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Moliner-Cubel S, Bahamontes-Rosa N, Rodriguez-Alejandre A, Nassau PM, Argyrou A, Bhardwaja A, Buxton RC, Calvo-Vicente D, Mouzon B, McDowell W, Mendoza-Losana A, Gomez-Lorenzo MG. Plasmodium RNA triphosphatase validation as antimalarial target. Int J Parasitol Drugs Drug Resist 2024; 25:100537. [PMID: 38810336 PMCID: PMC11157219 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpddr.2024.100537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2023] [Revised: 02/23/2024] [Accepted: 04/04/2024] [Indexed: 05/31/2024]
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Target-based approaches have traditionally been used in the search for new anti-infective molecules. Target selection process, a critical step in Drug Discovery, identifies targets that are essential to establish or maintain the infection, tractable to be susceptible for inhibition, selective towards their human ortholog and amenable for large scale purification and high throughput screening. The work presented herein validates the Plasmodium falciparum mRNA 5' triphosphatase (PfPRT1), the first enzymatic step to cap parasite nuclear mRNAs, as a candidate target for the development of new antimalarial compounds. mRNA capping is essential to maintain the integrity and stability of the messengers, allowing their translation. PfPRT1 has been identified as a member of the tunnel, metal dependent mRNA 5' triphosphatase family which differs structurally and mechanistically from human metal independent mRNA 5' triphosphatase. In the present study the essentiality of PfPRT1 was confirmed and molecular biology tools and methods for target purification, enzymatic assessment and target engagement were developed, with the goal of running a future high throughput screening to discover PfPRT1 inhibitors.
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- Sonia Moliner-Cubel
- Diseases of the Developing World, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo Ochoa 2, 28760, Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Diseases of the Developing World, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo Ochoa 2, 28760, Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Diseases of the Developing World, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo Ochoa 2, 28760, Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Biological Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, Stevenage, SG2 7NY, UK
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- Department of Biological Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, Stevenage, SG2 7NY, UK
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- Department of Biological Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, Stevenage, SG2 7NY, UK
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- Department of Biological Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, Stevenage, SG2 7NY, UK
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- Diseases of the Developing World, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo Ochoa 2, 28760, Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Biological Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, Stevenage, SG2 7NY, UK
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- Department of Biological Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, Stevenage, SG2 7NY, UK
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- Diseases of the Developing World, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo Ochoa 2, 28760, Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain
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- Diseases of the Developing World, GlaxoSmithKline, Severo Ochoa 2, 28760, Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain.
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Chen G, Zhao S, Chen N, Wu X. Molecular mechanism responsible for the hyperexpression of baculovirus polyhedrin. Gene 2021; 814:146129. [PMID: 34971751 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2021.146129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2021] [Revised: 12/06/2021] [Accepted: 12/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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One of the amazing phenomena in the baculovirus life cycle is the hyperexpression of the very late gene, polyhedrin (polh), causing the production of the occlusion bodies where progeny virions are embedded. However, to date, the molecular mechanism underlying its hyperexpression is not completely elucidated. Considering that, in this review, the mechanism responsible for its hyperexpression from the previous studies up to now was comprehensively summarized from three aspects, namely, the structure characteristics of the polh promoter and transcription regulation, the structure and translation regulation of the polh mRNA, and especially the regulators that influence the expression of polh gene. Moreover, this review will help us obtain a better understanding about the hyperexpression of polh, and also provide guidance for improving the expression efficiency of the foreign proteins by adopting the baculovirus expression vector system.
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- Guanping Chen
- College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; Key Laboratory of Silkworm and Bee Resource Utilization and Innovation of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; Key Laboratory of Silkworm and Bee Resource Utilization and Innovation of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; Key Laboratory of Silkworm and Bee Resource Utilization and Innovation of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; Key Laboratory of Silkworm and Bee Resource Utilization and Innovation of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou 310058, China.
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Wang J, Li K, Fu Y. Ac106/107 affects production of infectious progeny BV by regulating transcription of late viral genes and host cell energy metabolism. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2021; 77:4758-4769. [PMID: 34148283 DOI: 10.1002/ps.6520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2021] [Accepted: 06/20/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND AcMNPV is a model organism of baculovirus, and Spodoptera frugiperda is one of its hosts. Disclosing the role of ac106/107 in AcMNPV infecting Spodoptera frugiperda 9 (Sf9) cells is of great significance for modifying AcMNPV as a microbial insecticide. This work constructed recombinant baculovirus that knocking out, repairment and overexpression of ac106/107 and explored the effects of Ac106/107 on the proliferation of progeny viruses. Moreover, the potential mechanism and targets of ac106/107 were further revealed. RESULTS First, compared with the Bacmid-EGFP transfection group, the progeny virus does not proliferate after knocking out of ac106/107, and the proliferation ability increases by 14.5% at 72 h post transfection (h p.t.) when overexpression of ac106/107. However, knockout, repairment and overexpression of ac106/107 have no effect on viral DNA replication. Secondly, Ac106/107-EGFP was located in the cytoplasm and nucleus. Transcription level of late viral genes and viral RNA polymerase subunit genes in the Bacmidac106/107KO -EGFP transfection group and Bacmid-Ac106/107-EGFP transfection group was reduced and increased, respectively. Thirdly, AcMNPV would increase the glucose utilization and lactate consumption of the host Sf9 cells, and Bacmidac106/107KO -EGFP transfection group had lower glucose consumption and lactic acid accumulation than Bacmid-EGFP, Bacmidac106/107KO -Ac106/107(rep)-EGFP and Bacmid-Ac106/107-EGFP transfection groups. CONCLUSION Ac106/107 can enter the nucleus and affect transcription of viral RNA polymerase subunit genes, which in turn affects the transcription of late genes, and ultimately affects virus proliferation and energy metabolism in host cells. © 2021 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Jingli Wang
- Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Institute of Biotechnology, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, PR China
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- Zhejiang Academy of Science & Technology for Inspection & Quarantine, Hangzhou, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Institute of Biotechnology, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, PR China
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Grose C, Putman Z, Esposito D. A review of alternative promoters for optimal recombinant protein expression in baculovirus-infected insect cells. Protein Expr Purif 2021; 186:105924. [PMID: 34087362 PMCID: PMC8266756 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2021.105924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2021] [Revised: 05/24/2021] [Accepted: 05/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Generating recombinant proteins in insect cells has been made possible via the use of the Baculovirus Expression Vector System (BEVS). Despite the success of many proteins via this platform, some targets remain a challenge due to issues such as cytopathic effects, the unpredictable nature of co-infection and co-expressions, and baculovirus genome instability. Many promoters have been assayed for the purpose of expressing diverse proteins in insect cells, and yet there remains a lack of implementation of those results when reviewing the landscape of commercially available baculovirus vectors. In advancing the platform to produce a greater variety of proteins and complexes, the development of such constructs cannot be avoided. A better understanding of viral gene regulation and promoter options including viral, synthetic, and insect-derived promoters will be beneficial to researchers looking to utilize BEVS by recruiting these intricate mechanisms of gene regulation for heterologous gene expression. Here we summarize some of the developments that could be utilized to improve the expression of recombinant proteins and multi-protein complexes in insect cells.
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- Carissa Grose
- Protein Expression Laboratory, NCI RAS Initiative, Cancer Research Technology Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD, 21702, USA.
