Structural highlights
Function
[MCE_VACCW] Displays methyltransferase, positive regulation of the poly(A) polymerase and transcription elongation activities. Involved in the modification of both mRNA ends and in intermediate and late gene positive transcription elongation. At the mRNAs 5' end, methylates the ribose 2' OH group of the first transcribed nucleotide, thereby producing a 2'-O-methylpurine cap. At the 3' end, functions as a processivity factor which stimulates the activity of the viral poly(A) polymerase VP55 that creates mRNA's poly(A) tail. In the presence of VP39, VP55 does not dissociate from the RNA allowing tail elongation to around 250 adenylates.[1] [2] [3]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
We have determined, by high resolution x-ray analysis, 10 structures comprising the mRNA cap-specific methyltransferase VP39 or specific mutants thereof in the presence of methylated nucleobase analogs (N1-methyladenine, N3-methyladenine, N1-methylcytosine, N3-methylcytosine) and their unmethylated counterparts, or nucleoside N7-methylguanosine. Together with solution affinity studies and previous crystallographic data for N7-methylguanosine and its phosphorylated derivatives, these data demonstrate that only methylated, positively charged bases are bound, indicating that their enhanced stacking with two aromatic side chains of VP39 (Tyr 22 and Phe 180) plays a dominant role in cap recognition. Four key features characterize this stacking interaction: (i) near perfect parallel alignment between the sandwiched methylated bases and aromatic side chains, (ii) substantial areas of overlap in the two-stacked rings, (iii) a 3.4-A interplanar spacing within the overlapping region, and (iv) positive charge in the heterocyclic nucleobase.
mRNA cap recognition: dominant role of enhanced stacking interactions between methylated bases and protein aromatic side chains.,Hu G, Gershon PD, Hodel AE, Quiocho FA Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 Jun 22;96(13):7149-54. PMID:10377383[4]
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See Also
References
- ↑ Schnierle BS, Gershon PD, Moss B. Cap-specific mRNA (nucleoside-O2'-)-methyltransferase and poly(A) polymerase stimulatory activities of vaccinia virus are mediated by a single protein. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1992 Apr 1;89(7):2897-901. PMID:1313572
- ↑ Gershon PD, Ahn BY, Garfield M, Moss B. Poly(A) polymerase and a dissociable polyadenylation stimulatory factor encoded by vaccinia virus. Cell. 1991 Sep 20;66(6):1269-78. PMID:1670500
- ↑ Latner DR, Thompson JM, Gershon PD, Storrs C, Condit RC. The positive transcription elongation factor activity of the vaccinia virus J3 protein is independent from its (nucleoside-2'-O-) methyltransferase and poly(A) polymerase stimulatory functions. Virology. 2002 Sep 15;301(1):64-80. PMID:12359447
- ↑ Hu G, Gershon PD, Hodel AE, Quiocho FA. mRNA cap recognition: dominant role of enhanced stacking interactions between methylated bases and protein aromatic side chains. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 Jun 22;96(13):7149-54. PMID:10377383
