title: Tat-SF1: cofactor for stimulation of transcriptional elongation by HIV-1 Tat.
abstract: Tat may stimulate transcriptional elongation by recruitment of a complex containing Tat-SF1 and a kinase to the human immunodeficiency virus-type 1 (HIV-1) promoter through a Tat-TAR interaction. A complementary DNA for the cellular activity, Tat-SF1, has been isolated. This factor is required for Tat trans-activation and is a substrate of an associated cellular kinase. Cotransfection with the complementary DNA for Tat-SF1 specifically modulates Tat activation. Tat-SF1 contains two RNA recognition motifs and a highly acidic carboxyl-terminal half. It is distantly related to EWS and FUS/TLS, members of a family of putative transcription factors with RNA recognition motifs that are associated with sarcomas.
authors.affiliation: Center for Cancer Research and Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Sharp
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D015870:Gene Expression; D015696:Gene Products, tat / Q000235:genetics*; D016325:HIV Long Terminal Repeat; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000235:genetics*; D006367:HeLa Cells; D034441:Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoproteins; D006801:Humans; D015151:Immunoblotting; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000378:metabolism; D034802:RNA-Binding Protein EWS; D034702:RNA-Binding Protein FUS; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins / Q000737:chemistry; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D015533:Transcriptional Activation; D014162:Transfection; D054322:tat Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D015696:Gene Products, tat; C101819:HTATSF1 protein, human; D034441:Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoproteins; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D012367:RNA, Viral; D034802:RNA-Binding Protein EWS; D034702:RNA-Binding Protein FUS; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins; D015534:Trans-Activators; D054322:tat Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus; D011494:Protein Kinases