2GEF

Crystal structure of a Novel viral protease with a serine/lysine catalytic dyad mechanism


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.20 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.267 
  • R-Value Work: 0.222 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.259 

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Literature

Crystal structure of a novel viral protease with a serine/lysine catalytic dyad mechanism

Feldman, A.R.Lee, J.Delmas, B.Paetzel, M.

(2006) J Mol Biol 358: 1378-1389

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2006.02.045
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    2GEF

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    The blotched snakehead virus (BSNV), an aquatic birnavirus, encodes a polyprotein (NH2-pVP2-X-VP4-VP3-COOH) that is processed through the proteolytic activity of its own protease (VP4) to liberate itself and the viral proteins pVP2, X and VP3. The protein pVP2 is further processed by VP4 to give rise to the capsid protein VP2 and four structural peptides. We report here the crystal structure of a VP4 protease from BSNV, which displays a catalytic serine/lysine dyad in its active site. This is the first crystal structure of a birnavirus protease and the first crystal structure of a viral protease that utilizes a lysine general base in its catalytic mechanism. The topology of the VP4 substrate binding site is consistent with the enzymes substrate specificity and a nucleophilic attack from the si-face of the substrates scissile bond. Despite low levels of sequence identity, VP4 shows similarities in its active site to other characterized Ser/Lys proteases such as signal peptidase, LexA protease and Lon protease. Together, the structure of VP4 provides insights into the mechanism of a recently characterized clan of serine proteases that utilize a lysine general base and reveals the structure of potential targets for antiviral therapy, especially for other related and economically important viruses, such as infectious bursal disease virus in poultry and infectious pancreatic necrosis virus in aquaculture.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University, South Science Building, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V5A 1S6.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Protease VP4
A, B
217Blotched snakehead virusMutation(s): 4 
Gene Names: birnaviridae
EC: 3.4.21
UniProt
Find proteins for Q8AZM0 (Blotched snakehead virus)
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Go to UniProtKB:  Q8AZM0
Entity Groups  
Sequence Clusters30% Identity50% Identity70% Identity90% Identity95% Identity100% Identity
UniProt GroupQ8AZM0
Sequence Annotations
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  • Reference Sequence
Small Molecules
Modified Residues  1 Unique
IDChains TypeFormula2D DiagramParent
MSE
Query on MSE
A, B
L-PEPTIDE LINKINGC5 H11 N O2 SeMET
Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.20 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.267 
  • R-Value Work: 0.222 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.259 
  • Space Group: I 2 3
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 144.07α = 90
b = 144.07β = 90
c = 144.07γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
CNSrefinement
ADSCdata collection
HKL-2000data scaling
SHARPphasing

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Entry History 

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  • Version 1.0: 2006-05-02
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2008-05-01
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.2: 2011-07-13
    Changes: Version format compliance