Title
Selective inhibition of Alu retrotransposition by APOBEC3G
Abstract
The non-LTR retrotransposon LINE-1 (L1) comprises ∼ 17% of the human genome, and the L1-encoded proteins can function in trans to mediate the retrotransposition of non-autonomous retrotransposons (i.e., Alu and probably SVA elements) and cellular mRNAs to generate processed pseudogenes. Here, we have examined the effect of APOBEC3G and APOBEC3F, cytidine deaminases that inhibit Vif-deficient HIV-1 replication, on Alu retrotransposition and other L1-mediated retrotransposition processes. We demonstrate that APOBEC3G selectively inhibits Alu retrotransposition in an ORF1p-independent manner. An active cytidine deaminase site is not required for the inhibition of Alu retrotransposition and the resultant integration events lack G to A or C to T hypermutation. These data demonstrate a differential restriction of L1 and Alu retrotransposition by APOBEC3G, and suggest that the Alu ribonucleoprotein complex may be targeted by APOBEC3G.
Document Type
Article
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gene.2006.08.032
Keywords
LINE-1, retrotransposon, APOBEC, transposable element
Publication Date
2007
Recommended Citation
Hulme, Amy E., Hal P. Bogerd, Bryan R. Cullen, and John V. Moran. "Selective inhibition of Alu retrotransposition by APOBEC3G." Gene 390, no. 1-2 (2007): 199-205.
Journal Title
Gene
