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How resting T cells deMURR HIV infection

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Murr1, a protein linked to copper homeostasis, is shown in a recent Nature paper to inhibit the degradation of IκBα. This unexpected action of Murr1, which blunts both basal and stimulus-coupled activation of the NF-κB transcription factor, is key in making resting CD4 T lymphocytes nonpermissive for HIV infection.

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Figure 1: Interaction of Murr1 with IκBα through its ankyrin repeat domain and with the cullin1 component of the E3 ligase complex (β-TrCP1–Skp1–Cul1–Rbx1–E2-Ub), which mediates the polyubiquitylation of phospho-IκBα.

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