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- Protein Expression Laboratory, NCI RAS Initiative, Cancer Research Technology Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD, 21702, USA
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- Protein Expression Laboratory, NCI RAS Initiative, Cancer Research Technology Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD, 21702, USA
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Sauguet L. The Extended "Two-Barrel" Polymerases Superfamily: Structure, Function and Evolution. J Mol Biol 2019; 431:4167-4183. [PMID: 31103775 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2019.05.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2019] [Revised: 05/07/2019] [Accepted: 05/08/2019] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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DNA and RNA polymerases (DNAP and RNAP) play central roles in genome replication, maintenance and repair, as well as in the expression of genes through their transcription. Multisubunit RNAPs carry out transcription and are represented, without exception, in all cellular life forms as well as in nucleo-cytoplasmic DNA viruses. Since their discovery, multisubunit RNAPs have been the focus of intense structural and functional studies revealing that they all share a well-conserved active-site region called the two-barrel catalytic core. The two-barrel core hosts the polymerase active site, which is located at the interface between two double-psi β-barrel domains that contribute distinct amino acid residues to the active site in an asymmetrical fashion. Recently, sequencing and structural studies have added a surprising variety of DNA and RNA to the two-barrel superfamily, including the archaeal replicative DNAP (PolD), which extends the family to DNA-dependent DNAPs involved in replication. While all these polymerases share a minimal core that must have been present in their common ancestor, the two-barrel polymerase superfamily now encompasses a remarkable diversity of enzymes, including DNA-dependent RNAPs, RNA-dependent RNAPs, and DNA-dependent DNAPs, which participate in critical biological processes such as DNA transcription, DNA replication, and gene silencing. The present review will discuss both common features and differences among the extended two-barrel polymerase superfamily, focusing on the newly discovered members. Comparing their structures provides insights into the molecular mechanisms evolved by the contemporary two-barrel polymerases to accomplish their different biological functions.
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- Ludovic Sauguet
- Institut Pasteur, Unité de Dynamique Structurale des Macromolécules, 75015 Paris, France.
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Kariithi HM, Yao X, Yu F, Teal PE, Verhoeven CP, Boucias DG. Responses of the Housefly, Musca domestica, to the Hytrosavirus Replication: Impacts on Host's Vitellogenesis and Immunity. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:583. [PMID: 28424677 PMCID: PMC5380684 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2017] [Accepted: 03/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Hytrosaviridae family members replicate in the salivary glands (SGs) of their adult dipteran hosts and are transmitted to uninfected hosts via saliva during feeding. Despite inducing similar gross symptoms (SG hypertrophy; SGH), hytrosaviruses (SGHVs) have distinct pathobiologies, including sex-ratio distortions in tsetse flies and refusal of infected housefly females to copulate. Via unknown mechanism(s), SGHV replication in other tissues results in reduced fecundity in tsetse flies and total shutdown of vitellogenesis and sterility in housefly females. We hypothesized that vitellogenesis shutdown was caused by virus-induced modulation of hormonal titers. Here, we used RNA-Seq to investigate virus-induced modulation of host genes/pathways in healthy and virus-infected houseflies, and we validated expression of modulated genes (n = 23) by RT-qPCR. We also evaluated the levels and activities of hemolymph AMPs, levels of endogenous sesquiterpenoids, and impacts of exogenous hormones on ovarian development in viremic females. Of the 973 housefly unigenes that were significantly modulated (padj ≤ 0.01, log2FC ≤ -2.0 or ≥ 2.0), 446 and 527 genes were downregulated and upregulated, respectively. While the most downregulated genes were related to reproduction (embryogenesis/oogenesis), the repertoire of upregulated genes was overrepresented by genes related to non-self recognition, ubiquitin-protease system, cytoskeletal traffic, cellular proliferation, development and movement, and snRNA processing. Overall, the virus, Musca domestica salivary gland hytrosavirus (MdSGHV), induced the upregulation of various components of the siRNA, innate antimicrobial immune, and autophagy pathways. We show that MdSGHV undergo limited morphogenesis in the corpora allata/corpora cardiaca (CA/CC) complex of M. domestica. MdSGHV replication in CA/CC potentially explains the significant reduction of hemolymph sesquiterpenoids levels, the refusal to mate, and the complete shutdown of egg development in viremic females. Notably, hormonal rescue of vitellogenesis did not result in egg production. The mechanism underlying MdSGHV-induced sterility has yet to be resolved.
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- Henry M Kariithi
- Biotechnology Research Institute, Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research OrganizationNairobi, Kenya.,Insect Pest Control Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and AgricultureVienna, Austria
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- Entomology and Nematology Department, University of FloridaGainesville, FL, USA
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- Interdisciplinary Centre for Biotechnology Research, University of FloridaGainesville, FL, USA
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- Center for Medical, Agricultural and Veterinary Entomology, USDA, ARSGainesville, FL, USA
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- Entomology and Nematology Department, University of FloridaGainesville, FL, USA
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- Entomology and Nematology Department, University of FloridaGainesville, FL, USA
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Smith P, Ho CK, Takagi Y, Djaballah H, Shuman S. Nanomolar Inhibitors of Trypanosoma brucei RNA Triphosphatase. mBio 2016; 7:e00058-16. [PMID: 26908574 PMCID: PMC4791841 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.00058-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2016] [Accepted: 01/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED Eukaryal taxa differ with respect to the structure and mechanism of the RNA triphosphatase (RTPase) component of the mRNA capping apparatus. Protozoa, fungi, and certain DNA viruses have a metal-dependent RTPase that belongs to the triphosphate tunnel metalloenzyme (TTM) superfamily. Because the structures, active sites, and chemical mechanisms of the TTM-type RTPases differ from those of mammalian RTPases, the TTM RTPases are potential targets for antiprotozoal, antifungal, and antiviral drug discovery. Here, we employed RNA interference (RNAi) knockdown methods to show that Trypanosoma brucei RTPase Cet1 (TbCet1) is necessary for proliferation of procyclic cells in culture. We then conducted a high-throughput biochemical screen for small-molecule inhibitors of the phosphohydrolase activity of TbCet1. We identified several classes of chemicals-including chlorogenic acids, phenolic glycopyranosides, flavonoids, and other phenolics-that inhibit TbCet1 with nanomolar to low-micromolar 50% inhibitory concentrations (IC50s). We confirmed the activity of these compounds, and tested various analogs thereof, by direct manual assays of TbCet1 phosphohydrolase activity. The most potent nanomolar inhibitors included tetracaffeoylquinic acid, 5-galloylgalloylquinic acid, pentagalloylglucose, rosmarinic acid, and miquelianin. TbCet1 inhibitors were less active (or inactive) against the orthologous TTM-type RTPases of mimivirus, baculovirus, and budding yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae). Our results affirm that a TTM RTPase is subject to potent inhibition by small molecules, with the caveat that parallel screens against TTM RTPases from multiple different pathogens may be required to fully probe the chemical space of TTM inhibition. IMPORTANCE The stark differences between the structure and mechanism of the RNA triphosphatase (RTPase) component of the mRNA capping apparatus in pathogenic protozoa, fungi, and viruses and those of their metazoan hosts highlight RTPase as a target for anti-infective drug discovery. Protozoan, fungal, and DNA virus RTPases belong to the triphosphate tunnel metalloenzyme family. This study shows that a protozoan RTPase, TbCet1 from Trypanosoma brucei, is essential for growth of the parasite in culture and identifies, via in vitro screening of chemical libraries, several classes of potent small-molecule inhibitors of TbCet1 phosphohydrolase activity.
