title: Down-regulation of N-myristoyl transferase expression in human T-cell line CEM by human immunodeficiency virus type-1 infection.
abstract: The present study focuses on the expression level of N-myristoyl transferase (NMT) in the course of human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) infection. HIV-1 structural proteins were gradually expressed during the process of infection of the human T-cell line CEM, whereas the expression levels of NMT subsequently decreased under the same conditions. In addition, the chronically HIV-1-infected T-cell line CEM/LAV-1 exhibited low expression levels of NMT. We hypothesize that the decrease in the expression level of NMT due to HIV-1 infection may be related to the virus' strategy that leads to its persistent replication.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 5-1 Oe-Honmachi, 862-0973, Kumamoto, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takamune
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Misumi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shoji
mesh_terms: D000217:Acyltransferases / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D002460:Cell Line; D015536:Down-Regulation; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D015151:Immunoblotting; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000821:virology*
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D000217:Acyltransferases; C050480:glycylpeptide N-tetradecanoyltransferase