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Bar-Magen T, Spencer E, Patton JT. An ATPase activity associated with the rotavirus phosphoprotein NSP5. Virology 2007; 369:389-99. [PMID: 17825341 PMCID: PMC2702534 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2007.07.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2007] [Revised: 07/04/2007] [Accepted: 07/25/2007] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Interactions between NSP5 and NSP2 drive the formation of viroplasms, sites of genome replication and packaging in rotavirus-infected cells. The serine-threonine-rich NSP5 transitions between hypo- and hyper-phosphorylated isomers during the replication cycle. In this study, we determined that purified recombinant NSP5 has a Mg2+-dependent ATP-specific triphosphatase activity that generates free ADP and Pi (Vmax of 19.33 fmol of product/min/pmol of enzyme). The ATPase activity was correlated with low levels of NSP5 phosphorylation, suggestive of a possible link between ATP hydrolysis and an NSP5 autokinase activity. Mutagenesis showed that the critical residue (Ser67) needed for NSP5 hyperphosphorylation by cellular casein kinase-like enzymes has no role in the ATPase or autokinase activities of NSP5. Through its NDP kinase activity, the NSP2 octamer may support NSP5 phosphorylation by creating a constant source of ATP molecules for the autokinase activity of NSP5 and for cellular kinases associated with NSP5.
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- Tamara Bar-Magen
- Laboratorio de Virologia, Facultad de Quimica y Biologia, Universidad de Santiago, Santauthor: Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, NIAID, National, Institutes of Health, 50 South Drive, MSC 8026, Room 6314, Bethesda, MD 20892-8026, USA, Phone: (301) 594-1615, Fax: (301) 496-8312,
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- Laboratorio de Virologia, Facultad de Quimica y Biologia, Universidad de Santiago, Santauthor: Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, NIAID, National, Institutes of Health, 50 South Drive, MSC 8026, Room 6314, Bethesda, MD 20892-8026, USA, Phone: (301) 594-1615, Fax: (301) 496-8312,
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Mumtsidu E, Makhov AM, Roessle M, Bathke A, Tucker PA. Structural features of the Bluetongue virus NS2 protein. J Struct Biol 2007; 160:157-67. [PMID: 17888678 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2007.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2007] [Revised: 07/27/2007] [Accepted: 07/27/2007] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Bluetongue virus (BTV) non-structural protein 2 (NS2) belongs to a class of highly conserved proteins found in members of the orbivirus genus of the reoviridae. NS2 forms large multimeric complexes, localizes to cytoplasmic inclusion bodies in the infected cells and binds non-sequence specifically single-stranded RNA (ssRNA). Due to its ability to bind ssRNA, it has been suggested that the protein is involved in the selection and condensation of the BTV ssRNA segments prior to genome encapsidation. We have previously determined the crystal structure of the 177 amino acid N-terminal domain, sufficient for ssRNA binding ability of NS2, to 2.4A resolution. The C-terminal domain, as determined at low resolution using small-angle X-ray scattering, is an elongated dimer. This domain expressed in insect cells is phosphorylated at S249 and S259. Electron microscopy of the full-length protein shows a variety of species with the largest having a ring-like appearance. Based on the electron micrographs, the crystal structure of the N-terminal domain and the structure of the C-terminal domain reported here, we propose a model for a decamer of the full-length protein. This decamer changes conformation upon binding of a non-hydrolysable ATP analogue.
