3Q7C

Exonuclease domain of Lassa virus nucleoprotein bound to manganese


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.50 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.216 
  • R-Value Work: 0.190 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.191 

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Literature

Structure of the Lassa virus nucleoprotein reveals a dsRNA-specific 3' to 5' exonuclease activity essential for immune suppression.

Hastie, K.M.Kimberlin, C.R.Zandonatti, M.A.Macrae, I.J.Saphire, E.O.

(2011) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 108: 2396-2401

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1016404108
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    3Q7B, 3Q7C

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Lassa fever virus, a member of the family Arenaviridae, is a highly endemic category A pathogen that causes 300,000-500,000 infections per year in Western Africa. The arenaviral nucleoprotein NP has been implicated in suppression of the host innate immune system, but the mechanism by which this occurs has remained elusive. Here we present the crystal structure at 1.5 Å of the immunosuppressive C-terminal portion of Lassa virus NP and illustrate that, unexpectedly, its 3D fold closely mimics that of the DEDDh family of exonucleases. Accompanying biochemical experiments illustrate that NP indeed has a previously unknown, bona fide exonuclease activity, with strict specificity for double-stranded RNA substrates. We further demonstrate that this exonuclease activity is essential for the ability of NP to suppress translocation of IFN regulatory factor 3 and block activation of the innate immune system. Thus, the nucleoprotein is a viral exonuclease with anti-immune activity, and this work provides a unique opportunity to combat arenaviral infections.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Departments of Immunology and Microbial Science and Molecular Biology, and The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Nucleoprotein243Lassa virus JosiahMutation(s): 0 
UniProt
Find proteins for P13699 (Lassa virus (strain Mouse/Sierra Leone/Josiah/1976))
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Go to UniProtKB:  P13699
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UniProt GroupP13699
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.50 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.216 
  • R-Value Work: 0.190 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.191 
  • Space Group: P 21 21 21
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 44.87α = 90
b = 67.94β = 90
c = 78.68γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
ADSCdata collection
PHENIXmodel building
PHENIXrefinement
d*TREKdata reduction
d*TREKdata scaling
PHENIXphasing

Structure Validation

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Entry History 

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Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2011-02-09
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2011-07-13
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.2: 2011-09-07
    Changes: Structure summary
  • Version 1.3: 2024-02-21
    Changes: Data collection, Database references, Derived calculations