protein Vpx (viral protein X, X ORF protein)

Function

• role in nuclear translocation of HIV viral pre-integration complex
• required for HIV virus to infect non-dividing cell
• virus replication (putative)
• interacts with the P6 region of unprocessed GAG

Virion, nucleus just after virion uncoating, or if expressed in absence of unprocessed GAG

More general terms

• retroviridae protein

Database

• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P05915.html
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P06939.html
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P12454.html
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P15836.html
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P17760.html
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P18045.html
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P18099.html
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P20881.html
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P24110.html
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q74122.html
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q76636.html
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q89721.html