0 8 Coupling coupling NN 9 11 of of IN 12 13 a a DT 14 20 signal signal NN 21 29 response response NN 30 36 domain domain NN 37 39 in in IN 40 41 I i NN 42 47 kappa kappa NN 48 49 B B NNP 50 55 alpha alpha NN 56 58 to to TO 59 67 multiple multiple JJ 68 76 pathways pathway NNS 77 80 for for IN 81 89 NF-kappa NF-kappa NNP 90 91 B B NNP 92 102 activation activation NN 102 103 . . . 105 108 The the DT 109 119 eukaryotic eukaryotic JJ 120 133 transcription transcription NN 134 140 factor factor NN 141 149 NF-kappa NF-kappa NNP 150 151 B B NNP 152 157 plays play VBZ 158 159 a a DT 160 167 central central JJ 168 172 role role NN 173 175 in in IN 176 179 the the DT 180 187 induced induce VBN 188 198 expression expression NN 199 201 of of IN 202 207 human human JJ 208 224 immunodeficiency immunodeficiency NN 225 230 virus virus NN 231 235 type type NN 236 237 1 1 CD 238 241 and and CC 242 244 in in IN 245 249 many many JJ 250 257 aspects aspect NNS 258 260 of of IN 261 264 the the DT 265 272 genetic genetic JJ 273 280 program program NN 281 290 mediating mediate VBG 291 297 normal normal JJ 298 304 T-cell t-cell NN 305 315 activation activation NN 316 319 and and CC 320 326 growth growth NN 326 327 . . . 328 331 The the DT 332 339 nuclear nuclear JJ 340 348 activity activity NN 349 351 of of IN 352 360 NF-kappa NF-kappa NNP 361 362 B B NNP 363 365 is be VBZ 366 373 tightly tightly RB 374 383 regulated regulate VBN 384 388 from from IN 389 392 the the DT 393 404 cytoplasmic cytoplasmic JJ 405 416 compartment compartment NN 417 419 by by IN 420 422 an an DT 423 433 inhibitory inhibitory JJ 434 441 subunit subunit NN 442 448 called call VBN 449 450 I i NN 451 456 kappa kappa NN 457 458 B B NNP 459 464 alpha alpha NN 464 465 . . . 466 470 This this DT 471 482 cytoplasmic cytoplasmic JJ 483 492 inhibitor inhibitor NN 493 495 is be VBZ 496 503 rapidly rapidly RB 504 518 phosphorylated phosphorylate VBN 519 522 and and CC 523 531 degraded degrade VBN 532 534 in in IN 535 543 response response NN 544 546 to to TO 547 548 a a DT 549 556 diverse diverse JJ 557 560 set set NN 561 563 of of IN 564 572 NF-kappa NF-kappa NNP 573 583 B-inducing b-inducing JJ 584 590 agents agent NNS 590 591 , , , 592 601 including include VBG 602 608 T-cell t-cell NN 609 617 mitogens mitogen NNS 617 618 , , , 619 634 proinflammatory proinflammatory JJ 635 644 cytokines cytokine NNS 644 645 , , , 646 649 and and CC 650 655 viral viral JJ 656 671 transactivators transactivator NNS 672 676 such such JJ 677 679 as as IN 680 683 the the DT 684 687 Tax Tax NNP 688 695 protein protein NN 696 698 of of IN 699 704 human human JJ 705 711 T-cell t-cell NN 712 720 leukemia leukemia NN 721 726 virus virus NN 727 731 type type NN 732 733 1 1 CD 733 734 . . . 735 737 To to TO 738 745 explore explore VB 746 751 these these DT 752 753 I i NN 754 759 kappa kappa NN 760 761 B B NNP 762 777 alpha-dependent alpha-dependent JJ 778 788 mechanisms mechanism NNS 789 792 for for IN 793 801 NF-kappa NF-kappa NNP 802 803 B B NNP 804 813 induction induction NN 813 814 , , , 815 817 we we PRP 818 828 identified identify VBD 829 834 novel novel JJ 835 842 mutants mutant NNS 843 845 of of IN 846 847 I i NN 848 853 kappa kappa NN 854 855 B B NNP 856 861 alpha alpha NN 862 866 that that WDT 867 875 uncouple uncouple VBP 876 879 its its PRP$ 880 890 inhibitory inhibitory JJ 891 894 and and CC 895 913 signal-transducing signal-transducing JJ 914 923 functions function NNS 924 926 in in IN 927 932 human human JJ 933 934 T t NN 935 946 lymphocytes lymphocyte NNS 946 947 . . . 948 960 Specifically specifically RB 960 961 , , , 962 969 removal removal NN 970 972 of of IN 973 976 the the DT 977 987 N-terminal n-terminal JJ 988 990 36 36 CD 991 996 amino amino NN 997 1002 acids acid NNS 1003 1005 of of IN 1006 1007 I i NN 1008 1013 kappa kappa NN 1014 1015 B B NNP 1016 1021 alpha alpha NN 1022 1028 failed fail VBD 1029 1031 to to TO 1032 1039 disrupt disrupt VB 1040 1043 its its PRP$ 1044 1051 ability ability NN 1052 1054 to to TO 1055 1059 form form VB 1060 1066 latent latent JJ 1067 1076 complexes complex NNS 1077 1081 with with IN 1082 1090 NF-kappa NF-kappa NNP 1091 1092 B B NNP 1093 1095 in in IN 1096 1099 the the DT 1100 1109 cytoplasm cytoplasm NN 1109 1110 . . . 