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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
卷 280, 期 31, 页码 28819-28826出版社
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M502712200
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- NIAID NIH HHS [AI54340] Funding Source: Medline
- NIGMS NIH HHS [GM35500] Funding Source: Medline
Positive transcription elongation factor b ( P-TEFb) regulates eukaryotic gene expression at the level of elongation, and is itself controlled by the reversible association of 7SK RNA and an RNA-binding protein, HEXIM1 or HEXIM2. To further understand how P-TEFb is regulated, we analyzed the stoichiometry of all the known components of the large, inactive P-TEFb complex. Mutational analyses of a putative coiled coil region in the carboxyl-terminal portion of HEXIM1 revealed that the protein is a dimer in solution and remains a dimer after binding to 7SK. Although a HEXIM1 dimer contains two potential RNA binding motifs and ultimately recruits two P-TEFb molecules, it associates with only one molecule of RNA. The first 172 nucleotides of the 330-nucleotide 7SK are sufficient to bind HEXIM1 or HEXIM2, and then recruit and inhibit P-TEFb. Deletion of the first 121 amino acids of HEXIM1 allowed it to inhibit P-TEFb partially in the absence of 7SK RNA. Mutation of a conserved tyrosine ( Tyr(271) in HEXIM1) to alanine or glutamate or mutation of a conserved phenylalanine ( Phe(208)) to alanine, aspartate, or lysine, resulted in loss of inhibition of P-TEFb, but did not affect formation of the 7SK(.)HEXIM(.)P-TEFb complex. Analysis of T-loop phosphorylation in Cdk9 indicated that phosphorylation of Thr(186), but not Ser(175), was essential for kinase activity and for recruitment of P-TEFb to the 7SK(.)HEXIM complex. A model illustrates what is currently known about how HEXIM proteins, 7SK, and P-TEFb assemble to maintain an activated kinase in a readily available, but inactive form.
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