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Molecular and Cellular Biology, January 2004, p. 787-795, Vol. 24, No. 2
0270-7306/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/MCB.24.2.787-795.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Dynamics of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Transcription: P-TEFb Phosphorylates RD and Dissociates Negative Effectors from the Transactivation Response Element

Koh Fujinaga,1,2* Dan Irwin,1 Yehong Huang,2 Ran Taube,1 Takeshi Kurosu,1 and B. Matija Peterlin1*

Departments of Medicine and of Microbiology and Immunology, Rosalind Russell Medical Research Center, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143-0703,1 Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, and Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-49602

Received 21 February 2003/ Returned for modification 18 June 2003/ Accepted 27 October 2003

The elongation of transcription is a highly regulated process that requires negative and positive effectors. By binding the double-stranded stem in the transactivation response (TAR) element, RD protein from the negative transcription elongation factor (NELF) inhibits basal transcription from the long terminal repeat of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIVLTR). Tat and its cellular cofactor, the positive transcription elongation factor b (P-TEFb), overcome this negative effect. Cdk9 in P-TEFb also phosphorylates RD at sites next to its RNA recognition motif. A mutant RD protein that mimics its phosphorylated form no longer binds TAR nor represses HIV transcription. In sharp contrast, a mutant RD protein that cannot be phosphorylated by P-TEFb functions as a dominant-negative effector and inhibits Tat transactivation. These results better define the transition from abortive to productive transcription and thus replication of HIV.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address for Koh Fujinaga: 2109 Adelbert Rd., RT200, Cleveland, OH 44106-4960. Phone: (216) 368-5259. Fax: (216) 368-3055. E-mail: kxf32{at}cwru.edu. Mailing address for B. Matija Peterlin: Box 0703, UCSF, 3rd and Parnassus Ave., San Francisco, CA 94143-0703. Phone: (415) 502-1905. Fax: (415) 502-1901. E-mail: matija{at}itsa.ucsf.edu.

Molecular and Cellular Biology, January 2004, p. 787-795, Vol. 24, No. 2
0022-538X/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/MCB.24.2.787-795.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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