Control of the histone-acetyltransferase activity of Tip60 by the HIV-1 transactivator protein, Tat
Control of the histone-acetyltransferase activity of Tip60 by the HIV-1 transactivator protein, Tat
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DOI:
10.1021/bi9907274
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发表时间:
1999-07-06
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2.9
通讯作者:
Khochbin, S
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作者:
Creaven, M;Hans, F;Khochbin, S
Tip60, a cellular histone-acetyltransferase, is known to interact with the HIV-1-encoded transactivator protein, Tat. In this work, we show that the interaction of Tar with Tip60 efficiently inhibits the Tip60 histone-acetyltransferase activity. Besides its histone-acetyltransferase activity, Tip60 can undergo an autoacetylation which is not affected by Tat interaction. Our data show that Tip60 does not significantly influence Tat-dependent transcriptional activation of the S-LTR of HIV, suggesting that its interaction with Tat affects same intrinsic cellular process. We were then able to identify a cellular gene, Mn-dependent superoxide dismutase (Mn-SOD);that has a Tip60-dependent transcriptional activity. Interestingly, the simultaneous expression of Tat and Tip60 abolishes the effect of Tip60 on the activity of the Mn-SOD promoter. We postulate that the HIV-1 transactivator, Tat, in targeting Tip60 hinders the expression of cellular genes (such as Mn-SOD) which normally interfere with the efficient replication and propagation of the virus.