Pathway
HIV Transcription Initiation
Formation of the open complex exposes the template strand to the catalytic center of the RNA polymerase II enzyme. This facilitates formation of the first phosphodiester bond, which marks transcription initiation. As a result of this, the TFIIB basal transcription factor dissociates from the initiation complex.
Continue reading
The open transcription initiation complex is unstable and can revert to the closed state. Initiation at this stage requires continued (d)ATP-hydrolysis by TFIIH. Dinucleotide transcripts are not stably associated with the transcription complex. Upon dissociation they form abortive products. The transcription complex is also sensitive to inhibition by small oligo-nucleotides.
Dinucleotides complementary to position -1 and +1 in the template can also direct first phosphodiester bond formation. This reaction is independent on the basal transcription factors TFIIE and TFIIH and does not involve open complex formation. This reaction is sensitive to inhibition by single-stranded oligonucleotides.
What the reference databases state
Statements
48 statements
48 statements · 1 reference database · Subject: HIV Transcription Initiation · Sources: Reactome
- CCNH participates in HIV Transcription InitiationProteinReactome R-HSA-167161Inferred only
- CDK7 participates in HIV Transcription InitiationProteinReactome R-HSA-167161Inferred only
- ERCC2 participates in HIV Transcription InitiationProteinReactome R-HSA-167161Inferred only
- ERCC3 participates in HIV Transcription InitiationProteinReactome R-HSA-167161Inferred only
- GTF2A1 participates in HIV Transcription InitiationProteinReactome R-HSA-167161Inferred only
- GTF2A2 participates in HIV Transcription InitiationProteinReactome R-HSA-167161Inferred only
- GTF2B participates in HIV Transcription InitiationProteinReactome R-HSA-167161Inferred only
- GTF2E1 participates in HIV Transcription InitiationProteinReactome R-HSA-167161Inferred only
- GTF2E2 participates in HIV Transcription InitiationProteinReactome R-HSA-167161Inferred only
- GTF2F1 participates in HIV Transcription InitiationProteinReactome R-HSA-167161Inferred only
- GTF2F2 participates in HIV Transcription InitiationProteinReactome R-HSA-167161Inferred only
- GTF2H1 participates in HIV Transcription InitiationProteinReactome R-HSA-167161Inferred only
Show the remaining 36
- GTF2H2 participates in HIV Transcription InitiationProteinReactome R-HSA-167161Inferred only
- GTF2H3 participates in HIV Transcription InitiationProteinReactome R-HSA-167161Inferred only
- GTF2H4 participates in HIV Transcription InitiationProteinReactome R-HSA-167161Inferred only
- GTF2H5 participates in HIV Transcription InitiationProteinReactome R-HSA-167161Inferred only
- MNAT1 participates in HIV Transcription InitiationProteinReactome R-HSA-167161Inferred only
- POLR2A participates in HIV Transcription InitiationProteinReactome R-HSA-167161Inferred only
- POLR2B participates in HIV Transcription InitiationProteinReactome R-HSA-167161Inferred only
- POLR2C participates in HIV Transcription InitiationProteinReactome R-HSA-167161Inferred only
- POLR2D participates in HIV Transcription InitiationProteinReactome R-HSA-167161Inferred only
- POLR2E participates in HIV Transcription InitiationProteinReactome R-HSA-167161Inferred only
- POLR2F participates in HIV Transcription InitiationProteinReactome R-HSA-167161Inferred only
- POLR2G participates in HIV Transcription InitiationProteinReactome R-HSA-167161Inferred only
- POLR2H participates in HIV Transcription InitiationProteinReactome R-HSA-167161Inferred only
- POLR2I participates in HIV Transcription InitiationProteinReactome R-HSA-167161Inferred only
- POLR2J participates in HIV Transcription InitiationProteinReactome R-HSA-167161Inferred only
- POLR2K participates in HIV Transcription InitiationProteinReactome R-HSA-167161Inferred only
- POLR2L participates in HIV Transcription InitiationProteinReactome R-HSA-167161Inferred only
- TAF1 participates in HIV Transcription InitiationProteinReactome R-HSA-167161Inferred only
- TAF10 participates in HIV Transcription InitiationProteinReactome R-HSA-167161Inferred only
- TAF11 participates in HIV Transcription InitiationProteinReactome R-HSA-167161Inferred only
- TAF12 participates in HIV Transcription InitiationProteinReactome R-HSA-167161Inferred only
- TAF13 participates in HIV Transcription InitiationProteinReactome R-HSA-167161Inferred only
- TAF15 participates in HIV Transcription InitiationProteinReactome R-HSA-167161Inferred only
- TAF1L participates in HIV Transcription InitiationProteinReactome R-HSA-167161Inferred only
- TAF2 participates in HIV Transcription InitiationProteinReactome R-HSA-167161Inferred only
- TAF3 participates in HIV Transcription InitiationProteinReactome R-HSA-167161Inferred only
- TAF4 participates in HIV Transcription InitiationProteinReactome R-HSA-167161Inferred only
- TAF4B participates in HIV Transcription InitiationProteinReactome R-HSA-167161Inferred only
- TAF5 participates in HIV Transcription InitiationProteinReactome R-HSA-167161Inferred only
- TAF6 participates in HIV Transcription InitiationProteinReactome R-HSA-167161Inferred only
- TAF7 participates in HIV Transcription InitiationProteinReactome R-HSA-167161Inferred only
- TAF7L participates in HIV Transcription InitiationProteinReactome R-HSA-167161Inferred only
- TAF8 participates in HIV Transcription InitiationProteinReactome R-HSA-167161Inferred only
- TAF9 participates in HIV Transcription InitiationProteinReactome R-HSA-167161Inferred only
- TAF9B participates in HIV Transcription InitiationProteinReactome R-HSA-167161Inferred only
- TBP participates in HIV Transcription InitiationProteinReactome R-HSA-167161Inferred only