4WUR

The crystal structure of the MERS-CoV papain-like protease (C111S) with human ubiquitin


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 3.16 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.252 
  • R-Value Work: 0.208 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.210 

Starting Models: experimental
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Literature

Structural and mutational analysis of the interaction between the Middle-East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) papain-like protease and human ubiquitin.

Lei, J.Hilgenfeld, R.

(2016) Virol Sin 31: 288-299

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12250-016-3742-4
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    4WUR, 5HIH

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    The papain-like protease (PL(pro)) of Middle-East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) has proteolytic, deubiquitinating, and deISGylating activities. The latter two are involved in the suppression of the antiviral innate immune response of the host cell. To contribute to an understanding of this process, we present here the X-ray crystal structure of a complex between MERS-CoV PL(pro) and human ubiquitin (Ub) that is devoid of any covalent linkage between the two proteins. Five regions of the PL(pro) bind to two areas of the Ub. The C-terminal five residues of Ub, RLRGG, are similar to the P5-P1 residues of the polyprotein substrates of the PL(pro) and are responsible for the major part of the interaction between the two macromolecules. Through sitedirected mutagenesis, we demonstrate that conserved Asp165 and non-conserved Asp164 are important for the catalytic activities of MERS-CoV PL(pro). The enzyme appears not to be optimized for catalytic efficiency; thus, replacement of Phe269 by Tyr leads to increased peptidolytic and deubiquitinating activities. Ubiquitin binding by MERS-CoV PL(pro) involves remarkable differences compared to the corresponding complex with SARS-CoV PL(pro). The structure and the mutational study help understand common and unique features of the deubiquitinating activity of MERS-CoV PL(pro).


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Institute of Biochemistry, Center for Structural and Cell Biology in Medicine, University of Lübeck, 23562, Lübeck, Germany.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Papain-like protease326Betacoronavirus England 1Mutation(s): 1 
Gene Names: rep1a-1b
EC: 3.4.19.12 (PDB Primary Data), 3.4.22.69 (PDB Primary Data), 3.4.22 (PDB Primary Data), 2.7.7.48 (PDB Primary Data), 3.6.4.12 (PDB Primary Data), 3.6.4.13 (PDB Primary Data), 2.1.1 (PDB Primary Data), 3.1.13 (PDB Primary Data), 3.1 (PDB Primary Data)
UniProt
Find proteins for K9N7C7 (Middle East respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus (isolate United Kingdom/H123990006/2012))
Explore K9N7C7 
Go to UniProtKB:  K9N7C7
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UniProt GroupK9N7C7
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Entity ID: 2
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Polyubiquitin-B76Homo sapiensMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: UBB
UniProt & NIH Common Fund Data Resources
Find proteins for P0CG47 (Homo sapiens)
Explore P0CG47 
Go to UniProtKB:  P0CG47
PHAROS:  P0CG47
GTEx:  ENSG00000170315 
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UniProt GroupP0CG47
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 3.16 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.252 
  • R-Value Work: 0.208 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.210 
  • Space Group: P 63
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 138.144α = 90
b = 138.144β = 90
c = 57.591γ = 120
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
PHENIXrefinement
SCALAdata scaling
PHASERphasing
XDSdata reduction

Structure Validation

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Entry History & Funding Information

Deposition Data


Funding OrganizationLocationGrant Number
European CommissionHEALTH-F3-2010-260644
German Research FoundationGermanyEXC 306
German Center for Infection Research (DZIF)Germany--

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2014-11-26
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2024-01-10
    Changes: Author supporting evidence, Data collection, Database references, Derived calculations, Refinement description, Source and taxonomy, Structure summary