The HIV-1 Tat protein recruits a ubiquitin ligase to reorganize the 7SK snRNP for transcriptional activation

The HIV-1 Tat protein hijacks P-TEFb kinase to activate paused RNA polymerase II (RNAP II) at the viral promoter. Tat binds additional host factors, but it is unclear how they regulate RNAP II elongation. Here, we identify the cytoplasmic ubiquitin ligase UBE2O as critical for Tat transcriptional ac...

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Main Authors: Tyler B Faust, Yang Li, Curtis W Bacon, Gwendolyn M Jang, Amit Weiss, Bhargavi Jayaraman, Billy W Newton, Nevan J Krogan, Iván D'Orso, Alan D Frankel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2018-05-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/31879