APOBEC3G Polyclonal Antibody, FITC Conjugated

DNA deaminase (cytidine deaminase) which acts as an inhibitor of retrovirus replication and retrotransposon mobility via deaminase-dependent and -independent mechanisms. Exhibits potent antiviral activity against vif-deficient HIV-1. After the penetration of retroviral nucleocapsids into target cells of infection and the initiation of reverse transcription, it can induce the conversion of cytosine to uracil in the minus-sense single-strand viral DNA, leading to G-to-A hypermutations in the subsequent plus-strand viral DNA. The resultant detrimental levels of mutations in the proviral genome, along with a deamination-independent mechanism that works prior to the proviral integration, together exert efficient antiretroviral effects in infected target cells. Selectively targets single-stranded DNA and does not deaminate double-stranded DNA or single-or double-stranded RNA. Exhibits antiviral activity also against simian immunodeficiency viruses (SIVs), hepatitis B virus (HBV), equine infectious anemia virus (EIAV), xenotropic MuLV-related virus (XMRV) and simian foamy virus (SFV) . May inhibit the mobility of LTR and non-LTR retrotransposons.

A3G; ARCD; ARP9; ARP-9; CEM15; CEM-15; MDS019; bK150C2.7; dJ494G10.1; DNA dC->dU-editing enzyme APOBEC-3G; APOBEC-related cytidine deaminase; APOBEC-related protein; APOBEC-related protein 9; Deoxycytidine deaminase; APOBEC3G