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. 2005 Aug 19;19(4):535-45.
doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2005.06.029.

Recruitment of P-TEFb for stimulation of transcriptional elongation by the bromodomain protein Brd4

Zhiyuan Yang  1 , Jasper H N Yik, Ruichuan Chen, Nanhai He, Moon Kyoo Jang, Keiko Ozato, Qiang Zhou
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Recruitment of P-TEFb for stimulation of transcriptional elongation by the bromodomain protein Brd4

Zhiyuan Yang et al. Mol Cell. .
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Abstract

The cyclinT1/Cdk9 heterodimer that constitutes core P-TEFb is generally presumed to be the transcriptionally active form for stimulating RNA polymerase II elongation. About half of cellular P-TEFb also exists in an inactive complex with the 7SK snRNA and the HEXIM1 protein. Here, we show that the remaining half associates with the bromodomain protein Brd4. In stress-induced cells, the 7SK/HEXIM1-bound P-TEFb is quantitatively converted into the Brd4-associated form. The association with Brd4 is necessary to form the transcriptionally active P-TEFb, recruits P-TEFb to a promoter, and enables P-TEFb to contact the Mediator complex, a potential target for the Brd4-mediated recruitment. Although generally required for transcription, the P-TEFb-recruitment function of Brd4 can be substituted by that of HIV-1 Tat, which recruits P-TEFb directly for activated HIV-1 transcription. Brd4, HEXIM1, and 7SK are all implicated in regulating cell growth, which may result from their dynamic control of the general transcription factor P-TEFb.

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