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- Eleni Mumtsidu
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Hamburg Outstation, c/o DESY, Notkestrasse 85, D22603 Hamburg, Germany
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Sen A, Sen N, Mackow ER. The formation of viroplasm-like structures by the rotavirus NSP5 protein is calcium regulated and directed by a C-terminal helical domain. J Virol 2007; 81:11758-67. [PMID: 17699573 PMCID: PMC2168809 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01124-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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The rotavirus NSP5 protein directs the formation of viroplasm-like structures (VLS) and is required for viroplasm formation within infected cells. In this report, we have defined signals within the C-terminal 21 amino acids of NSP5 that are required for VLS formation and that direct the insolubility and hyperphosphorylation of NSP5. Deleting C-terminal residues of NSP5 dramatically increased the solubility of N-terminally tagged NSP5 and prevented NSP5 hyperphosphorylation. Computer modeling and analysis of the NSP5 C terminus revealed the presence of an amphipathic alpha-helix spanning 21 C-terminal residues that is conserved among rotaviruses. Proline-scanning mutagenesis of the predicted helix revealed that single-amino-acid substitutions abolish NSP5 insolubility and hyperphosphorylation. Helix-disrupting NSP5 mutations also abolished localization of green fluorescent protein (GFP)-NSP5 fusions into VLS and directly correlate VLS formation with NSP5 insolubility. All mutations introduced into the hydrophobic face of the predicted NSP5 alpha-helix disrupted VLS formation, NSP5 insolubility, and the accumulation of hyperphosphorylated NSP5 isoforms. Some NSP5 mutants were highly soluble but still were hyperphosphorylated, indicating that NSP5 insolubility was not required for hyperphosphorylation. Expression of GFP containing the last 68 residues of NSP5 at its C terminus resulted in the formation of punctate VLS within cells. Interestingly, GFP-NSP5-C68 was diffusely dispersed in the cytoplasm when calcium was depleted from the medium, and after calcium resupplementation GFP-NSP5-C68 rapidly accumulated into punctate VLS. A potential calcium switch, formed by two tandem pseudo-EF-hand motifs (DxDxD), is present just upstream of the predicted alpha-helix. Mutagenesis of either DxDxD motif abolished the regulatory effect of calcium on VLS formation and resulted in the constitutive assembly of GFP-NSP5-C68 into punctate VLS. These results reveal specific residues within the NSP5 C-terminal domain that direct NSP5 hyperphosphorylation, insolubility, and VLS formation in addition to defining residues that constitute a calcium-dependent trigger of VLS formation. These studies identify functional determinants within the C terminus of NSP5 that regulate VLS formation and provide a target for inhibiting NSP5-directed VLS functions during rotavirus replication.
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- Adrish Sen
- Department of Medicine, SUNY at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
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Small C, Barro M, Brown TL, Patton JT. Genome heterogeneity of SA11 rotavirus due to reassortment with "O" agent. Virology 2007; 359:415-24. [PMID: 17059839 PMCID: PMC1925260 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2006.09.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2006] [Revised: 08/17/2006] [Accepted: 09/08/2006] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Derivatives of the rotavirus SA11-H96 strain, isolated in 1958 from an overtly healthy vervet monkey, have been used extensively to probe the viral life cycle. To gain insight into the phenotypic and genotypic differences among SA11 isolates, we sequenced the segmented double-stranded RNA genomes of SA11-H96 (P5B[2]:G3), two SA11-4F-like viruses (P6[1]:G3), two SA11-4F-like viruses with gene 5 rearrangements, and relevant segments of SA11 temperature-sensitive mutants and the "O" (Offal) agent (P6[1]:G8), a rotavirus isolated in 1965 from abattoir waste. This analysis indicates that the only complete genomic sequence previously reported for SA11 (Both) is instead that of a reassortant, originating like the SA11-4F-like viruses, from the introduction of an "O" agent gene into the SA11 genetic background. These results, combined with identification of mutations that correlate with altered growth properties and ts phenotype, emphasize the importance of considering segment origin and sequence variation in interpreting experimental outcomes with SA11 strains.
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- Catie Small
- Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892‐8026, USA
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- Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892‐8026, USA
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- Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892‐8026, USA
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- Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892‐8026, USA
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Desselberger U. 9th dsRNA Virus Symposium. Future Virol 2007. [DOI: 10.2217/17460794.2.2.145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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- Ulrich Desselberger
- Molecular Immunology International Centre for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology (ICGEB), Padriciano 99, 34012 Trieste, Italy
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Patton JT. Viral factories in rotavirus-infected cells: interactions between protein and RNA components. Future Virol 2007. [DOI: 10.2217/17460794.2.2.157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Evaluation of: Jiang X, Jayaram H, Kumar M, Ludtke SJ, Estes MK, Prasad BVV: Cryoelectron microscopy structures of rotavirus NSP2-NSP5 and NSP2-RNA complexes: implications for genome replication. J. Virol. 80(21), 10829–10835 (2006). Rotavirus infection leads to the formation of large electron-dense inclusion bodies within the cytoplasm. These inclusions, termed viroplasms, represent viral factories in which the segmented double-stranded RNA genome of rotavirus is replicated and packaged into virion precursors. The two essential building blocks of the viroplasm are the nonstructural protein (NSP)2 octamer, a doughnut-shaped structure with RNA-binding and nucleoside-triphosphatase activities and dimers of the NSP5 phosphoprotein. Through the use of single-particle cryoelectron microscopy and 3D reconstruction, Jiang and colleagues obtained subnanometer images revealing that the two ligands, NSP5 and RNA, competitively bind to deep grooves spanning the surface of the NSP2 octamer. These results represent a major breakthrough in our understanding of the macromolecular interactions involved in the assembly and function of viral factories.
