1mnb

From Proteopedia

BIV TAT PEPTIDE (RESIDUES 68-81), NMR, MINIMIZED AVERAGE STRUCTURE

PDB ID 1mnb

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Structural highlights

1mnb is a 2 chain structure. Full experimental information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Method:	Solution NMR
Resources:	FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT

Function

TAT_BIV29 Nuclear transcriptional activator of viral gene expression, that is essential for viral transcription from the LTR promoter and replication. Acts as a sequence-specific molecular adapter, directing components of the cellular transcription machinery to the viral RNA to promote processive transcription elongation by the RNA polymerase II (RNA pol II) complex, thereby increasing the level of full-length transcripts. Tat binds to a hairpin structure at the 5'-end of all nascent viral mRNAs referred to as the transactivation responsive RNA element (TAR RNA) in a CCNT1-independent mode. Tat then recruits the CCNT1/cyclin-T1 component of the P-TEFb complex (CDK9 and CCNT1), which promotes RNA chain elongation. The CDK9 component of P-TEFb hyperphosphorylates the C-terminus of RNA Pol II that becomes stabilized and much more processive (Probable).^[1]

Publication Abstract from PubMed

The Tat protein of bovine immunodeficiency virus (BIV) binds to its target RNA, TAR, and activates transcription. A 14-amino acid arginine-rich peptide corresponding to the RNA-binding domain of BIV Tat binds specifically to BIV TAR, and biochemical and in vivo experiments have identified the amino acids and nucleotides required for binding. The solution structure of the RNA-peptide complex has now been determined by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. TAR forms a virtually continuous A-form helix with two unstacked bulged nucleotides. The peptide adopts a beta-turn conformation and sits in the major groove of the RNA. Specific contacts are apparent between critical amino acids in the peptide and bases and phosphates in the RNA. The structure is consistent with all biochemical data and demonstrates ways in which proteins can recognize the major groove of RNA.

Solution structure of a bovine immunodeficiency virus Tat-TAR peptide-RNA complex.,Puglisi JD, Chen L, Blanchard S, Frankel AD Science. 1995 Nov 17;270(5239):1200-3. PMID:7502045^[2]

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

References

↑ Barboric M, Taube R, Nekrep N, Fujinaga K, Peterlin BM. Binding of Tat to TAR and recruitment of positive transcription elongation factor b occur independently in bovine immunodeficiency virus. J Virol. 2000 Jul;74(13):6039-44. PMID:10846086
↑ Puglisi JD, Chen L, Blanchard S, Frankel AD. Solution structure of a bovine immunodeficiency virus Tat-TAR peptide-RNA complex. Science. 1995 Nov 17;270(5239):1200-3. PMID:7502045