期刊
STRUCTURE
卷 16, 期 11, 页码 1678-1688出版社
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2008.09.006
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- NIH [CA13202, AI47904]
- National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Rotavirus RNA-dependent RNA polymerase VP1 catalyzes RNA synthesis within a subviral particle. This activity depends on core shell protein VP2. A conserved sequence at the 3' end of plus-strand RNA templates is important for polymerase association and genome replication. We have determined the structure of VP1 at 2.9 angstrom resolution, as apoenzyme and in complex with RNA. The cage-like enzyme is similar to reovirus lambda 3, with four tunnels leading to or from a central, catalytic cavity. A distinguishing characteristic of VP1 is specific recognition, by conserved features of the template-entry channel, of four bases, UGUG, in the conserved 3' sequence. Well-defined interactions with these bases position the RNA so that its 3' end overshoots the initiating register, producing a stable but catalytically inactive complex. We propose that specific 3' end recognition selects rotavirus RNA for packaging and that VP2 activates the autoinhibited VP1/RNA complex to coordinate packaging and genome replication.
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