Protein Name TARBP2 subunit of RISC loading complex
Organism Homo sapiens
Gene ID 6895
Gene Symbol

TARBP2

UniProt Q15633 (TRBP2_HUMAN), A0A024RB49 (A0A024RB49_HUMAN)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 116
Total Number of Articles : 90
Description

TARBP2 subunit of RISC loading complex

Gene Summary

HIV-1, the causative agent of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), contains an RNA genome that produces a chromosomally integrated DNA during the replicative cycle. Activation of HIV-1 gene expression by the transactivator Tat is dependent on an RNA regulatory element (TAR) located downstream of the transcription initiation site. The protein encoded by this gene binds between the bulge and the loop of the HIV-1 TAR RNA regulatory element and activates HIV-1 gene expression in synergy with the viral Tat protein. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms. This gene also has a pseudogene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

synonyms
  • RISC-loading complex subunit TARBP2
  • TAR (HIV) RNA-binding protein 2
  • TAR (HIV) RNA-binding protein TRBP1
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