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- Paul Smith
- Molecular Biology Program, Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Infection Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA
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- High Throughput Screening Core Facility, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Molecular Biology Program, Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York, New York, USA
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The development of baculovirus expression vector systems has accompanied a rapid expansion of our knowledge about the genes, their function and regulation in insect cells. Classification of these viruses has also been refined as we learn more about differences in gene content between isolates, how this affects virus structure and their replication in insect larvae. Baculovirus gene expression occurs in an ordered cascade, regulated by early, late and very late gene promoters. There is now a detailed knowledge of these promoter elements and how they interact first with host cell-encoded RNA polymerases and later with virus-encoded enzymes. The composition of this virus RNA polymerase is known. The virus replication process culminates in the very high level expression of both polyhedrin and p10 gene products in the latter stages of infection. It has also been realized that the insect host cell has innate defenses against baculoviruses in the form of an apoptotic response to virus invasion. Baculoviruses counter this by encoding apoptotic-suppressors, which also appear to have a role in determining the host range of the virus. Also of importance to our understanding of baculovirus expression systems is how the virus can accumulate mutations within genes that affect recombinant protein yield in cell culture. The summary in this chapter is not exhaustive, but should provide a good preparation to those wishing to use this highly successful gene expression system.
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- Barbara J Kelly
- The Moyne Institute of Preventive Medicine, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Biological and Molecular Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK
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- NERC CEH (Oxford), Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1, UK.
- Department of Biological and Medical Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Gipsy Lane, Oxford, OX3 0BP, UK.
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De la Fuente IM, Cortés JM, Valero E, Desroches M, Rodrigues S, Malaina I, Martínez L. On the dynamics of the adenylate energy system: homeorhesis vs homeostasis. PLoS One 2014; 9:e108676. [PMID: 25303477 PMCID: PMC4193753 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2014] [Accepted: 09/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Biochemical energy is the fundamental element that maintains both the adequate turnover of the biomolecular structures and the functional metabolic viability of unicellular organisms. The levels of ATP, ADP and AMP reflect roughly the energetic status of the cell, and a precise ratio relating them was proposed by Atkinson as the adenylate energy charge (AEC). Under growth-phase conditions, cells maintain the AEC within narrow physiological values, despite extremely large fluctuations in the adenine nucleotides concentration. Intensive experimental studies have shown that these AEC values are preserved in a wide variety of organisms, both eukaryotes and prokaryotes. Here, to understand some of the functional elements involved in the cellular energy status, we present a computational model conformed by some key essential parts of the adenylate energy system. Specifically, we have considered (I) the main synthesis process of ATP from ADP, (II) the main catalyzed phosphotransfer reaction for interconversion of ATP, ADP and AMP, (III) the enzymatic hydrolysis of ATP yielding ADP, and (IV) the enzymatic hydrolysis of ATP providing AMP. This leads to a dynamic metabolic model (with the form of a delayed differential system) in which the enzymatic rate equations and all the physiological kinetic parameters have been explicitly considered and experimentally tested in vitro. Our central hypothesis is that cells are characterized by changing energy dynamics (homeorhesis). The results show that the AEC presents stable transitions between steady states and periodic oscillations and, in agreement with experimental data these oscillations range within the narrow AEC window. Furthermore, the model shows sustained oscillations in the Gibbs free energy and in the total nucleotide pool. The present study provides a step forward towards the understanding of the fundamental principles and quantitative laws governing the adenylate energy system, which is a fundamental element for unveiling the dynamics of cellular life.
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- Ildefonso M. De la Fuente
- Institute of Parasitology and Biomedicine “López-Neyra”, CSIC, Granada, Spain
- Department of Mathematics, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Leioa, Spain
- Unit of Biophysics (CSIC, UPV/EHU), and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain
- Biocruces Health Research Institute, Hospital Universitario de Cruces, Barakaldo, Spain
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- Biocruces Health Research Institute, Hospital Universitario de Cruces, Barakaldo, Spain
- Ikerbasque: The Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, School of Industrial Engineering, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, Spain
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- School of Computing and Mathematics, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, United Kingdom
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- Biocruces Health Research Institute, Hospital Universitario de Cruces, Barakaldo, Spain
- Department of Physiology, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Mathematics, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Leioa, Spain
- Biocruces Health Research Institute, Hospital Universitario de Cruces, Barakaldo, Spain
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Moeder W, Garcia-Petit C, Ung H, Fucile G, Samuel MA, Christendat D, Yoshioka K. Crystal structure and biochemical analyses reveal that the Arabidopsis triphosphate tunnel metalloenzyme AtTTM3 is a tripolyphosphatase involved in root development. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2013; 76:615-26. [PMID: 24004165 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2012] [Revised: 08/23/2013] [Accepted: 08/30/2013] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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The Arabidopsis protein AtTTM3 belongs to the CYTH superfamily named after its two founding members, the CyaB adenylate cyclase from Aeromonas hydrophila and the mammalian thiamine triphosphatase. In this study we report the three-dimensional structure of a plant CYTH domain protein, AtTTM3, determined at 1.9 Å resolution. The crystal structure revealed the characteristic tunnel architecture of CYTH proteins, which specialize in the binding of nucleotides and other organic phosphates and in phosphoryl transfer reactions. The β barrel is composed of eight antiparallel β strands with a cluster of conserved inwardly facing acidic and basic amino acid residues. Mutagenesis of these residues in the catalytic core led to an almost complete loss of enzymatic activity. We established that AtTTM3 is not an adenylate cyclase. Instead, the enzyme displayed weak NTP phosphatase as well as strong tripolyphosphatase activities similar to the triphosphate tunnel metalloenzyme proteins from Clostridium thermocellum (CthTTM) and Nitrosomonas europaea (NeuTTM). AtTTM3 is most highly expressed in the proximal meristematic zone of the plant root. Furthermore, an AtTTM3 T-DNA insertion knockout line displayed a delay in root growth as well as reduced length and number of lateral roots, suggesting a role for AtTTM3 in root development.
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- Wolfgang Moeder
- Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, 25 Willcocks Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 3B2, Canada
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Burke GR, Thomas SA, Eum JH, Strand MR. Mutualistic polydnaviruses share essential replication gene functions with pathogenic ancestors. PLoS Pathog 2013; 9:e1003348. [PMID: 23671417 PMCID: PMC3649998 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2012] [Accepted: 03/23/2013] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Viruses are usually thought to form parasitic associations with hosts, but all members of the family Polydnaviridae are obligate mutualists of insects called parasitoid wasps. Phylogenetic data founded on sequence comparisons of viral genes indicate that polydnaviruses in the genus Bracovirus (BV) are closely related to pathogenic nudiviruses and baculoviruses. However, pronounced differences in the biology of BVs and baculoviruses together with high divergence of many shared genes make it unclear whether BV homologs still retain baculovirus-like functions. Here we report that virions from Microplitis demolitor bracovirus (MdBV) contain multiple baculovirus-like and nudivirus-like conserved gene products. We further show that RNA interference effectively and specifically knocks down MdBV gene expression. Coupling RNAi knockdown methods with functional assays, we examined the activity of six genes in the MdBV conserved gene set that are known to have essential roles in transcription (lef-4, lef-9), capsid assembly (vp39, vlf-1), and envelope formation (p74, pif-1) during baculovirus replication. Our results indicated that MdBV produces a baculovirus-like RNA polymerase that transcribes virus structural genes. Our results also supported a conserved role for vp39, vlf-1, p74, and pif-1 as structural components of MdBV virions. Additional experiments suggested that vlf-1 together with the nudivirus-like gene int-1 also have novel functions in regulating excision of MdBV proviral DNAs for packaging into virions. Overall, these data provide the first experimental insights into the function of BV genes in virion formation. Microorganisms form symbiotic associations with animals and plants that range from parasitic (pathogens) to beneficial (mutualists). Although numerous examples of obligate, mutualistic bacteria, fungi, and protozoans exist, viruses are almost always considered to be pathogens. An exception is the family Polydnaviridae, which consists of large DNA viruses that are obligate mutualists of insects called parasitoid wasps. Prior studies show that polydnaviruses in the genus Bracovirus evolved approximately 100 million years ago from a group of viruses called nudiviruses, which are themselves closely related to a large family of insect pathogens called baculoviruses. Polydnaviruses are thus of fundamental interest for understanding the processes by which viruses can evolve into mutualists. In this study we characterized the composition of virus particles from Microplitis demolitor bracovirus (MdBV) and conducted functional experiments to assess whether BV genes share similar functions with related essential baculovirus replication genes. Our results indicate that several genes in MdBV retain ancestral functions, but select other genes have novel functions unknown from baculoviruses. Our results also provide the first experimental data on the function of polydnavirus replication genes and enhance understanding of the similarities between these viruses and their pathogenic ancestors.
