2VVX

Structure of Vaccinia virus protein A52


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.75 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.192 
  • R-Value Work: 0.181 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.182 

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Literature

Vaccinia Virus Proteins A52 and B14 Share a Bcl-2-Like Fold But Have Evolved to Inhibit NF-kappaB Rather Than Apoptosis

Graham, S.C.Bahar, M.W.Cooray, S.Chen, R.A.-J.Whalen, D.M.Abrescia, N.G.A.Alderton, D.Owens, R.J.Stuart, D.I.Smith, G.L.Grimes, J.M.

(2008) PLoS Pathog 4: E128

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000128
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    2VVW, 2VVX, 2VVY

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Vaccinia virus (VACV), the prototype poxvirus, encodes numerous proteins that modulate the host response to infection. Two such proteins, B14 and A52, act inside infected cells to inhibit activation of NF-kappaB, thereby blocking the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines. We have solved the crystal structures of A52 and B14 at 1.9 A and 2.7 A resolution, respectively. Strikingly, both these proteins adopt a Bcl-2-like fold despite sharing no significant sequence similarity with other viral or cellular Bcl-2-like proteins. Unlike cellular and viral Bcl-2-like proteins described previously, A52 and B14 lack a surface groove for binding BH3 peptides from pro-apoptotic Bcl-2-like proteins and they do not modulate apoptosis. Structure-based phylogenetic analysis of 32 cellular and viral Bcl-2-like protein structures reveals that A52 and B14 are more closely related to each other and to VACV N1 and myxoma virus M11 than they are to other viral or cellular Bcl-2-like proteins. This suggests that a progenitor poxvirus acquired a gene encoding a Bcl-2-like protein and, over the course of evolution, gene duplication events have allowed the virus to exploit this Bcl-2 scaffold for interfering with distinct host signalling pathways.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    The Division of Structural Biology and the Oxford Protein Production Facility, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
PROTEIN A52
A, B
162Vaccinia virusMutation(s): 0 
UniProt
Find proteins for Q01220 (Vaccinia virus (strain Western Reserve))
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Go to UniProtKB:  Q01220
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UniProt GroupQ01220
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.75 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.192 
  • R-Value Work: 0.181 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.182 
  • Space Group: H 3
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 126.075α = 90
b = 126.075β = 90
c = 124.058γ = 120
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
PHENIXrefinement
HKL-2000data reduction
HKL-2000data scaling
PHASERphasing

Structure Validation

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Entry History 

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2008-08-26
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2011-05-08
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.2: 2011-07-13
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.3: 2019-05-08
    Changes: Data collection, Experimental preparation, Other
  • Version 1.4: 2023-12-13
    Changes: Data collection, Database references, Other, Refinement description