HIV reprograms host m6Am RNA methylome by viral Vpr protein-mediated degradation of PCIF1

m6Am is a modification of the 5′ end of mRNAs catalyzed by PCIF1. Here, Zhang et al. show that HIV infection induces a decrease in m6Am of cellular mRNAs through Vpr-mediated PCIF1 ubiquitination and degradation, resulting in increased HIV replication through regulation of host transcription factors...

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Main Authors: Qiong Zhang, Yuqi Kang, Shaobo Wang, Gwendolyn Michelle Gonzalez, Wanyu Li, Hui Hui, Yinsheng Wang, Tariq M. Rana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25683-4