PMID- 25149208 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150113 LR - 20161126 IS - 0006-3002 (Print) IS - 0006-3002 (Linking) VI - 1839 IP - 11 DP - 2014 Nov TI - Role of the OB-fold of RNA helicase A in the synthesis of HIV-1 RNA. PG - 1069-78 LID - S1874-9399(14)00226-0 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2014.08.008 [doi] AB - RNA helicase A (RHA), a DExD/H protein, contains a stretch of repeated arginine and glycine-glycine (RGG) residues and an oligonucleotide/oligosaccharide-binding fold (OB-fold) at the C-terminus. RHA has been reported to function as a transcriptional cofactor. This study shows the role of RGG and OB-fold domains of RHA in the activation of transcription and splicing of HIV-1 RNA. RHA stimulates HIV-1 transcription by enhancing the occupancy of RNA polymerase II on the proviral DNA. Deletion of RGG or both RGG and OB-fold does not change the transcriptional activity of RHA, nor does the stability of viral RNA. However, deletion of both RGG and OB-fold rather than deletion of RGG only results in less production of multiply spliced 6D RNAs. The results suggest that the OB-fold is involved in modulating HIV-1 RNA splicing in the context of some HIV-1 strains while it is dispensable for the activation of HIV-1 transcription. CI - Copyright (c) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Xing, Li AU - Xing L AD - Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research and McGill AIDS Centre, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Electronic address: xingli107@gmail.com. FAU - Niu, Meijuan AU - Niu M AD - Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research and McGill AIDS Centre, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. FAU - Kleiman, Lawrence AU - Kleiman L AD - Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research and McGill AIDS Centre, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Electronic address: lawrence.kleiman@mcgill.ca. LA - eng GR - Canadian Institutes of Health Research/Canada PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20140819 PL - Netherlands TA - Biochim Biophys Acta JT - Biochimica et biophysica acta JID - 0217513 RN - 0 (Neoplasm Proteins) RN - 0 (Oligonucleotides) RN - 0 (Oligosaccharides) RN - 0 (RNA, Viral) RN - EC 3.6.1.- (DHX9 protein, human) RN - EC 3.6.4.13 (DEAD-box RNA Helicases) SB - IM MH - Binding Sites MH - DEAD-box RNA Helicases/*chemistry/*metabolism MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Viral MH - HEK293 Cells MH - HIV-1/*genetics MH - Humans MH - Neoplasm Proteins/*chemistry/*metabolism MH - Oligonucleotides/*metabolism MH - Oligosaccharides/*metabolism MH - Protein Folding MH - Protein Structure, Tertiary/physiology MH - RNA Splicing MH - RNA, Viral/*biosynthesis OTO - NOTNLM OT - HIV-1 OT - OB-fold OT - RNA helicase A OT - Splicing OT - Transcription EDAT- 2014/08/26 06:00 MHDA- 2015/01/15 06:00 CRDT- 2014/08/24 06:00 PHST- 2014/03/23 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/07/25 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2014/08/12 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/08/24 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/08/26 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/01/15 06:00 [medline] AID - S1874-9399(14)00226-0 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2014.08.008 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biochim Biophys Acta. 2014 Nov;1839(11):1069-78. doi: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2014.08.008. Epub 2014 Aug 19.