Virus Details


VHFID4000

Host Factor Information

Gene Name MED7
HF Protein Name Mediator of RNA polymerase II transcription subunit 7
HF Function Essential for viral replication
Uniprot ID O43513
Protein Sequence View Fasta Sequence
NCBI Gene ID 9443
Host Factor (HF) Name in Paper MED7
Gene synonyms ARC34 CRSP9
Ensemble Gene ID ENSG00000155868
Ensemble Transcript ENST00000286317;ENST00000420343
KEGG ID Go to KEGG Database
Gene Ontology ID(s) GO:0000151, GO:0001104, GO:0003713, GO:0005654, GO:0005667, GO:0006357, GO:0006367, GO:0016592, GO:0016604, GO:0019827, GO:0061630,
MINT ID O43513
STRING Click to see interaction map
GWAS Analysis Click to see gwas analysis
OMIM ID 605045
PANTHER ID PTHR21428
PDB ID(s) N.A.,
pfam ID PF05983,
Drug Bank ID N.A.,
ChEMBL ID N.A.
Organism Homo sapiens (Human)

Pathogen Information

Virus Name Human immunodeficiency virus 1
Virus Short Name HIV1
Order Unassigned
Virus Family Retroviridae
Virus Subfamily Orthoretrovirinae
Genus Lentivirus
Species Human immunodeficiency virus 1
Host Vertebrates
Cell Tropism CD4+ T cells, macrophages and dendritic cells
Associated Disease Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Mode of Transmission Sexual contact, blood, breast feeding
VIPR DB link N.A.
ICTV DB link https://talk.ictvonline.org/ictv-reports/ictv_9th_report/reverse-transcribing-dna-and-rna-viruses-2011/w/rt_viruses/161/retroviridae
Virus Host DB link http://www.genome.jp/virushostdb/view/?virus_lineage=Retroviridae

Publication Information

Paper Title Genome-scale RNAi screen for host factors required for HIV replication
Author's Name Honglin Zhou, Min Xu, Qian Huang, Adam T. Gates, Xiaohua D. Zhang, John C. Castle, Erica Stec, Marc Ferrer, Berta Strulovici, Daria J. Hazuda, and Amy S. Espeseth
Journal Name Cell Host and Microbe
Pubmed ID 18976975
Abstract Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 depends on the host cell machinery to support its replication. To discover cellular factors associated with HIV-1 replication, we conducted a genome-scale siRNA screen, revealing more than 311 host factors, including 267 that were not previously linked to HIV. Surprisingly, there was little overlap between these genes and the HIV dependency factors described recently. However, an analysis of the genes identified in both screens revealed overlaps in several of the associated pathways or protein complexes, including the SP1/mediator complex and the NF-kappaB signaling pathway. cDNAs for a subset of the identified genes were used to rescue HIV replication following knockdown of the cellular mRNA providing strong evidence that the following six genes are previously uncharacterized host factors for HIV: AKT1, PRKAA1, CD97, NEIL3, BMP2K, and SERPINB6. This study highlights both the power and shortcomings of large scale loss-of-function screens in discovering host-pathogen interactions.
Used Model HeLa cells
DOI 10.1016/j.chom.2008.10.004