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- John T Patton
- National Institutes of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rotavirus Molecular Biology Unit, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, 50 South Drive MSC 8026, Room 6314, Bethesda, MD 20892-8026, USA
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Arnoldi F, Campagna M, Eichwald C, Desselberger U, Burrone OR. Interaction of rotavirus polymerase VP1 with nonstructural protein NSP5 is stronger than that with NSP2. J Virol 2007; 81:2128-37. [PMID: 17182692 PMCID: PMC1865955 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01494-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2006] [Accepted: 12/07/2006] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Rotavirus morphogenesis starts in intracellular inclusion bodies called viroplasms. RNA replication and packaging are mediated by several viral proteins, of which VP1, the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase, and VP2, the core scaffolding protein, were shown to be sufficient to provide replicase activity in vitro. In vivo, however, viral replication complexes also contain the nonstructural proteins NSP2 and NSP5, which were shown to be essential for replication, to interact with each other, and to form viroplasm-like structures (VLS) when coexpressed in uninfected cells. In order to gain a better understanding of the intermediates formed during viral replication, this work focused on the interactions of NSP5 with VP1, VP2, and NSP2. We demonstrated a strong interaction of VP1 with NSP5 but only a weak one with NSP2 in cotransfected cells in the absence of other viral proteins or viral RNA. By contrast, we failed to coimmunoprecipitate VP2 with anti-NSP5 antibodies or NSP5 with anti-VP2 antibodies. We constructed a tagged form of VP1, which was found to colocalize in viroplasms and in VLS formed by NSP5 and NSP2. The tagged VP1 was able to replace VP1 structurally by being incorporated into progeny viral particles. When applying anti-tag-VP1 or anti-NSP5 antibodies, coimmunoprecipitation of tagged VP1 with NSP5 was found. Using deletion mutants of NSP5 or different fragments of NSP5 fused to enhanced green fluorescent protein, we identified the 48 C-terminal amino acids as the region essential for interaction with VP1.
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- F Arnoldi
- International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Padriciano 99, 34012 Trieste, Italy
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Vasquez-Del Carpio R, Gonzalez-Nilo FD, Riadi G, Taraporewala ZF, Patton JT. Histidine triad-like motif of the rotavirus NSP2 octamer mediates both RTPase and NTPase activities. J Mol Biol 2006; 362:539-54. [PMID: 16934294 PMCID: PMC1924841 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.07.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2006] [Revised: 07/13/2006] [Accepted: 07/20/2006] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Rotavirus NSP2 is an abundant non-structural RNA-binding protein essential for forming the viral factories that support replication of the double-stranded RNA genome. NSP2 exists as stable doughnut-shaped octamers within the infected cell, representing the tail-to-tail interaction of two tetramers. Extending diagonally across the surface of each octamer are four highly basic grooves that function as binding sites for single-stranded RNA. Between the N and C-terminal domains of each monomer is a deep electropositive cleft containing a catalytic site that hydrolyzes the γ-β phosphoanhydride bond of any NTP. The catalytic site has similarity to those of the histidine triad (HIT) family of nucleotide-binding proteins. Due to the close proximity of the grooves and clefts, we investigated the possibility that the RNA-binding activity of the groove promoted the insertion of the 5′-triphosphate moiety of the RNA into the cleft, and the subsequent hydrolysis of its γ-β phosphoanhydride bond. Our results show that NSP2 hydrolyzes the γP from RNAs and NTPs through Mg2+-dependent activities that proceed with similar reaction velocities, that require the catalytic His225 residue, and that produce a phosphorylated intermediate. Competition assays indicate that although both substrates enter the active site, RNA is the preferred substrate due to its higher affinity for the octamer. The RNA triphosphatase (RTPase) activity of NSP2 may account for the absence of the 5′-terminal γP on the (−) strands of the double-stranded RNA genome segments. This is the first report of a HIT-like protein with a multifunctional catalytic site, capable of accommodating both NTPs and RNAs during γP hydrolysis.
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