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- Gaelen R. Burke
- Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
- * E-mail: (GRB); (MRS)
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- Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
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- Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
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- Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
- * E-mail: (GRB); (MRS)
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Burand JP, Kim W, Afonso CL, Tulman ER, Kutish GF, Lu Z, Rock DL. Analysis of the genome of the sexually transmitted insect virus Helicoverpa zea nudivirus 2. Viruses 2012; 4:28-61. [PMID: 22355451 PMCID: PMC3280521 DOI: 10.3390/v4010028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2011] [Revised: 12/30/2011] [Accepted: 12/31/2011] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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The sexually transmitted insect virus Helicoverpa zea nudivirus 2 (HzNV-2) was determined to have a circular double-stranded DNA genome of 231,621 bp coding for an estimated 113 open reading frames (ORFs). HzNV-2 is most closely related to the nudiviruses, a sister group of the insect baculoviruses. Several putative ORFs that share homology with the baculovirus core genes were identified in the viral genome. However, HzNV-2 lacks several key genetic features of baculoviruses including the late transcriptional regulation factor, LEF-1 and the palindromic hrs, which serve as origins of replication. The HzNV-2 genome was found to code for three ORFs that had significant sequence homology to cellular genes which are not generally found in viral genomes. These included a presumed juvenile hormone esterase gene, a gene coding for a putative zinc-dependent matrix metalloprotease, and a major facilitator superfamily protein gene; all of which are believed to play a role in the cellular proliferation and the tissue hypertrophy observed in the malformation of reproductive organs observed in HzNV-2 infected corn earworm moths, Helicoverpa zea.
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- John P. Burand
- Department of Plant, Soil and Insect Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, USA;
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Insect Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, USA;
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- Plum Island Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Greenport, NY 11944, USA; (C.L.A.); (E.R.T.); (G.F.K.); (Z.L.); (D.L.R.)
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- Plum Island Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Greenport, NY 11944, USA; (C.L.A.); (E.R.T.); (G.F.K.); (Z.L.); (D.L.R.)
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- Plum Island Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Greenport, NY 11944, USA; (C.L.A.); (E.R.T.); (G.F.K.); (Z.L.); (D.L.R.)
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- Plum Island Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Greenport, NY 11944, USA; (C.L.A.); (E.R.T.); (G.F.K.); (Z.L.); (D.L.R.)
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- Plum Island Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Greenport, NY 11944, USA; (C.L.A.); (E.R.T.); (G.F.K.); (Z.L.); (D.L.R.)
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Miele SAB, Garavaglia MJ, Belaich MN, Ghiringhelli PD. Baculovirus: molecular insights on their diversity and conservation. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY 2011; 2011:379424. [PMID: 21716740 PMCID: PMC3119482 DOI: 10.4061/2011/379424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2010] [Revised: 01/04/2011] [Accepted: 02/14/2011] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The Baculoviridae is a large group of insect viruses containing circular double-stranded DNA genomes of 80 to 180 kbp. In this study, genome sequences from 57 baculoviruses were analyzed to reevaluate the number and identity of core genes and to understand the distribution of the remaining coding sequences. Thirty one core genes with orthologs in all genomes were identified along with other 895 genes differing in their degrees of representation among reported genomes. Many of these latter genes are common to well-defined lineages, whereas others are unique to one or a few of the viruses. Phylogenetic analyses based on core gene sequences and the gene composition of the genomes supported the current division of the Baculoviridae into 4 genera: Alphabaculovirus, Betabaculovirus, Gammabaculovirus, and Deltabaculovirus.
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- Solange Ana Belen Miele
- LIGBCM (Laboratorio de Ingeniería Genética y Biología Celular y Molecular), Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Roque Saenz Peña 352, Bernal, Argentina
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Yu M, Carstens EB. Characterization of an Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus mutant lacking the ac39(p43) gene. Virus Res 2010; 155:300-6. [PMID: 20974197 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2010.10.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2010] [Revised: 10/15/2010] [Accepted: 10/15/2010] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Open reading frame 39 [orf39(p43)] of Autographa californica multicapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV) is present in 10 isolates of the Alphabaculovirus genus. It is highly conserved in sequence and genomic location in the Group I but much less conserved in the Group II viruses. To investigate the potential role of p43 in AcMNPV infection, we constructed and characterized a p43 knockout mutant. The results showed that the p43 region was expressed as RNA from 3h post infection to at least 24h post infection, and its expression pattern was identical to the expression profile of its neighbouring gene, p47. P47 is an essential core gene component of the baculovirus RNA polymerase. The deletion of the p43 region was confirmed by PCR analysis of bacmid DNA and by RT-PCR analysis of RNA purified from p43 knockout infected cells. The results supported the hypothesis that a large transcript, initiating upstream of p47, includes the p43 ORF. Analyses of protein synthesis in p43 knockout infected cells clearly demonstrated that there were no obvious differences in the timing or amount of expression of P47, LEF-3, or VP39. Growth curves showed that infectious budded virus production and occlusion body formation were also not affected by the p43 knockout. We conclude that orf39(p43) is not essential for virus replication in cell culture.
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- Mei Yu
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada ON K7L 3N6
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Ghosh A, Lima CD. Enzymology of RNA cap synthesis. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-RNA 2010; 1:152-72. [PMID: 21956912 DOI: 10.1002/wrna.19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The 5' guanine-N7 methyl cap is unique to cellular and viral messenger RNA (mRNA) and is the first co-transcriptional modification of mRNA. The mRNA cap plays a pivotal role in mRNA biogenesis and stability, and is essential for efficient splicing, mRNA export, and translation. Capping occurs by a series of three enzymatic reactions that results in formation of N7-methyl guanosine linked through a 5'-5' inverted triphosphate bridge to the first nucleotide of a nascent transcript. Capping of cellular mRNA occurs co-transcriptionally and in vivo requires that the capping apparatus be physically associated with the RNA polymerase II elongation complex. Certain capped mRNAs undergo further methylation to generate distinct cap structures. Although mRNA capping is conserved among viruses and eukaryotes, some viruses have adopted strategies for capping mRNA that are distinct from the cellular mRNA capping pathway.
