1nso
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Folded monomer of protease from Mason-Pfizer monkey virus
Overview
The assembly of Mason-Pfizer monkey virus Gag polyproteins into immature, capsids and their cleavage by the encoded protease are temporally and, spatially separated processes, making the virus a particularly useful, model for investigation of protease activation. Here we present a high, resolution NMR structure of a fully folded monomer of a 12 kDa M-PMV, protease (wt 12 PR) and of a Cys7Ala/Asp26Asn/Cys106Ala mutant (12, PR(D26N/C7A/C106A)). The overall structures of both wt 12 PR and 12, PR(D26N/C7A/C106A) follow the conservative structural motif of other, retroviral proteases. The most prominent difference from the canonical, fold of retroviral proteases is the absence of the interfacial beta-sheet, which leads to the loss of the principal force stabilizing the dimer of, M-PMV PR. The monomer-dimer equilibrium can be shifted in favor of the, dimer by adding a substrate or an inhibitor, partially compensating for, the missing role of the beta-sheet. We also show that cysteines C7 and, C106 play a crucial role in stabilizing the dimer and consequently, increasing the proteolytic activity of M-PMV PR. This is consistent with, the role of reversible oxidative modification of the cysteine residues in, the regulation of the maturation of assembled M-PMV capsids in the, cytoplasm.
About this Structure
1NSO is a Single protein structure of sequence from Simian retrovirus 2. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
Three-dimensional structure of a monomeric form of a retroviral protease., Veverka V, Bauerova H, Zabransky A, Lang J, Ruml T, Pichova I, Hrabal R, J Mol Biol. 2003 Oct 31;333(4):771-80. PMID:14568536
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