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"It is also able to function as anti-viral protein when its active site has been mutated so it can no longer mutate retroviral DNA." Comment: What is "It" in this sentence? APOBEC3G or Vif? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.159.73.164 ( talk) 04:05, 8 December 2008 (UTC) reply

"It" would be APOBEC3G which is the cellular factor that inhibits viral replication. Vif is the viral protein, in HIV-1, that counteract APOBEC3G. -- Corpshumain ( talk) 19:15, 8 March 2010 (UTC) reply

The top picture on the mechanism diagram appears to be pointing the green O to the wrong carbon atom.

173.25.54.191 ( talk) 02:42, 27 August 2014 (UTC) reply