title: TRIM5alpha.
abstract: TRIM5alpha protein blocks retroviral replication at early postentry stage reducing the accumulation of reverse transcriptase products. TRIM5alpha proteins of Old World primates restrict HIV-1 infection whereas TRIM5alpha proteins of most New World monkeys restrict SIV(mac) infection. TRIM5alpha protein has a RING domain, B-box 2 domain, coiled-coil domain, and PRYSPRY domain. The PRYSPRY domain of TRIM5alpha determines viral specificity and restriction potency by mediating recognition of the retroviral capsid. The coiled-coil domain is essential for TRIM5alpha oligomerization, which contributes to binding avidity for the viral capsid. The RING domain and B-box 2 domain are required for efficient restriction activity of TRIM5alpha protein but the mechanisms remain to be defined.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine, 2015 Uppergate Drive, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. bsong4@emory.edu
authors.forename: Byeongwoon
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Song
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000090103:Antiviral Restriction Factors; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D021984:Cyclophilin A / Q000502:physiology; D043603:DNA-(Apurinic or Apyrimidinic Site) Lyase / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D046988:Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex / Q000502:physiology; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D012192:Retroviridae Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000070584:Tripartite Motif Proteins; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases; D053586:Virus Internalization
chemical_list: D000090103:Antiviral Restriction Factors; D002352:Carrier Proteins; C103189:Fv1 protein, mouse; D011506:Proteins; D000070584:Tripartite Motif Proteins; C477346:TRIM5 protein, human; C482587:TRIM5(alpha) protein, rhesus monkey; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases; D046988:Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex; C085108:APEX1 protein, human; D043603:DNA-(Apurinic or Apyrimidinic Site) Lyase; D021984:Cyclophilin A