Nature Communications (Jan 2017)

The tumour suppressor APC promotes HIV-1 assembly via interaction with Gag precursor protein

  • Kei Miyakawa,
  • Mayuko Nishi,
  • Satoko Matsunaga,
  • Akiko Okayama,
  • Masaki Anraku,
  • Ayumi Kudoh,
  • Hisashi Hirano,
  • Hirokazu Kimura,
  • Yuko Morikawa,
  • Naoki Yamamoto,
  • Akira Ono,
  • Akihide Ryo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14259
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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The tumour suppressor APC is a multifunctional protein implicated in intracellular localization of mRNAs and WNT signalling. Here, Miyakawaet al. show that, via interaction with the HIV Gag precursor protein, APC promotes membrane targeting of viral components and cell-to-cell spread of HIV.