8E4J

Room-temperature X-ray structure of SARS-CoV-2 main protease H41A miniprecursor mutant


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.90 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.207 
  • R-Value Work: 0.170 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.171 

Starting Model: experimental
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Literature

Unmasking the Conformational Stability and Inhibitor Binding to SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease Active Site Mutants and Miniprecursor.

Kovalevsky, A.Coates, L.Kneller, D.W.Ghirlando, R.Aniana, A.Nashed, N.T.Louis, J.M.

(2022) J Mol Biol 434: 167876-167876

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2022.167876
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    8E4J, 8E4R

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    We recently demonstrated that inhibitor binding reorganizes the oxyanion loop of a monomeric catalytic domain of SARS CoV-2 main protease (MPro) from an unwound (E) to a wound (active, E*) conformation, independent of dimerization. Here we assess the effect of the flanking N-terminal residues, to imitate the MPro precursor prior to its autoprocessing, on conformational equilibria rendering stability and inhibitor binding. Thermal denaturation (T m ) of C145A mutant, unlike H41A, increases by 6.8 °C, relative to wild-type mature dimer. An inactivating H41A mutation to maintain a miniprecursor containing TSAVL[Q or E] of the flanking nsp4 sequence in an intact form [ (-6) MPro H41A and (-6*) MPro H41A , respectively], and its corresponding mature MPro H41A were systematically examined. While the H41A mutation exerts negligible effect on T m and dimer dissociation constant (K dimer ) of MPro H41A , relative to the wild type MPro, both miniprecursors show a 4-5 °C decrease in T m and > 85-fold increase in K dimer as compared to MPro H41A . The K d for the binding of the covalent inhibitor GC373 to (-6*) MPro H41A increases ∼12-fold, relative to MPro H41A , concomitant with its dimerization. While the inhibitor-free dimer exhibits a state in transit from E to E* with a conformational asymmetry of the protomers' oxyanion loops and helical domains, inhibitor binding restores the asymmetry to mature-like oxyanion loop conformations (E*) but not of the helical domains. Disorder of the terminal residues 1-2 and 302-306 observed in both structures suggest that N-terminal autoprocessing is tightly coupled to the E-E* equilibrium and stable dimer formation.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1 Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA. Electronic address: kovalevskyay@ornl.gov.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Replicase polyprotein 1ab
A, B
314Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Mutation(s): 2 
Gene Names: rep1a-1b
UniProt
Find proteins for P0DTD1 (Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2)
Explore P0DTD1 
Go to UniProtKB:  P0DTD1
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UniProt GroupP0DTD1
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.90 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.207 
  • R-Value Work: 0.170 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.171 
  • Space Group: P 1 21 1
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 56.094α = 90
b = 99.817β = 108.1
c = 59.604γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
PHENIXrefinement
CrysalisProdata reduction
CrysalisProdata scaling
PHASERphasing

Structure Validation

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Entry History & Funding Information

Deposition Data


Funding OrganizationLocationGrant Number
Not funded--

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2022-11-23
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2022-11-30
    Changes: Database references
  • Version 1.2: 2023-10-25
    Changes: Data collection, Refinement description