title: Interactions of HIV-1 NEF with cellular signal transducing proteins.
abstract: Nef is a 27 - 34 kD myristoylated protein unique to primate lentiviruses. A functional Nef gene is important for development of high viremia and simian AIDS in SIV infected rhesus macaques (1). In a transgenic mouse model expression of Nef protein alone when expressed under a CD4-promoter is sufficient to cause an AIDS like disease (2). A critical role for Nef in development of AIDS in humans is suggested by the observation that some individuals with a long-term nonprogressive HIV-1 infection are infected with viruses carrying naturally occurring Nef deletions (3-5). The mechanism of Nef action remains incompletely understood, but multiple lines of evidence point out to a role in modulation of cellular signaling pathways via physical and functional interactions with host cell proteins.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medical Technology, University of Tampere, FIN-33101, Tampere, Finland.
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Renkema
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saksela
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D015704:CD4 Antigens / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015693:Gene Products, nef / Q000378:metabolism*; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000378:metabolism*; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D054311:nef Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus; D018909:src Homology Domains
chemical_list: D015704:CD4 Antigens; D015693:Gene Products, nef; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I; D011506:Proteins; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell; D054311:nef Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases