3DCG

Crystal Structure of the HIV Vif BC-box in Complex with Human ElonginB and ElonginC

Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.40 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.232 
  • R-Value Work: 0.186 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.188 

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Literature

Structural insight into the human immunodeficiency virus Vif SOCS box and its role in human E3 ubiquitin ligase assembly

Stanley, B.J., Ehrlich, E.S., Short, L., Yu, Y., Xiao, Z., Yu, X.-F., Xiong, Y.

(2008) J Virol 82: 8656-8663

  • DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00767-08
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    3DCG

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    • Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) virion infectivity factor (Vif) causes the proteasome-mediated destruction of human antiviral protein APOBEC3G by tethering it to a cellular E3 ubiquitin ligase composed of ElonginB, ElonginC, Cullin5, and Rbx2. It has been proposed that HIV Vif hijacks the E3 ligase through two regions within its C-terminal domain: a BC box region that interacts with ElonginC and a novel zinc finger motif that interacts with Cullin5 ...

    Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) virion infectivity factor (Vif) causes the proteasome-mediated destruction of human antiviral protein APOBEC3G by tethering it to a cellular E3 ubiquitin ligase composed of ElonginB, ElonginC, Cullin5, and Rbx2. It has been proposed that HIV Vif hijacks the E3 ligase through two regions within its C-terminal domain: a BC box region that interacts with ElonginC and a novel zinc finger motif that interacts with Cullin5. We have determined the crystal structure of the HIV Vif BC box in complex with human ElonginB and ElonginC. This complex presents direct structural evidence of the recruitment of a human ubiquitin ligase by a viral BC box protein that mimics the conserved interactions of cellular ubiquitin ligases. We further mutated conserved hydrophobic residues in a region downstream of the Vif BC box. These mutations demonstrate that this region, the Vif Cullin box, composes a third E3-ligase recruiting site critical for interaction between Vif and Cullin5. Furthermore, our homology modeling reveals that the Vif Cullin box and zinc finger motif may be positioned adjacent to the N terminus of Cullin5 for interaction with loop regions in the first cullin repeat of Cullin5.

    Organizational Affiliation: 

    Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, USA.



Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChainsSequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Transcription elongation factor B polypeptide 2A, C118Homo sapiensMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: ElonginB, ELOB, TCEB2
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PHAROS:  Q15370
GTEx:  ENSG00000103363
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Entity ID: 2
MoleculeChainsSequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Transcription elongation factor B polypeptide 1B, D97Homo sapiensMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: ElonginC, ELOC, TCEB1
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GTEx:  ENSG00000154582
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Entity ID: 3
MoleculeChainsSequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Virion infectivity factorE, F39Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (NEW YORK-5 ISOLATE)Mutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: Virion Infectivity Factor, vif
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.40 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.232 
  • R-Value Work: 0.186 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.188 
  • Space Group: P 21 21 21
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 55.514α = 90
b = 66.913β = 90
c = 122.642γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
REFMACrefinement
ADSCdata collection
HKL-2000data reduction
SCALEPACKdata scaling
PHASERphasing

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Entry History 

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Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2008-07-08
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2011-07-13
    Changes: Advisory, Version format compliance