NS5B

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NS5B is the RNA dependent RNA polymerase of Hepatitis C virus. NS5B, like other RNA dependent RNA polymerases, is error prone. This viral RNA replicase is of approximately a million times lower fidelity than a replicative prokayrotic or eukaryotic DNA polymerase. This is due in part to the fact that NS5B contains no exonuclease or proofreading domain. IN NS5B two divalent cations coordinated by carboxyl groups (as seen in DNA polymerases) catalyze the polymerization of monomers of RNA triphosphates to extend a primer strand, that may have initiated ''de novo''. In the case of NS5B the residues that coordinate divalent cations (Mg2+ or Mn2+ ''in vitro'') are the three <scene name='NS5B/Native_ns5b/4'>active site aspartates (220, 318 and 319)</scene> seen here.
NS5B is the RNA dependent RNA polymerase of Hepatitis C virus. NS5B, like other RNA dependent RNA polymerases, is error prone. This viral RNA replicase is of approximately a million times lower fidelity than a replicative prokayrotic or eukaryotic DNA polymerase. This is due in part to the fact that NS5B contains no exonuclease or proofreading domain. IN NS5B two divalent cations coordinated by carboxyl groups (as seen in DNA polymerases) catalyze the polymerization of monomers of RNA triphosphates to extend a primer strand, that may have initiated ''de novo''. In the case of NS5B the residues that coordinate divalent cations (Mg2+ or Mn2+ ''in vitro'') are the three <scene name='NS5B/Native_ns5b/4'>active site aspartates (220, 318 and 319)</scene> seen here.
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Though Hepatitis C virus is of the Flaviviridae family the structure of NS5B is similar to the polymerase of bacteriophage Φ 6. The similarity to the bacteriophage polymerase is due to NS5B containing a fully encircled active site. Like many template-dependent nucleotide polymerases, NS5B can be visualized similar to a right hand. NS5B contains several
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Though Hepatitis C virus is of the Flaviviridae family the structure of NS5B is similar to the polymerase of bacteriophage Φ 6. The similarity to the bacteriophage polymerase is due to NS5B containing a fully encircled active site. Like many template-dependent nucleotide polymerases, NS5B can be visualized similar to a right hand. NS5B contains several <scene name='NS5B/Native_ns5b/3'>domains</scene>, fingers in blue, palm in magenta, thumb in green and a c-terminal domain in yellow. The palm domain contains the active site aspartates and there are several contacts between the fingers and thumbs domain that give the active site an encircled structure. There is a
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<scene name='NS5B/Native_ns5b/3'>domains</scene>, fingers in blue, palm in magenta, thumb in green and a c-terminal domain in yellow. The palm domain contains the active site aspartates and there are several contacts between the fingers and thumbs domain that give the active site an encircled structure. There is a
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<scene name='NS5B/Native_ns5b/6'>beta-hairpin in thumb domain</scene> that is proposed to move upon formation of exiting double stranded RNA.
<scene name='NS5B/Native_ns5b/6'>beta-hairpin in thumb domain</scene> that is proposed to move upon formation of exiting double stranded RNA.
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The template strand is seen entering through a gap in the fingers domain. An incoming dTTP that would extend the primer strand lines up with the NS5B active site and duplex DNA exits the enzyme through the large central hole in the closed active site formed by the unusual contacts between the fingers and thumb domains.
The template strand is seen entering through a gap in the fingers domain. An incoming dTTP that would extend the primer strand lines up with the NS5B active site and duplex DNA exits the enzyme through the large central hole in the closed active site formed by the unusual contacts between the fingers and thumb domains.
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<applet load='2HAI_catalytic3.pdb' size='400' frame='true' align='right' caption='Figure 3.' />
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'''Figure 3''' explores empirically determined sites of protein-ssRNA interactions. The highlighted <scene name='NS5B/Ns5b_rna_interactions/1'>peptide segments</scene> were each identified without x-ray crystallography or NMR. These RNA binding peptides were identified by cross linking single stranded RNA to NS5B followed by a tryptic digest of the protein, then purification of the RNA bound peptide segments by affinity (for the RNA) chromatography. The segments of peptide that stuck to the column meaning they had been cross linked to RNA were then analyzed with MALDI mass spectrometry. It is interesting that all of the contacts were in the <scene name='NS5B/Native_ns5b/3'>fingers domain.</scene> This could be in part due to the fact that single stranded RNA was cross linked to the enzyme, the fingers domain is thought to bind templating ssRNA while other regions of the polymerase would bind duplex RNA.
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Empirically determined sites of protein-ssRNA interactions. The highlighted <scene name='NS5B/Ns5b_rna_interactions/1'>peptide segments</scene> were each identified without x-ray crystallography or NMR. These RNA binding peptides were identified by cross linking single stranded RNA to NS5B followed by a tryptic digest of the protein, then purification of the RNA bound peptide segments by affinity (for the RNA) chromatography. The segments of peptide that stuck to the column meaning they had been cross linked to RNA were then analyzed with MALDI mass spectrometry. It is interesting that all of the contacts were in the <scene name='NS5B/Native_ns5b/3'>fingers domain.</scene> This could be in part due to the fact that single stranded RNA was cross linked to the enzyme, the fingers domain is thought to bind templating ssRNA while other regions of the polymerase would bind duplex RNA.

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