Regulation of HIV-1 transcription by protein phosphatase 1
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2007
Abstract
The emergence of drug-resistant HIV-1 strains presents a challenge for the design of new drugs. Targeting host cell factors involved in the regulation of HIV-1 replication might be one way to overcome the resistance of HIV-1 to anti-viral agents. Our recent studies identified protein phosphatase-1 (PP1) as an important regulator of HIV-1 transcription. Transcription of HTV-1 genes is activated by HIV-1 Tat protein that induces phosphorylation of the C-terminal domain of RNA polymerase-II by CDK9/cyclin T1. We have shown that HIV-1 Tat binds PP1 in vitro; targets PP1 to the nucleus; and that Tat interaction with PP1 is important for HIV-1 transcription. In this review, we discuss two potential targets of PP1 in Tat-induced HIV-1 transcription: the C-terminal domain of RNA polymerase-II and CDK9. We also present a computer model of Tat-PP1 complex that might be useful for future drug design in anti-HIV-1 therapeutics. © 2007 Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
Recommended Citation
Nekhai, Sergei; Jerebtsova, Marina; Jackson, Angela; and Southerland, William, "Regulation of HIV-1 transcription by protein phosphatase 1" (2007). The Center For Sickle Cell Disease Faculty Publications. 167.
https://dh.howard.edu/sicklecell_fac/167
