 from an ACE2 perspective

Y Wei, P Aris, H Farookhi, X Xia - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
SARS-CoV-2 can transmit efficiently in humans, but it is less clear which other mammals are
at risk of being infected. SARS-CoV-2 encodes a Spike (S) protein that binds to human …

The interesting relationship between APOBEC3 deoxycytidine deaminases and cancer: a long road ahead

M Granadillo Rodriguez, B Flath… - Open Biology, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Cancer is considered a group of diseases characterized by uncontrolled growth and spread
of abnormal cells and is propelled by somatic mutations. Apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing …

Repair of multiple simultaneous double-strand breaks causes bursts of genome-wide clustered hypermutation

CJ Sakofsky, N Saini, LJ Klimczak, K Chan… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
A single cancer genome can harbor thousands of clustered mutations. Mutation signature
analyses have revealed that the origin of clusters are lesions in long tracts of single …

Replication catastrophe induced by cyclic hypoxia leads to increased APOBEC3B activity

SB Bader, TS Ma, CJ Simpson, J Liang… - Nucleic acids …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Tumor heterogeneity includes variable and fluctuating oxygen concentrations, which result
in the accumulation of hypoxic regions in most solid tumors. Tumor hypoxia leads to …

Protein interaction map of APOBEC3 enzyme family reveals deamination-independent role in cellular function

GM Jang, AKA Sudarsan, A Shayeganmehr… - Molecular & Cellular …, 2024 - ASBMB
Human APOBEC3 enzymes are a family of single-stranded (ss) DNA and RNA cytidine
deaminases that act as part of the intrinsic immunity against viruses and retroelements …