title: Wild-type and mutant HIV-1 and HIV-2 Tat proteins expressed in Escherichia coli as fusions with glutathione S-transferase.
abstract: Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and HIV-2 encode related transcriptional activators known as Tat-1 and Tat-2, respectively, that are required for efficient viral replication. The Tat proteins have been studied extensively, and it appears that their mechanism of action is unique to the primate immunodeficiency viruses or a few distantly related lentiviruses. Here we describe a collection of 24 wild-type and mutant Tat-1 and Tat-2 proteins that are expressed in Escherichia coli as fusions with glutathione S-transferase (GST). The GST-Tat fusions can be used for biochemical studies after simple purification from E. coli lysates in a single step under nondenaturing conditions. The availability of these GST-Tat fusions should be useful to investigators examining biochemical properties of Tat-1 and Tat-2 proteins. E. coli cultures harboring GST-Tat fusions described here are available through the National Institute of Health AIDS Research and Reference Reagent Program.
authors.affiliation: Division of Molecular Virology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rhim
authors.forename: C O
authors.initials: CO
authors.lastname: Echetebu
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Herrmann
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Rice
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D005091:Exons; D015870:Gene Expression; D015696:Gene Products, tat / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D015756:Genes, tat; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000378:metabolism*; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D015498:HIV-2 / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000378:metabolism; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; 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; D005982:Glutathione Transferase