Description
2',3'-Cyclic-nucleotide 3'-phosphodiesterase, also known as CNPase, is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the CNP gene. And this gene is mapped to 17q21.2. CNPase is named for its ability to catalyze the phosphodiester hydrolysis of 2',3'-cyclic nucleotides to 2'-nucleotides. CNPase is thought to play a critical role in the events leading up to myelination. Additionally, CNPase has been demonstrated to inhibit the replication of HIV-1 and other primate lentiviruses by binding the retroviral Gag protein and inhibiting the genesis of nascent viral particles