Biology:APOBEC3D

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Short description: Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


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Probable DNA dC->dU-editing enzyme APOBEC-3D is a protein that in humans is encoded by the APOBEC3D gene.[1][2]

This gene is a member of the cytidine deaminase gene family. It is one of seven related genes or pseudogenes found in a cluster, thought to result from gene duplication, on chromosome 22. Members of the cluster encode proteins that are structurally and functionally related to the C to U RNA-editing cytidine deaminase APOBEC1 and inhibit retroviruses, such as HIV, by deaminating cytosine residues in nascent retroviral cDNA.[2]

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Identification of APOBEC3DE as another antiretroviral factor from the human APOBEC family. Dang Y, Wang X, Esselman WJ, Zheng YH. J Virol. 2006 Nov;80(21):10522-33. doi: 10.1128/JVI.01123-06. Epub 2006 Aug 18.

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