title: Tat, Tat-associated kinase, and transcription.
abstract: The HIV-1 Tat protein is an RNA-binding transcriptional transactivator. Recent findings suggest that Tat associates with a cellular kinase that phosphorylates the carboxyl-terminal domain of the largest subunit of RNA polymerase II. Here we review, in brief, the role of Tat-associated kinase in Tat-activated transcription. We discuss evidence that suggests involvement of TFIIH and/or P-TEFb.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Virology Section, Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892-0460, USA. kj7e@nih.gov
authors.forename: K T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Jeang
mesh_terms: D015967:Gene Expression Regulation, Viral; D015696:Gene Products, tat / Q000378:metabolism*; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D042925:Positive Transcriptional Elongation Factor B; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D012319:RNA Polymerase II / Q000378:metabolism; D051758:Transcription Factor TFIIH; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D019473:Transcription Factors, TFII; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D054322:tat Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus
chemical_list: D015696:Gene Products, tat; D014157:Transcription Factors; D019473:Transcription Factors, TFII; D054322:tat Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus; D051758:Transcription Factor TFIIH; D042925:Positive Transcriptional Elongation Factor B; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D012319:RNA Polymerase II