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SUBMITTER: Pak V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4648707 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

Pak Vladimir V Eifler Tristan T TT Jäger Stefanie S Krogan Nevan J NJ Fujinaga Koh K Peterlin B Matija BM
Cell host & microbe 20151101 5
Transcriptional cyclin-dependent kinases play important roles in eukaryotic gene expression. CDK7, CDK9 (P-TEFb), and CDK13 are also critical for HIV replication. However, the function of CDK11 remained enigmatic. In this report, we determined that CDK11 regulates the cleavage and polyadenylation (CPA) of all viral transcripts. CDK11 was found associated with the TREX/THOC, which recruited this kinase to DNA. Once at the viral genome, CDK11 phosphorylated serines at position 2 in the CTD of RNAP ...[more]