Introduction: Phosphorylation of Tat by PKR enhanced Tat binding to TAR RNA and alanine mutations in Ser-62, Thr-64 and Ser-68 reduced Tat-mediated HIV-1 transcription activation.
Effect of HIV-1 Vif variability on progression to pediatric AIDS and its association with APOBEC3G and CUL5 polymorphisms.
PMID: 21571098
2011
Infection, genetics and evolution
Abstract: However, we detected an association of certain Vif alterations (a one amino acid insertion at position 61 and the substitutions A62D/N/S and Q136P) with an accelerated AIDS outcome.