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1r4g
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Solution structure of the Sendai virus protein X C-subdomain
Overview
The RNA-dependent RNA polymerase of the Sendai virus (SeV) consists of the large protein (L) and the phosphoprotein (P). P plays a crucial role in the enzyme by positioning L (which carries the polymerase activity) onto the matrix for transcription and replication formed by the RNA and the nucleoprotein, the N-RNA. P has a modular structure with distinct functional domains: an N-terminal domain involved in binding to N degrees (N that is not yet bound to RNA) and a C-terminal domain that carries the oligomerisation domain, the N-RNA binding domain and the L binding domain and that, combined with L, is active in transcription. Structural data have previously been obtained on the N-terminal domain and on the oligomerisation domain of P, but not yet on its N-RNA binding domain (also-called the X protein). Here we present an NMR and a small angle neutron scattering study of the SeV X protein. We show that this molecule presents two subdomains linked by an 11-residue linker, with the N-subdomain lacking a well-defined conformation. The 3D structure of the C-subdomain consists of three alpha-helices revealing an asymmetric charge distribution that may be important for binding to RNA-bound nucleoprotein. The structure of the entire C-terminal domain of P is modelled from its constituent parts in combination with small angle scattering data on this domain.
About this Structure
1R4G is a Single protein structure of sequence from Sendai virus. Active as RNA-directed RNA polymerase, with EC number 2.7.7.48 Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
Structure and dynamics of the nucleocapsid-binding domain of the Sendai virus phosphoprotein in solution., Blanchard L, Tarbouriech N, Blackledge M, Timmins P, Burmeister WP, Ruigrok RW, Marion D, Virology. 2004 Feb 20;319(2):201-11. PMID:14980481
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