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- Agnidipta Ghosh
- Structural Biology Program, Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York, NY 10065, USA
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Cohen DPA, Marek M, Davies BG, Vlak JM, van Oers MM. Encyclopedia of Autographa californica nucleopolyhedrovirus genes. Virol Sin 2009. [DOI: 10.1007/s12250-009-3059-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Rasheedi S, Suragani M, Haq SK, Ghosh S, Ehtesham NZ, Hasnain SE. Characterization of LEF4 ligand binding property and its role as part of baculoviral transcription machinery. Mol Cell Biochem 2009; 333:83-9. [PMID: 19633819 DOI: 10.1007/s11010-009-0207-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2009] [Accepted: 07/06/2009] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Late expression factor 4 (LEF4) is one of the four identified subunits of Autographa californica nucleopolyhedrosis virus (AcNPV) encoded RNA polymerase that carries out transcription from viral late and very late promoters. This 464-amino acid baculovirus-encoded protein also harbors 5' mRNA capping activity that includes RNA 5' triphosphatase, nucleoside triphosphatase, and guanylyltransferase activities. Hydrolysis of 5' triphosphate RNA and free NTPs is metal ion dependent property of the protein. In the present communication, we describe the structural changes in the recombinant LEF4 protein following ligand binding. Metal ion binding causes some alteration in the conformation around aromatic amino acids whereas there is no effect on tryptophan fluorescence on GTP binding in absence and presence of metal ion. It is found that GTP and divalent cation cofactor produce some prominent changes in the secondary structure of the protein. Electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA) shows that LEF4 is the probable factor that acts as anchor to dock the viral RNA polymerase on the very late polyhedrin promoter (Ppolh) facilitated by other factors.
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- Sheeba Rasheedi
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Hyderabad, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, 500 046, India
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Jain R, Shuman S. Polyphosphatase activity of CthTTM, a bacterial triphosphate tunnel metalloenzyme. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:31047-57. [PMID: 18782773 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m805392200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Triphosphate tunnel metalloenzymes (TTMs) are a superfamily of phosphotransferases with a distinctive active site located within an eight-stranded beta barrel. The best understood family members are the eukaryal RNA triphosphatases, which catalyze the initial step in mRNA capping. The RNA triphosphatases characteristically hydrolyze nucleoside 5'-triphosphates in the presence of manganese and are inept at cleaving inorganic tripolyphosphate. We recently identified a TTM protein from the bacterium Clostridium thermocellum (CthTTM) with the opposite substrate preference. Here we report that CthTTM catalyzes hydrolysis of guanosine 5'-tetraphosphate to yield GTP and P(i) (K(m) = 70 microm, k(cat) = 170 s(-1)) much more effectively than it converts GTP to GDP and P(i) (K(m) = 70 microm, k(cat) = 0.3 s(-1)), implying that a nucleoside interferes when positioned too close to the tunnel entrance. CthTTM is capable of quantitatively cleaving diadenosine hexaphosphate but has feeble activity with shorter derivatives diadenosine tetraphosphate and diadenosine pentaphosphate. We propose that the tunnel opens to accommodate the dumbbell-shaped diadenosine hexaphosphate and then closes around it to perform catalysis. We find that CthTTM can exhaustively hydrolyze a long-chain inorganic polyphosphate, a molecule that plays important roles in bacterial physiology. CthTTM differs from other known polyphosphatases in that it yields a approximately 2:1 mixture of P(i) and PP(i) end products. Bacterial/archaeal TTMs have a C-terminal helix located near the tunnel entrance. Deletion of this helix from CthTTM exerts pleiotropic effects. (i) It suppresses hydrolysis of guanosine 5'-tetraphosphate and inorganic PPP(i); (ii) it stimulates NTP hydrolysis; and (iii) it biases the outcome of the long-chain polyphosphatase reaction more strongly in favor of P(i) production. We discuss models for substrate binding in the triphosphate tunnel.
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- Ruchi Jain
- Molecular Biology Program, Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York, New York 10021, USA
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Characterization of a trifunctional mimivirus mRNA capping enzyme and crystal structure of the RNA triphosphatase domain. Structure 2008; 16:501-12. [PMID: 18400173 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2008.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2007] [Revised: 01/02/2008] [Accepted: 01/03/2008] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The RNA triphosphatase (RTPase) components of the mRNA capping apparatus are a bellwether of eukaryal taxonomy. Fungal and protozoal RTPases belong to the triphosphate tunnel metalloenzyme (TTM) family, exemplified by yeast Cet1. Several large DNA viruses encode metal-dependent RTPases unrelated to the cysteinyl-phosphatase RTPases of their metazoan host organisms. The origins of DNA virus RTPases are unclear because they are structurally uncharacterized. Mimivirus, a giant virus of amoeba, resembles poxviruses in having a trifunctional capping enzyme composed of a metal-dependent RTPase module fused to guanylyltransferase (GTase) and guanine-N7 methyltransferase domains. The crystal structure of mimivirus RTPase reveals a minimized tunnel fold and an active site strikingly similar to that of Cet1. Unlike homodimeric fungal RTPases, mimivirus RTPase is a monomer. The mimivirus TTM-type RTPase-GTase fusion resembles the capping enzymes of amoebae, providing evidence that the ancestral large DNA virus acquired its capping enzyme from a unicellular host.
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Roles of LEF-4 and PTP/BVP RNA triphosphatases in processing of baculovirus late mRNAs. J Virol 2008; 82:5573-83. [PMID: 18385232 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00058-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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The baculovirus Autographa californica nucleopolyhedrovirus encodes two proteins with RNA triphosphatase activity. Late expression factor LEF-4, which is an essential gene, is a component of the RNA polymerase and also encodes the RNA capping enzyme guanylyltransferase. PTP/BVP is also an RNA triphosphatase, but is not essential for viral replication, possibly because its activity is redundant to that of LEF-4. To elucidate the role of these proteins in mRNA cap formation, a mutant virus that lacked both RNA triphosphatase activities was constructed. Infection studies revealed that the double-mutant virus was viable and normal with respect to the production of budded virus. Pulse-labeling studies and immunoblot analyses showed that late gene expression in the double mutant was equivalent to that in the wild type, while polyhedrin expression was slightly reduced. Direct analysis of the mRNA cap structure indicated no alteration of cap processing in the double mutant. Together, these results reveal that baculoviruses replicate and express their late genes at normal levels in the absence of its two different types of RNA triphosphatases.
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Guarino LA. Processing of baculovirus late and very late mRNAs. Virol Sin 2008. [DOI: 10.1007/s12250-007-0012-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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The development of baculovirus expression vector systems has accompanied a rapid expansion of our knowledge about the genes, their function, and regulation in insect cells. Classification of these viruses has also been refined as we learn more about differences in gene content between isolates, how this affects virus structure, and their replication in insect larvae. Baculovirus gene expression occurs in an ordered cascade, regulated by early, late, and very late gene promoters. There is now a detailed knowledge of these promoter elements and how they interact first with host cell-encoded RNA polymerases and later with virus-encoded enzymes. The composition of this virus RNA polymerase is known. The virus replication process culminates in the very high level expression of both polyhedrin and p10 gene products in the latter stages of infection. It has also been realized that the insect host cell has innate defenses against baculoviruses in the form of an apoptotic response to virus invasion. Baculoviruses counter this by encoding apoptotic-suppressors, which also appear to have a role in determining the host range of the virus. Also of importance to our understanding of baculovirus expression systems is how the virus can accumulate mutations within genes that affect recombinant protein yield in cell culture. The summary in this chapter is not exhaustive, but should provide a good preparation to those wishing to use this highly successful gene expression system.