1111 1118 However however RB 1118 1119 , , , 1120 1124 this this DT 1125 1133 deletion deletion NN 1134 1142 mutation mutation NN 1143 1152 prevented prevent VBD 1153 1156 the the DT 1157 1164 induced induce VBN 1165 1180 phosphorylation phosphorylation NN 1180 1181 , , , 1182 1193 degradative degradative JJ 1194 1198 loss loss NN 1198 1199 , , , 1200 1203 and and CC 1204 1214 functional functional JJ 1215 1222 release release NN 1223 1225 of of IN 1226 1227 I i NN 1228 1233 kappa kappa NN 1234 1235 B B NNP 1236 1241 alpha alpha NN 1242 1246 from from IN 1247 1255 NF-kappa NF-kappa NNP 1256 1257 B B NNP 1258 1260 in in IN 1261 1275 Tax-expressing tax-expressing JJ 1276 1281 cells cell NNS 1281 1282 . . . 1283 1290 Alanine Alanine NNP 1291 1304 substitutions substitution NNS 1305 1315 introduced introduce VBN 1316 1318 at at IN 1319 1322 two two CD 1323 1329 serine serine NN 1330 1338 residues residue NNS 1339 1349 positioned position VBN 1350 1356 within within IN 1357 1361 this this DT 1362 1372 N-terminal n-terminal JJ 1373 1383 regulatory regulatory JJ 1384 1390 region region NN 1391 1393 of of IN 1394 1395 I i NN 1396 1401 kappa kappa NN 1402 1403 B B NNP 1404 1409 alpha alpha NN 1410 1414 also also RB 1415 1422 yielded yield VBD 1423 1435 constitutive constitutive JJ 1436 1446 repressors repressor NNS 1447 1451 that that WDT 1452 1459 escaped escape VBD 1460 1464 from from IN 1465 1476 Tax-induced tax-induced JJ 1477 1485 turnover turnover NN 1486 1489 and and CC 1490 1494 that that IN 1495 1503 potently potently RB 1504 1513 inhibited inhibit VBD 1514 1520 immune immune JJ 1521 1531 activation activation NN 1532 1540 pathways pathway NNS 1541 1544 for for IN 1545 1553 NF-kappa NF-kappa NNP 1554 1555 B B NNP 1556 1565 induction induction NN 1565 1566 , , , 1567 1576 including include VBG 1577 1582 those those DT 1583 1592 initiated initiate VBN 1593 1597 from from IN 1598 1605 antigen antigen NN 1606 1609 and and CC 1610 1618 cytokine cytokine NN 1619 1628 receptors receptor NNS 1628 1629 . . . 1630 1632 In in IN 1633 1641 contrast contrast NN 1641 1642 , , , 1643 1655 introduction introduction NN 1656 1658 of of IN 1659 1660 a a DT 1661 1674 phosphoserine phosphoserine NN 1675 1682 mimetic mimetic NN 1683 1685 at at IN 1686 1691 these these DT 1692 1697 sites site NNS 1698 1707 rectified rectify VBD 1708 1712 this this DT 1713 1723 functional functional JJ 1724 1730 defect defect NN 1730 1731 , , , 1732 1733 a a DT 1734 1741 finding finding NN 1742 1752 consistent consistent JJ 1753 1757 with with IN 1758 1759 a a DT 1760 1766 causal causal JJ 1767 1774 linkage linkage NN 1775 1782 between between IN 1783 1786 the the DT 1787 1802 phosphorylation phosphorylation NN 1803 1809 status status NN 1810 1813 and and CC 1814 1825 proteolytic proteolytic JJ 1826 1835 stability stability NN 1836 1838 of of IN 1839 1843 this this DT 1844 1855 cytoplasmic cytoplasmic JJ 1856 1865 inhibitor inhibitor NN 1865 1866 . . . 1867 1875 Together together RB 1875 1876 , , , 1877 1882 these these DT 1883 1885 in in FW 1886 1890 vivo vivo FW 1891 1898 studies study NNS 1899 1905 define define VBP 1906 1907 a a DT 1908 1916 critical critical JJ 1917 1923 signal signal NN 1924 1932 response response NN 1933 1939 domain domain NN 1940 1942 in in IN 1943 1944 I i NN 1945 1950 kappa kappa NN 1951 1952 B B NNP 1953 1958 alpha alpha NN 1959 1963 that that WDT 1964 1976 coordinately coordinately RB 1977 1985 controls control VBZ 1986 1989 the the DT 1990 1998 biologic biologic JJ 1999 2009 activities activity NNS 2010 2012 of of IN 2013 2014 I i NN 2015 2020 kappa kappa NN 2021 2022 B B NNP 2023 2028 alpha alpha NN 2029 2032 and and CC 2033 2041 NF-kappa NF-kappa NNP 2042 2043 B B NNP 2044 2046 in in IN 2047 2055 response response NN 2056 2058 to to TO 2059 2064 viral viral JJ 2065 2068 and and CC 2069 2075 immune immune JJ 2076 2083 stimuli stimulus NNS 2083 2084 . . .