Table 1.

Intracellular Localization and Antiviral Spectrum for Selected Mx Proteins

Gene Accession no. Size (aa) Intracellular localization Antiviral specificity
Virus Family
MxA P20591 661CytoplasmInfluenza virus, Thogoto virus Orthomyxoviridae 1
Vesicular stomatitis virus Rhabdoviridae 2
Measles virus Paramyxoviridae 3
Hantaan virus Bunyaviridae 4
Coxsackievirus B4 Picornaviridae 5
Semliki Forest virus Togaviridae 6
MxB P20592 715Nucleus and cytoplasmInactive
Mx1 P09922 631NucleusInfluenza virus, Thogoto virus, Dhori virus Orthomyxoviridae 1
Mx2 NP_38634655CytoplasmVesicular stomatitis virus Rhabdoviridae 2
Hantann virus Bunyaviridae 4
Mx1 P18588 652NucleusInfluenza virus, Thogoto virus Orthomyxoviridae 1
Mx2 P18589 659CytoplasmVesicular stomatitis virus Rhabdoviridae 2
LaCrosse virus, Rift Valley fever virus Bunyaviridae 4
Mx3 P18590 659CytoplasmInactive
Mx Q92597 705CytoplasmInfluenza virus Orthomyxoviridae 1
Vesicular stomatitis virus Rhabdoviridae 2
Mx P33238 721Nucleus and cytoplasmInactive

[i] ped, negative-sense segmented RNA virus

[ii] ped, negative-sense non-segmented RNA virus

[iii] positive-sense non-segmented RNA virus

[iv] ped, positive-sense, non-segmented RNA virus