title: The basic RNA-binding domain of HIV-2 Tat contributes to preferential trans-activation of a TAR2-containing LTR.
abstract: Human immunodeficiency viruses HIV-1 and HIV-2 encode a Tat protein that trans-activates the respective viral genome through RNA targets (TAR1 and TAR2). Tat-1 and Tat-2 have considerable homology. However, an interesting biological observation has been that Tat-1 activates the HIV-1 and HIV-2 LTRs equally while Tat-2 activates the former, in comparison to the latter, poorly. Here, we present evidence that it is the TAR2 RNA target together with the basic RNA-binding protein domain of Tat-2 that dictate this non-reciprocity in trans-activation.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD 20892.
authors.forename: Y N
authors.initials: YN
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: K T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Jeang
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001120:Arginine / Q000378:metabolism; D001665:Binding Sites / Q000235:genetics; D015696:Gene Products, tat / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D016325:HIV Long Terminal Repeat / Q000235:genetics*; D015498:HIV-2 / Q000235:genetics*; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000378:metabolism*; D011869:Radioligand Assay; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D015533:Transcriptional Activation / Q000235:genetics*; D054322:tat Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus
chemical_list: D015696:Gene Products, tat; D012367:RNA, Viral; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D054322:tat Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus; D001120:Arginine