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Dendrogram of various classes of endogenous retroviruses. Endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) are endogenous viral elements in the genome that closely resemble and can be derived from retroviruses. They are abundant in the genomes of jawed vertebrates, and they comprise up to 5–8% of the human genome (lower estimates of ~1%). [1] [2]
Syncytin-2 also known as endogenous retrovirus group FRD member 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ERVFRD-1 gene. [5] This protein plays a key role in the implantation of human embryos in the womb. [6] This gene is conserved among all primates, with an estimated age of 45 million years. The receptor for this fusogenic env protein ...
100271846 n/a Ensembl ENSG00000268964 n/a UniProt B6SEH9 n/a RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001191055 n/a RefSeq (protein) NP_001177984 n/a Location (UCSC) Chr 19: 53.04 – 53.05 Mb n/a PubMed search n/a Wikidata View/Edit Human Endogenous retrovirus group V member 2, envelope is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ERVV-2 gene. Function Many human endogenous retrovirus (HERV) families are expressed ...
Syncytin-1 also known as enverin is a protein found in humans and other primates that is encoded by the ERVW-1 gene (endogenous retrovirus group W envelope member 1). Syncytin-1 is a cell-cell fusion protein whose function is best characterized in placental development.
A retrovirus is a type of virus that inserts a DNA copy of its RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell that it invades, thus changing the genome of that cell. [2] After invading a host cell's cytoplasm, the virus uses its own reverse transcriptase enzyme to produce DNA from its RNA genome, the reverse of the usual pattern, thus retro (backward).
The human endogenous retrovirus K (HERV-K) was inherited million years ago by the genome of the human ancestors. [18] In 1999 Barbulescu, et al. showed that, of ten HERV-K proviruses cloned, eight were unique to humans, while one was shared with chimpanzees and bonobos, and one with chimpanzees, bonobos and gorillas. [19]
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In humans this protein is called syncytin, and is encoded by an endogenous retrovirus called on chromosome seven. Remarkably, the capture of syncytin or syncytin-like genes has occurred independently, from different groups of endogenous retroviruses, in diverse mammalian lineages .
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