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MOLECULES
卷 27, 期 5, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/molecules27051505
关键词
hepatitis E virus; methyltransferase; fluorescence quenching; protein-ligand interaction; protein stability; enzyme assay
资金
- Shiv Nadar University
- Department of Science and Technology (DST), New Delhi, India [E.M.R./2015/001072]
- King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- AIIMS, New Delhi
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a pathogen that spreads through fecal contaminated drinking water, commonly found in South Asian countries. The MTase enzyme of HEV is able to methylate the viral RNA and protect it from degradation. This study cloned and studied the MTase protein of HEV genotype 1, finding its binding affinity with magnesium ions and its role in enzyme activity.
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is an understudied pathogen that causes infection through fecal contaminated drinking water and is prominently found in South Asian countries. The virus affects ~20 million people annually, leading to ~60,000 infections per year. The positive-stranded RNA genome of the HEV genotype 1 has four conserved open reading frames (ORFs), of which ORF1 encodes a polyprotein of 180 kDa in size, which is processed into four non-structural enzymes: methyltransferase (MTase), papain-like cysteine protease, RNA-dependent RNA polymerase, and RNA helicase. MTase is known to methylate guanosine triphosphate at the 5 '-end of viral RNA, thereby preventing its degradation by host nucleases. In the present study, we cloned, expressed, and purified MTase spanning 33-353 amino acids of HEV genotype 1. The activity of the purified enzyme and the conformational changes were established through biochemical and biophysical studies. The binding affinity of MTase with magnesium ions (Mg2+) was studied by isothermal calorimetry (ITC), microscale thermophoresis (MST), far-UV CD analysis and, fluorescence quenching. In summary, a short stretch of nucleotides has been cloned, coding for the HEV MTase of 37 kDa, which binds Mg2+ and modulate its activity. The chelation of magnesium reversed the changes, confirming its role in enzyme activity.
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