Trans-activation response element

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Trans-activation response element

The HIV trans-activation response (TAR) element is an RNA element which is known to be required for the trans-activation of the viral promoter and for virus replication. The TAR hairpin is a dynamic structure[1] that acts as a binding site for the Tat protein, and this interaction stimulates the activity of the long terminal repeat promoter.[2]

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Trans-activation response element (TAR)
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Symbolmir-TAR
Alt. SymbolsTAR
RfamRF00250
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RNA typeGene; miRNA
Domain(s)Viruses
GOGO:0035068 GO:0035195
SOSO:0000233 SO:0001244
PDB structuresPDBe
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Further analysis has shown that TAR is a pre-microRNA that produces mature microRNAs from both strands of the TAR stem-loop.[3] These miRNAs are thought to prevent infected cells from undergoing apoptosis by downregulating the genes ERCC1, IER3,[4] CDK9, and Bim.[5]

Human polyomavirus 2 (JC virus) contains a TAR-homologous sequence in its late promoter[6] that is responsive to HIV-1 derived Tat.[7][8]

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