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Xiao H, Qi Y. Genome sequence of Leucania seperata nucleopolyhedrovirus. Virus Genes 2007; 35:845-56. [PMID: 17763934 DOI: 10.1007/s11262-007-0106-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2007] [Accepted: 04/18/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The nucleotide sequence of the Leucania seperata (Ls) Nucleopolyhedrovirus (LsNPV) genome has been determined and analyzed. The circular dsDNA genome contains 168041 bp, making it the largest NPV sequenced to date. The genome has a G + C content of 48.6% and encodes 169 predicted open reading frames (ORFs), one unique repeat region, and eight homologous repeat regions that are divided into two groups. Of the genome, 82.8% encodes predicted ORFs including five dispersal ORFs that have a large overlaps (range in 149 approximately 390 bp) with their adjacent ORFs, respectively such as expression factor 10, 11, 5, 2 (lef-10, lef-11, lef-5, lef-2), and telokin-like protein-20 (tlp-20); 4.4% is in repeat regions; the remaining 12.8% of the genome comprises nonrepeat intergenic regions. LsNPV encodes homologues of 133 ORFs identified previously in other baculoviruses. Other than 10 'baculovirus repeat ORFs' (bro) and two 'inhibitor of apoptosis' (iap) genes, no duplicated ORFs were found. LsNPV lacks a homologue of the ubiquitin gene, which has been found in all fully sequenced baculoviruses. Iap3 and p49, two genes were proven to be inhibitors of apoptosis by experiment, and are found in the LsNPV genome. It is not found in other baculoviruses that two kinds of inhibitors of apoptosis present in a baculovirus genome.
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- Huazhong Xiao
- Institute of Virology, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, PR China.
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Crouch EA, Cox LT, Morales KG, Passarelli AL. Inter-subunit interactions of the Autographa californica M nucleopolyhedrovirus RNA polymerase. Virology 2007; 367:265-74. [PMID: 17604071 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2007.05.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2007] [Revised: 02/02/2007] [Accepted: 05/18/2007] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Autographa californica M nucleopolyhedrovirus transcribes genes using two DNA-directed RNA polymerases; early genes are transcribed by the host RNA polymerase II, and late and very late genes are transcribed by a viral-encoded multisubunit RNA polymerase. The viral RNA polymerase is composed of four proteins: Late Expression Factor-4 (LEF-4), LEF-8, LEF-9, and P47. The predicted amino acid sequences of lef-9 and lef-8 contain motifs that are similar to those that participate at the catalytic center of known RNA polymerases. The requirement for the motif present in LEF-8 in late gene expression has been previously demonstrated. We have assessed the requirement of specific residues within the motif in LEF-9 for late gene expression. The conserved aspartic acid residues within the LEF-9 motif, corresponding to those essential for activity of the Escherichia coli RNA polymerase largest subunit, were required for late gene expression. Furthermore, we found that LEF-8 and LEF-9 interacted in coimmunoprecipitation experiments. We determined possible interactions of all the RNA polymerase subunits in pairwise combinations and found associations between LEF-9 and P47, LEF-4 and P47, and LEF-8 and P47. In contrast, LEF-4 and LEF-8 did not coimmunoprecipitate but coimmunoprecipitated in the presence of P47, suggesting that they do not associate directly. A weak association was observed between LEF-4 and LEF-9. Further analysis also suggested that LEF-8, LEF-9, and P47 have the ability to self-associate. Studies on protein-protein interactions may provide insight into the structural design of the complex and mechanistic aspects affecting late and very late gene expression.
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- Erin A Crouch
- Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, 116 Ackert Hall, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506-4901, USA
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Keppetipola N, Jain R, Shuman S. Novel triphosphate phosphohydrolase activity of Clostridium thermocellum TTM, a member of the triphosphate tunnel metalloenzyme superfamily. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:11941-9. [PMID: 17303560 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m611328200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Triphosphate tunnel metalloenzymes (TTMs) are a newly recognized superfamily of phosphotransferases defined by a unique active site residing within an eight-stranded beta barrel. The prototypical members are the eukaryal metal-dependent RNA triphosphatases, which catalyze the initial step in mRNA capping. Little is known about the activities and substrate specificities of the scores of TTM homologs present in bacterial and archaeal proteomes, nearly all of which are annotated as adenylate cyclases. Here we have conducted a biochemical and structure-function analysis of a TTM protein (CthTTM) from the bacterium Clostridium thermocellum. CthTTM is a metal-dependent tripolyphosphatase and nucleoside triphosphatase; it is not an adenylate cyclase. We have identified 11 conserved amino acids in the tunnel that are critical for tripolyphosphatase and ATPase activity. The most salient findings are that (i) CthTTM is 150-fold more active in cleaving tripolyphosphate than ATP and (ii) the substrate specificity of CthTTM can be transformed by a single mutation (K8A) that abolishes tripolyphosphatase activity while strongly stimulating ATP hydrolysis. Our results underscore the plasticity of CthTTM substrate choice and suggest how novel specificities within the TTM superfamily might evolve through changes in the residues that line the tunnel walls.
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Gong C, Smith P, Shuman S. Structure-function analysis of Plasmodium RNA triphosphatase and description of a triphosphate tunnel metalloenzyme superfamily that includes Cet1-like RNA triphosphatases and CYTH proteins. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2006; 12:1468-74. [PMID: 16809816 PMCID: PMC1524888 DOI: 10.1261/rna.119806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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RNA triphosphatase catalyzes the first step in mRNA capping. The RNA triphosphatases of fungi and protozoa are structurally and mechanistically unrelated to the analogous mammalian enzyme, a situation that recommends RNA triphosphatase as an anti-infective target. Fungal and protozoan RNA triphosphatases belong to a family of metal-dependent phosphohydrolases exemplified by yeast Cet1. The Cet1 active site is unusually complex and located within a topologically closed hydrophilic beta-barrel (the triphosphate tunnel). Here we probe the active site of Plasmodium falciparum RNA triphosphatase by targeted mutagenesis and thereby identify eight residues essential for catalysis. The functional data engender an improved structural alignment in which the Plasmodium counterparts of the Cet1 tunnel strands and active-site functional groups are located with confidence. We gain insight into the evolution of the Cet1-like triphosphatase family by noting that the heretofore unique tertiary structure and active site of Cet1 are recapitulated in recently deposited structures of proteins from Pyrococcus (PBD 1YEM) and Vibrio (PDB 2ACA). The latter proteins exemplify a CYTH domain found in CyaB-like adenylate cyclases and mammalian thiamine triphosphatase. We conclude that the tunnel fold first described for Cet1 is the prototype of a larger enzyme superfamily that includes the CYTH branch. This superfamily, which we name "triphosphate tunnel metalloenzyme," is distributed widely among bacterial, archaeal, and eukaryal taxa. It is now clear that Cet1-like RNA triphosphatases did not arise de novo in unicellular eukarya in tandem with the emergence of caps as the defining feature of eukaryotic mRNA. They likely evolved by incremental changes in an ancestral tunnel enzyme that conferred specificity for RNA 5'-end processing.
