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Entrez GeneID

Gene Name

TARBP2

Gene Alias

LOQS, TRBP, TRBP1, TRBP2

Gene Description

TAR (HIV-1) RNA binding protein 2

Omim ID

Gene Ontology

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

Other Designations

TAR (HIV) RNA binding protein 2|TAR (HIV) RNA-binding protein 2|TAR (HIV) RNA-binding protein TRBP1|TAR RNA binding protein 2|TAR RNA-binding protein 2|trans-activation responsive RNA-binding protein