Insights into HIV-1 proviral transcription from integrative structure and dynamics of the Tat:AFF4:P-TEFb:TAR complex

HIV-1 Tat hijacks the human superelongation complex (SEC) to promote proviral transcription. Here we report the 5.9 Å structure of HIV-1 TAR in complex with HIV-1 Tat and human AFF4, CDK9, and CycT1. The TAR central loop contacts the CycT1 Tat-TAR recognition motif (TRM) and the second Tat Zn2+-bind...

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Main Authors: Ursula Schulze-Gahmen, Ignacia Echeverria, Goran Stjepanovic, Yun Bai, Huasong Lu, Dina Schneidman-Duhovny, Jennifer A Doudna, Qiang Zhou, Andrej Sali, James H Hurley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2016-10-01
Series:eLife
Subjects:
HDX
Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/15910