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== Overall Structure and Active Site of M protease ==
== Overall Structure and Active Site of M protease ==
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The main protease is a cysteine protease that is essential for the viral life cycle. It is forms a <scene name='95/952725/Dimer/1'>homodimer</scene> consisting of the perpendicular protomers A and B. One protomer consists of <scene name='86/866577/Domains/2'>three domains</scene>. Domains I and II form an antiparallel chymotrypsin-like ß-barrel structure. Domain III (C-terminal end) consist of five alpha-helices arranged in an antiparallel cluster. <ref> Yang, H., Yang, M., Ding, Y., Liu, Y., Lou, Z., Zhou, Z., Sun, L., Mo, L., Ye, S., Pang, H., Gao, G. F., Anand, K., Bartlam, M., Hilgenfeld, R. & Rao, Z. (2003). Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 100, 13190–13195. </ref> <ref name=”Xu”> Xu, T., Ooi, A., Lee, H. C., Wilmouth, R., Liu, D. X. & Lescar, J. (2005). Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun. 61, 964–966. </ref> The substrate binds in a <scene name='95/952725/Substrate_binding_groove/1'>channel</scene> between Domains I and II. Most of the residues in the channel are neutral (shown in white) with a few acidic residues. S1 is the <scene name='95/952725/S1_with_peptide/1'>substrate binding site</scene> and consists of the side chains Phe 140, His 163 and the backbone atoms of Glu166, Asn142, Gly 143 and His172. It confers absolute specificity for the Gln-P1 substrate residue on the enzyme as the carbonyl oxygen of Gln-P1 is stabilized by interactions with the <scene name='95/952725/Oxyanion_w_substrate/1'>backbone amide</scene> groups of Gly143 and the catalytic Cys145. <ref> Gorbalenya, A. E., Snijder, E. J. & Ziebuhr, J. (2000). Journal of General Virology. 81, 853–879. </ref> <ref> Xue, X., Yu, H., Yang, H., Xue, F., Wu, Z., Shen, W., Li, J., Zhou, Z., Ding, Y., Zhao, Q., Zhang, X. C., Liao, M., Bartlam, M. & Rao, Z. (2008). Journal of Virology. 82, 2515–2527. </ref> Hence, polyproteins are cleaved within the Leu-Gln↓(Ser, Ala, Gly) sequence. <ref> Rut, W., Groborz, K., Zhang, L., Sun, X., Zmudzinski, M., Hilgenfeld, R. & Drag, M. (2020). BioRxiv. 2020.03.07.981928. </ref>
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The main protease is a cysteine protease that is essential for the viral life cycle. It is forms a <scene name='95/952725/Dimer/1'>homodimer</scene> arranged perpendicularly. Each protein chain has <scene name='86/866577/Domains/2'>three domains</scene>. Domains I and II form an antiparallel chymotrypsin-like ß-barrel structure. Domain III (C-terminal end) consist of five alpha-helices arranged in an antiparallel cluster. <ref> Yang, H., Yang, M., Ding, Y., Liu, Y., Lou, Z., Zhou, Z., Sun, L., Mo, L., Ye, S., Pang, H., Gao, G. F., Anand, K., Bartlam, M., Hilgenfeld, R. & Rao, Z. (2003). Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 100, 13190–13195. </ref> <ref name=”Xu”> Xu, T., Ooi, A., Lee, H. C., Wilmouth, R., Liu, D. X. & Lescar, J. (2005). Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun. 61, 964–966. </ref> The substrate binds in a <scene name='95/952725/Substrate_binding_groove/1'>channel</scene> between Domains I and II. Most of the residues in the channel are neutral (shown in white) with a few acidic residues. S1 is the <scene name='95/952725/S1_with_peptide/1'>substrate binding site</scene> and consists of the side chains Phe 140, His 163 and the backbone atoms of Glu166, Asn142, Gly 143 and His172. It confers absolute specificity for the Gln-P1 substrate residue on the enzyme as the carbonyl oxygen of Gln-P1 is stabilized by interactions with the <scene name='95/952725/Oxyanion_w_substrate/1'>backbone amide</scene> groups of Gly143 and the catalytic Cys145. <ref> Gorbalenya, A. E., Snijder, E. J. & Ziebuhr, J. (2000). Journal of General Virology. 81, 853–879. </ref> <ref> Xue, X., Yu, H., Yang, H., Xue, F., Wu, Z., Shen, W., Li, J., Zhou, Z., Ding, Y., Zhao, Q., Zhang, X. C., Liao, M., Bartlam, M. & Rao, Z. (2008). Journal of Virology. 82, 2515–2527. </ref> Hence, polyproteins are cleaved within the Leu-Gln↓(Ser, Ala, Gly) sequence. <ref> Rut, W., Groborz, K., Zhang, L., Sun, X., Zmudzinski, M., Hilgenfeld, R. & Drag, M. (2020). BioRxiv. 2020.03.07.981928. </ref>
The active site involves a <scene name='86/866577/Active_site/2'>catalytic dyad</scene> consisting of the residues Cys145 and His41. It forms a covalent intermediate with the substrate in a similar fashion to a [[serine protease]].
The active site involves a <scene name='86/866577/Active_site/2'>catalytic dyad</scene> consisting of the residues Cys145 and His41. It forms a covalent intermediate with the substrate in a similar fashion to a [[serine protease]].

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SARS-CoV2 MPro

Main Protease from SARS-CoV2

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References

  1. Enjuanes, L., (2005). Coronavirus replication and reverse genetics Berlin; New York: Springer, S. 69-78.
  2. Yang, H., Yang, M., Ding, Y., Liu, Y., Lou, Z., Zhou, Z., Sun, L., Mo, L., Ye, S., Pang, H., Gao, G. F., Anand, K., Bartlam, M., Hilgenfeld, R. & Rao, Z. (2003). Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 100, 13190–13195.
  3. Xu, T., Ooi, A., Lee, H. C., Wilmouth, R., Liu, D. X. & Lescar, J. (2005). Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun. 61, 964–966.
  4. Gorbalenya, A. E., Snijder, E. J. & Ziebuhr, J. (2000). Journal of General Virology. 81, 853–879.
  5. Xue, X., Yu, H., Yang, H., Xue, F., Wu, Z., Shen, W., Li, J., Zhou, Z., Ding, Y., Zhao, Q., Zhang, X. C., Liao, M., Bartlam, M. & Rao, Z. (2008). Journal of Virology. 82, 2515–2527.
  6. Rut, W., Groborz, K., Zhang, L., Sun, X., Zmudzinski, M., Hilgenfeld, R. & Drag, M. (2020). BioRxiv. 2020.03.07.981928.

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