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- Chunling Gong
- Molecular Biology Program, Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York, NY 10021, USA
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Berretta MF, Deshpande M, Crouch EA, Passarelli AL. Functional characterization of Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus late gene transcription and genome replication factors in the non-permissive insect cell line SF-21. Virology 2006; 348:175-89. [PMID: 16442141 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2005.12.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2005] [Revised: 11/09/2005] [Accepted: 12/14/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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We compared the abilities of late gene transcription and DNA replication machineries of the baculoviruses Autographa californica nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV) and Bombyx mori NPV (BmNPV) in SF-21 cells, an insect-derived cell line permissive for AcMNPV infection. It has been well established that 19 AcMNPV late expression factors (lefs) stimulate substantial levels of late gene promoter activity in SF-21 cells. Thus, we constructed a set of clones containing the BmNPV homologs of the AcMNPV lefs under control of the constitutive Drosophila heat shock 70 protein promoter and tested their ability to activate an AcMNPV late promoter-reporter gene cassette in SF-21 cells. We tested the potential of individual or predicted functional groups of BmNPV lefs to successfully replace the corresponding AcMNPV gene(s) in transient late gene expression assays. We found that most, but not all, BmNPV lefs were able to either fully or partially substitute for the corresponding AcMNPV homolog in the context of the remaining AcMNPV lefs with the exception of BmNPV p143, ie-2, and p35. BmNPV p143 was unable to support late gene expression or be imported into the nucleus of cells in the presence of the AcMNPV or the BmNPV LEF-3, a P143 nuclear shuttling factor. Our results suggest that host-specific factors may affect the function of homologous proteins.
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- Marcelo F Berretta
- Division of Biology, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Program, Kansas State University, 232 Ackert Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506-4901, USA
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Knebel-Mörsdorf D, Quadt I, Li Y, Montier L, Guarino LA. Expression of baculovirus late and very late genes depends on LEF-4, a component of the viral RNA polymerase whose guanyltransferase function is essential. J Virol 2006; 80:4168-73. [PMID: 16571832 PMCID: PMC1440449 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.80.8.4168-4173.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Baculovirus lef-4 encodes one subunit of the viral RNA polymerase. Here, we demonstrate the essential nature of LEF-4 by RNA interference and bacmid knockout technology. Silencing of LEF-4 in wild-type virus-infected cells suppressed expression of structural genes, while early expression was unaffected, demonstrating its essential role in late gene expression. After transfection of insect cells with lef-4 mutant bacmid, no viral progeny was produced, further defining its central role in infection. Cotransfection with wild-type lef-4 plasmid restored normal replication, but plasmid encoding a guanyltransferase-deficient version failed to rescue. These results emphasize the importance of the mRNA capping function of LEF-4.
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- Dagmar Knebel-Mörsdorf
- Department of Biochemistry, Texas A&M University, 2128 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77843-2128, USA
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Okano K, Vanarsdall AL, Mikhailov VS, Rohrmann GF. Conserved molecular systems of the Baculoviridae. Virology 2006; 344:77-87. [PMID: 16364739 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2005.09.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2005] [Accepted: 09/10/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Although the Baculoviridae are a large and diverse family of viruses, they are united by a number of shared features that form the basis for their unique life cycle. These include the mechanism of cell entry, genome replication and processing, and late and very late gene transcription. In this review, the molecular systems that are conserved within the Baculoviridae and that are responsible these processes are described.
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- Kazuhiro Okano
- Department of Microbiology, Nash Hall Room 220, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331-3804, USA
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Changela A, Martins A, Shuman S, Mondragón A. Crystal structure of baculovirus RNA triphosphatase complexed with phosphate. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:17848-56. [PMID: 15713658 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m500885200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Baculovirus RNA 5'-triphosphatase (BVP) exemplifies a family of RNA-specific cysteine phosphatases that includes the RNA triphosphatase domains of metazoan and plant mRNA capping enzymes. Here we report the crystal structure of BVP in a phosphate-bound state at 1.5 A resolution. BVP adopts the characteristic cysteine-phosphatase alpha/beta fold and binds two phosphate ions in the active site region, one of which is proposed to mimic the phosphate of the product complex after hydrolysis of the covalent phosphoenzyme intermediate. The crystal structure highlights the role of backbone amides and side chains of the P-loop motif (118)HCTHGXNRT(126) in binding the cleavable phosphate and stabilizing the transition state. Comparison of the BVP structure to the apoenzyme of mammalian RNA triphosphatase reveals a concerted movement of the Arg-125 side chain (to engage the phosphate directly) and closure of an associated surface loop over the phosphate in the active site. The structure highlights a direct catalytic role of Asn-124, which is the signature P-loop residue of the RNA triphosphatase family and a likely determinant of the specificity of BVP for hydrolysis of phosphoanhydride linkages.
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- Anita Changela
- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Cell Biology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
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Benarroch D, Selisko B, Locatelli GA, Maga G, Romette JL, Canard B. The RNA helicase, nucleotide 5'-triphosphatase, and RNA 5'-triphosphatase activities of Dengue virus protein NS3 are Mg2+-dependent and require a functional Walker B motif in the helicase catalytic core. Virology 2004; 328:208-18. [PMID: 15464841 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2004.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2004] [Revised: 05/17/2004] [Accepted: 07/09/2004] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The nonstructural protein 3 (NS3) of Dengue virus (DV) is a multifunctional enzyme carrying activities involved in viral RNA replication and capping: helicase, nucleoside 5'-triphosphatase (NTPase), and RNA 5'-triphosphatase (RTPase). Here, a 54-kDa C-terminal domain of NS3 (DeltaNS3) bearing all three activities was expressed as a recombinant protein. Structure-based sequence analysis in comparison with Hepatitis C virus (HCV) helicase indicates the presence of a HCV-helicase-like catalytic core domain in the N-terminal part of DeltaNS3, whereas the C-terminal part seems to be different. In this report, we show that the RTPase activity of DeltaNS3 is Mg2+-dependent as are both helicase and NTPase activities. Mutational analysis shows that the RTPase activity requires an intact NTPase/helicase Walker B motif in the helicase core, consistent with the fact that such motifs are involved in the coordination of Mg2+. The R513A substitution in the C-terminal domain of DeltaNS3 abrogates helicase activity and strongly diminishes RTPase activity, indicating that both activities are functionally coupled. DV RTPase seems to belong to a new class of Mg2+-dependent RTPases, which use the active center of the helicase/NTPase catalytic core in conjunction with elements in the C-terminal domain.
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- Delphine Benarroch
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Universités d'Aix-Marseille I et II, UMR 6098, Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques, ESIL-Case 925, 13288 Marseille cedex 9, France
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Autographa californica nuclear polyhedrosis virus, or AcMNPV, is the type member of the baculoviruses, a family of double-stranded DNA viruses with large circular genomes. The successive and concomitant expression of an assortment of early, late and very late genes is instrumental for successful baculovirus infection, and requires a switch from early dependence on a host cell-derived polymerase II to a novel virus-encoded RNA polymerase that is required for transcription later on in infection. A series of repetitive and highly conserved sequences known as homologous regions, or hrs, function both as origins of DNA replication as well as transcriptional enhancers of late gene expression. An array of AcMNPV genes produced early on in infection, known as late expression factors, or LEFs, are essential for both replication and late gene expression. In this review, an overview of baculovirus LEFs and their roles in viral replication and late gene expression is presented. The role of LEFs in determining baculovirus host range is described. Finally, we compare baculovirus replication and transcription machinery with other viral systems.
