Vpu

viral protein U(English)

  • produces a protein of 16 kDa that consists of 82 AA. It is a type-1 integral membrane phosphoprotein unique to HIV. The genomic location is from nucleotide 5608–5856, and it consists of 248 nucleotides. It enhances pathogenesis in vivo, even though it is not an essential protein. The protein usually gets expressed during replication in the host cell
  • AA, HIV
  • Biochemistry, Virology
  • https://doi.org…16002-6.00009-2