A9Y661
Protein Vpu
UniProtKB/TrEMBL protein
Short name | A9Y661_HV1 |
Length | 86 amino acids |
Species | Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) |
Gene | vpu |
Function | Enhances virion budding by targeting host CD4 and Tetherin/BST2 to proteasome degradation. Degradation of CD4 prevents any unwanted premature interactions between viral Env and its host receptor CD4 in the endoplasmic reticulum. Degradation of antire... |
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Representative domains
phobius: NON_CYTOPLASMIC_DOMAIN
phobius: TRANSMEMBRANE
phobius: CYTOPLASMIC_DOMAIN
tmhmm: TMhelix
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