| Literature DB >> 1457403 |
L W Slice1, E Codner, D Antelman, M Holly, B Wegrzynski, J Wang, V Toome, M C Hsu, C M Nalin.
Abstract
Recombinant HIV-1 Tat (Tat 1-86) has been purified from the cytoplasmic fraction of Escherichia coli without the use of protein denaturants or chaotropic agents. Chloroquine-mediated uptake of the purified protein into cells resulted in transactivation of the HIV LTR promoter. Tat retains 1.64 mol of Zn2+/mol of protein by atomic absorption spectroscopy. Circular dichroism measurements indicated that the structure of recombinant Tat contains 15-20% alpha-helix. Filter binding assays showed that Tat binds to a 63-nucleotide target TAR RNA with a dissociation constant (Kd) of 10 nM at 25 degrees C, 0.05 M ionic strength, pH 7.5, in a 1:1 Tat-TAR RNA stoichiometry. Nonelectrostatic interactions provide the principal source of free energy of association. While the pH optimum occurs over a wide H+ concentration, the salt dependence of Kd indicates formation of a single ion pair. UV-induced protein-RNA cross-linking produced a labeled Tat-TAR RNA adduct, indicating that direct contact occurred between the Tat protein and TAR RNA.Entities:
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Year: 1992 PMID： 1457403 DOI： 10.1021/bi00163a014
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochemistry ISSN： 0006-2960 Impact factor: 3.162