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Molecular and Cellular Biology, September 1999, p. 5960-5968, Vol. 19, No. 9
0270-7306/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Tat-SF1 Protein Associates with RAP30 and Human SPT5 Proteins

Jae B. Kim,1 Yuki Yamaguchi,2 Tadashi Wada,2 Hiroshi Handa,2 and Phillip A. Sharp1,*

Center for Cancer Research, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139,1 and Faculty of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Midori-Ku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan2

Received 5 April 1999/Returned for modification 17 May 1999/Accepted 9 June 1999

The potent transactivator Tat recognizes the transactivation response RNA element (TAR) of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 and stimulates the processivity of elongation of RNA polymerase (Pol) II complexes. The cellular proteins Tat-SF1 and human SPT5 (hSPT5) are required for Tat activation as shown by immunodepletion with specific sera and complementation with recombinant proteins. In nuclear extracts, small fractions of both hSPT5 and Pol II are associated with Tat-SF1 protein. Surprisingly, the RAP30 protein of the heterodimeric transcription TFIIF factor is associated with Tat-SF1, while the RAP74 subunit of TFIIF is not coimmunoprecipitated with Tat-SF1. Overexpression of Tat-SF1 and hSPT5 specifically stimulates the transcriptional activity of Tat in vivo. These results suggest that Tat-SF1 and hSPT5 are indispensable cellular factors supporting Tat-specific transcription activation and that they may interact with RAP30 in controlling elongation.


* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139. Phone: (617) 253-6421. Fax: (617) 253-3867. E-mail: sharppa{at}mit.edu.


Molecular and Cellular Biology, September 1999, p. 5960-5968, Vol. 19, No. 9
0270-7306/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.



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