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JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR RECOGNITION
Volume 18, Issue 2, Pages 158-168Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jmr.724
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dsRNA virus structure; RNA-protein interaction; mRNA decapping; L-A virus; cap binding protein; quasiequivalence
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- NCRR NIH HHS [RR-07707] Funding Source: Medline
- NIGMS NIH HHS [GM54076] Funding Source: Medline
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The single segment, double-stranded RNA genome of the L-A virus (L-A) of yeast encodes two proteins: the major coat protein Gag (76 kDa) and the Gag-Poll fusion protein (180 kDa). The icosahedral L-A capsid is formed by 120 copies of Gag and has architecture similar to that seen in the reovirus, blue tongue virus and rice dwarf virus inner protein shells. Gag chemically removes the m(7)GMP caps from host cellular mRNAs. Previously we identified a trench on the outer surface of Gag that included His154, to which caps are covalently attached. Here we report the refined L-A coordinates at 3.4 angstrom resolution with additional structural features and the structure of L-A with bound m(7)GDP at 6.5 angstrom resolution, which shows the conformational change of the virus upon ligand binding. Based on site-directed mutations, residues in or adjacent to the trench that are essential (or dispensable) for the decapping reaction are described here. Along with His154, the reaction requires a cluster of positive charge adjoining the trench and residues Tyr 452, Tyr150 and either Tyr or Phe at position 538. A tentative mechanism for decapping is proposed. Copyright (c) 2004 John Wiley T Sons, Ltd.
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