Characterization of recombinant HIV-1 Tat and its interaction with TAR RNA.
Characterization of recombinant HIV-1 Tat and its interaction with TAR RNA.
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重组 HIV-1 Tat 的表征及其与 TAR RNA 的相互作用。
DOI:
10.1021/bi00163a014
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发表时间:
1992
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Nalin,CM
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作者:
Slice,LW;Codner,E;Antelman,D;Holly,M;Wegrzynski,B;Wang,J;Toome,V;Hsu,MC;Nalin,CM
Revised Manuscript Received August 17, 1992 abstract: Recombinant HIV-1 Tat (Tat 1-86) has been purified from the cytoplasmic fractionof Escherichia coli without the use of protein denaturants or chaotropic agents. Chloroquine-mediated uptake of the purified protein into cells resulted in transactivation. of the HIV LTR promoter. Tat retains 1.64 mol of Zn2+/mol of protein by atomic absorption spectroscopy. Circular dichroism measurements indicatedthat the structure of recombinant Tat contains 15-20% a-helix. Filter binding assays showed that Tat binds to a 63-nucleotide target TAR RNA with a dissociation constant (Ad) of 10 nM at 25░ C, 0.05 M ionic strength, pH 7.5, in a 1: 1 Tat-TAR RNA stoichiometry. Nonelectrostatic interactions provide the principal source of free energy of association. While the pH optimum occurs over a wide H+ concentration, the salt dependence of Ka indicates formation of a single ion pair. UV-induced protein-RNA cross-linking produced a labeled Tat-TAR RNA adduct, indicating that direct contact occurred between the Tat protein and TAR RNA.The Tat protein of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) 1 type 1 is a virally encoded protein expressed in infected cells. The protein is essential for viral replication (Arya et al., 1985; Sodroski et al., 1985; Fisher et al., 1986; Dayton et al., 1986; Sadai et al., 1988). Tat is a transcription transactivator for the HIV-1 LTR promoter which contains the cis-acting responsive sequence TAR downstream from the transcription start site (Cullen, 1986; Peterlin et al., 1986; Rice & Mathews, 1988; Jakobovits et al., 1988; Feng & Holland, 1988; Hauber & Cullen, 1988). The protein up-regulates HIV-1viral