| RRC ID |
4754
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| Author |
Kuzuhara T, Kise D, Yoshida H, Horita T, Murazaki Y, Nishimura A, Echigo N, Utsunomiya H, Tsuge H.
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| Title |
Structural basis of the influenza A virus RNA polymerase PB2 RNA-binding domain containing the pathogenicity-determinant lysine 627 residue.
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| Journal |
J Biol Chem
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| Abstract |
Because the influenza A virus has an RNA genome, its RNA-dependent RNA polymerase, comprising the PA, PB1, and PB2 subunits, is essential for viral transcription and replication. The binding of RNA primers/promoters to the polymerases is an initiation step in viral transcription. In our current study, we reveal the 2.7 A tertiary structure of the C-terminal RNA-binding domain of PB2 by x-ray crystallography. This domain incorporates lysine 627 of PB2, and this residue is associated with the high pathogenicity and host range restriction of influenza A virus. We found from our current analyses that this lysine is located in a unique "phi"-shaped structure consisting of a helix and an encircled loop within the PB2 domain. By electrostatic analysis, we identified a highly basic groove along with this phi loop and found that lysine 627 is located in the phi loop. A PB2 domain mutant in which glutamic acid is substituted at position 627 shows significantly lower RNA binding activity. This is the first report to show a relationship between RNA binding activity and the pathogenicity-determinant lysine 627. Using the Matras program for protein three-dimensional structural comparisons, we further found that the helix bundles in the PB2 domain are similar to that of activator 1, the 40-kDa subunit of DNA replication clamp loader (replication factor C), which is also an RNA-binding protein. This suggests a functional and structural relationship between the RNA-binding mechanisms underlying both influenza A viral transcription and cellular DNA replication. Our present results thus provide important new information for developing novel drugs that target the primer/promoter RNA binding of viral RNA polymerases.
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| Volume |
284(11)
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| Pages |
6855-60
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| Published |
2009-3-13
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| DOI |
10.1074/jbc.C800224200
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| PII |
S0021-9258(20)32568-0
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| PMID |
19144639
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| PMC |
PMC2652293
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| MeSH |
Crystallography, X-Ray
Influenza A virus / enzymology*
Protein Binding / physiology
Protein Structure, Secondary / physiology
Protein Structure, Tertiary / physiology
RNA, Viral / chemistry
RNA, Viral / metabolism
RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase / chemistry*
RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase / metabolism
Replication Protein C / chemistry
Replication Protein C / metabolism
Structural Homology, Protein
Structure-Activity Relationship
Viral Proteins / chemistry*
Viral Proteins / metabolism
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| IF |
4.238
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| Times Cited |
71
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WOS Category
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BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
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| Resource |
| DNA material |
pBMSA-PB2 (RDB01969) |
