2VBC

Crystal structure of the NS3 protease-helicase from Dengue virus


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 3.15 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.277 
  • R-Value Work: 0.202 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.206 

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Literature

Crystal Structure of the Ns3 Protease-Helicase from Dengue Virus.

Luo, D.H.Xu, T.Hunke, C.Gruber, G.Vasudevan, S.G.Lescar, J.

(2008) J Virol 82: 173

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/JVI.01788-07
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    2VBC

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Several flaviviruses are important human pathogens, including dengue virus, a disease against which neither a vaccine nor specific antiviral therapies currently exist. During infection, the flavivirus RNA genome is translated into a polyprotein, which is cleaved into several components. Nonstructural protein 3 (NS3) carries out enzymatic reactions essential for viral replication, including proteolysis of the polyprotein through its serine protease N-terminal domain, with a segment of 40 residues from the NS2B protein acting as a cofactor. The ATPase/helicase domain is located at the C terminus of NS3. Atomic structures are available for these domains separately, but a molecular view of the full-length flavivirus NS3 polypeptide is still lacking. We report a crystallographic structure of a complete NS3 molecule fused to 18 residues of the NS2B cofactor at a resolution of 3.15 A. The relative orientation between the protease and helicase domains is drastically different than the single-chain NS3-NS4A molecule from hepatitis C virus, which was caught in the act of cis cleavage at the NS3-NS4A junction. Here, the protease domain sits beneath the ATP binding site, giving the molecule an elongated shape. The domain arrangement found in the crystal structure fits nicely into an envelope determined ab initio using small-angle X-ray scattering experiments in solution, suggesting a stable molecular conformation. We propose that a basic patch located at the surface of the protease domain increases the affinity for nucleotides and could also participate in RNA binding, explaining the higher unwinding activity of the full-length enzyme compared to that of the isolated helicase domain.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 60 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637551, Republic of Singapore.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
DENGUE 4 NS3 FULL-LENGTH PROTEIN618dengue virus type 4Mutation(s): 0 
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Entity ID: 2
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
PARTIAL POLYPROTEIN FOR NS2A AND NS2B, TYPE 4 PROTOTYPE DV4 H24131dengue virus type 4Mutation(s): 0 
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Find proteins for Q91EQ2 (dengue virus type 4)
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 3.15 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.277 
  • R-Value Work: 0.202 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.206 
  • Space Group: P 1 21 1
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 52.866α = 90
b = 88.242β = 94.21
c = 76.676γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
REFMACrefinement
MOSFLMdata reduction
SCALAdata scaling
PHASERphasing

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Entry History 

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Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2007-10-30
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2011-07-13
    Changes: Advisory, Version format compliance
  • Version 1.2: 2023-12-13
    Changes: Data collection, Database references, Other, Refinement description