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ArticleJournal of molecular biology2009

Structural basis of HIV-1 activation by NF-kappaB--a higher-order complex of p50:RelA bound to the HIV-1 LTR.

James C Stroud, Amy Oltman, Aidong Han, Darren L Bates, Lin Chen

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Article in Journal of molecular biology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

48 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 80 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

James C StroudMolecular and Computational Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-2910, USA.
Amy Oltman
Aidong Han
Darren L Bates
Lin Chen
University of Southern California · USUniversity of Colorado Boulder · US

Funding

TRAINING IN SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION &CELL CYCLE REGULATIONT32GM008759 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER · PI AHN, NATALIE G. · 2000 to 2020
$5.9M
Predoctoral Training Program in Signaling and Cellular Regulation INCLUDE Down Syndrome SupplementT32GM142607 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO · PI Sabrina Leigh Spencer, Tin Tin Su · 2021 to 2026
$3.6M
Structural and Functional Versatility of NFATR01GM064642 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI CHEN, LIN · 2005 to 2014
$2.5M
Structure and Function of the FOXP Family of Transcription FactorsR01GM077320 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI CHEN, LIN · 2006 to 2009
$959k
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM064642NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM077320NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008759NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM142607
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The activation and latency of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) are tightly controlled by the transcriptional activity of its long terminal repeat (LTR) region. The LTR is regulated by viral proteins as well as host factors, including the nuclear factor kappaB (NF-kappaB) that becomes activated in virus-infected cells. The two tandem NF-kappaB sites of the LTR are among the most highly conserved sequence elements of the HIV-1 genome. Puzzlingly, these sites are arranged in a manner that seems to preclude simultaneous binding of both sites by NF-kappaB, although previous biochemical work suggests otherwise. Here, we have determined the crystal structure of p50:RelA bound to the tandem kappaB element of the HIV-1 LTR as a dimeric dimer, providing direct structural evidence that NF-kappaB can occupy both sites simultaneously. The two p50:RelA dimers bind the adjacent kappaB sites and interact through a protein contact that is accommodated by DNA bending. The two dimers clamp DNA from opposite faces of the double helix and form a topological trap of the bound DNA. Consistent with these structural features, our biochemical analyses indicate that p50:RelA binds the HIV-1 LTR tandem kappaB sites with an apparent anti-cooperativity but enhanced kinetic stability. The slow on and off rates we observe may be relevant to viral latency because viral activation requires sustained NF-kappaB activation. Furthermore, our work demonstrates that the specific arrangement of the two kappaB sites on the HIV-1 LTR can modulate the assembly kinetics of the higher-order NF-kappaB complex on the viral promoter. This phenomenon is unlikely restricted to the HIV-1 LTR but probably represents a general mechanism for the function of composite DNA elements in transcription.

Indexed as

HIV Long Terminal RepeatVirus ActivationCrystallography, X-RayDNA, ViralHIV-1Host-Pathogen InteractionsHumansModels, MolecularNF-kappa B p50 SubunitProtein BindingProtein MultimerizationProtein Structure, QuaternaryTranscription Factor RelADNA, ViralNF-kappa B p50 SubunitRELA protein, humanTranscription Factor RelA

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PMID19683540
PMCPMC2753696
OpenAlexW2138951933

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