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Gong C, Martins A, Shuman S. Structure-Function Analysis of Trypanosoma brucei RNA Triphosphatase and Evidence for a Two-metal Mechanism. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:50843-52. [PMID: 14525979 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m309188200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Trypanosoma brucei RNA triphosphatase TbCet1 is a 252-amino acid polypeptide that catalyzes the first step in mRNA cap formation. By performing an alanine scan of TbCet1, we identified six amino acids that are essential for triphosphatase activity (Glu-52, Arg-127, Glu-168, Arg-186, Glu-216, and Glu-218). These results consolidate the proposal that protozoan, fungal, and Chlorella virus RNA triphosphatases belong to a single family of metal-dependent NTP phosphohydrolases with a unique tunnel active site composed of eight beta strands. Limited proteolysis of TbCet1 suggests that the hydrophilic N terminus is surface-exposed, whereas the catalytic core domain is tightly folded with the exception of a protease-sensitive loop (76WKGRRARKT84) between two of the putative tunnel strands. The catalytic domain of TbCet1 is extraordinarily thermostable. It remains active after heating for 2 h at 75 degrees C. Analysis by zonal velocity sedimentation indicates that TbCet1 is a monomeric enzyme, unlike fungal RNA triphosphatases, which are homodimers. We show that tripolyphosphate is a potent competitive inhibitor of TbCet1 (Ki 1.4 microm) that binds more avidly to the active site than the ATP substrate (Km 25 microm). We present evidence of synergistic activation of the TbCet1 triphosphatase by manganese and magnesium, consistent with a two-metal mechanism of catalysis. Our findings provide new insight to the similarities (in active site tertiary structure and catalytic mechanism) and differences (in quaternary structure and thermal stability) among the different branches of the tunnel enzyme family.
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- Chunling Gong
- Molecular Biology Program, Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York, New York 10021, USA
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Kim J, Parker JSL, Murray KE, Nibert ML. Nucleoside and RNA triphosphatase activities of orthoreovirus transcriptase cofactor mu2. J Biol Chem 2003; 279:4394-403. [PMID: 14613938 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m308637200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The mammalian Orthoreovirus (mORV) core particle is an icosahedral multienzyme complex for viral mRNA synthesis and provides a delimited system for mechanistic studies of that process. Previous genetic results have identified the mORV mu2 protein as a determinant of viral strain differences in the transcriptase and nucleoside triphosphatase activities of cores. New results in this report provided biochemical and genetic evidence that purified mu2 is itself a divalent cation-dependent nucleoside triphosphatase that can remove the 5' gamma-phosphate from RNA as well. Alanine substitutions in a putative nucleotide binding region of mu2 abrogated both functions but did not affect the purification profile of the protein or its known associations with microtubules and mORV microNS protein in vivo. In vitro microtubule binding by purified mu2 was also demonstrated and not affected by the mutations. Purified mu2 was further demonstrated to interact in vitro with the mORV RNA-dependent RNA polymerase, lambda3, and the presence of lambda3 mildly stimulated the triphosphatase activities of mu2. These findings confirm that mu2 is an enzymatic component of the mORV core and may contribute several possible functions to viral mRNA synthesis.
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- Jonghwa Kim
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Bisaillon M, Bougie I. Investigating the role of metal ions in the catalytic mechanism of the yeast RNA triphosphatase. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:33963-71. [PMID: 12819229 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m303007200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The Saccharomyces cerevisiae RNA triphosphatase (Cet1) requires the presence of metal ion cofactors to catalyze its phosphohydrolase activity, the first step in the formation of the 5'-terminal cap structure of mRNAs. We have used endogenous tryptophan fluorescence studies to elucidate both the nature and the role(s) of the metal ions in the Cet1-mediated phosphohydrolase reaction. The association of Mg2+, Mn2+, and Co2+ ions with the enzyme resulted in a decrease in the intensity of the tryptophan emission spectrum. This decrease was then used to determine the apparent dissociation constants for these ions. Subsequent dual ligand titration experiments demonstrated that the metal ions bind to a common site, for which they compete. The kinetics of real-time metal ion binding to the Cet1 protein were also investigated, and the effects on RNA and nucleotide binding were evaluated. To provide additional insight into the relationship between Cet1 structure and metal ion binding, we correlated the effect of ion binding on protein structure using both circular dichroism and guanidium hydrochloride-induced denaturation as structural indicators. Our data indicate that binding of RNA, nucleotides, and metal ion cofactors does not lead to significant structural modifications of the Cet1 architecture. This suggests a model in which Cet1 possesses a preformed active site, and where major domain rearrangements are not required to form an active catalytic site. Finally, denaturation studies demonstrate that the metal ion cofactors can act by stabilizing the ground state binding of the phosphohydrolase substrate.
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- Martin Bisaillon
- Département de Biochimie, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec J1H 5N4, Canada.
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The nucleotide sequence of the Adoxophyes orana granulovirus (AdorGV) DNA genome was determined and analysed. The genome contains 99,657 bp and has an A + T content of 65.5%. The analysis predicted 119 ORFs of 150 nucleotides or larger that showed minimal overlap. Of these putative genes, 104 (87%) were homologous to genes identified previously in other baculoviruses. The mean overall amino acid identity of AdorGV ORFs was highest with CpGV ORFs at 48%. Sixty-three ORFs were conserved among all lepidopteran baculoviruses and are considered to be common baculoviral genes. Several genes reported to have major roles in baculovirus biology were not found in the AdorGV genome. These included chitinase and cathepsin, which are involved in the liquefaction of the host, which explains why AdorGV-infected insects do not degrade in a typical manner. The AdorGV genome encoded two inhibitor of apoptosis (iap) genes iap-3 and iap-5. Among all of the granuloviruses genomes there was a very high level of gene collinearity. The genes shared by AdorGV and CpGV had exactly the same order along the genome with the exception of one gene, iap-3. The AdorGV genome did not contain typical homologous region (hr) sequences. However, it contained nine repetitive regions in the genome.
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- Sally Wormleaton
- Horticulture Research International, Wellesbourne, Warwick CV35 9EF, UK
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Titterington JS, Nun TK, Passarelli AL. Functional dissection of the baculovirus late expression factor-8 gene: sequence requirements for late gene promoter activation. J Gen Virol 2003; 84:1817-1826. [PMID: 12810876 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.19083-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The late expression factor-8 gene (lef-8) of Autographa californica M nucleopolyhedrovirus encodes the largest subunit of the virally encoded DNA-directed RNA polymerase specific for the transcription of late and very late viral genes. The sequence of lef-8 predicts a C-terminal motif of 13 amino acids that is conserved in other polymerases. Detailed mutagenesis throughout lef-8 was performed, including this C-terminal motif, to define sequences required for late promoter activation. It was found that the conserved C-terminal motif was critical for late gene expression. In addition, regions throughout the entire lef-8-encoding sequence were important for optimal function, suggesting complex protein-protein and protein-DNA interrelationships in the late gene-specific viral transcriptosome.
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- Jane S Titterington
- Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, 232 Ackert Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506-4901, USA
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- Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, 232 Ackert Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506-4901, USA
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- Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, 232 Ackert Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506-4901, USA
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The RNA triphosphatase component of vaccinia virus mRNA capping enzyme (the product of the viral D1 gene) belongs to a family of metal-dependent phosphohydrolases that includes the RNA triphosphatases of fungi, protozoa, Chlorella virus, and baculoviruses. The family is defined by two glutamate-containing motifs (A and C) that form the metal-binding site. Most of the family members resemble the fungal and Chlorella virus enzymes, which have a complex active site located within the hydrophilic interior of a topologically closed eight-stranded beta barrel (the so-called "triphosphate tunnel"). Here we queried whether vaccinia virus capping enzyme is a member of the tunnel subfamily, via mutational mapping of amino acids required for vaccinia triphosphatase activity. We identified four new essential side chains in vaccinia D1 via alanine scanning and illuminated structure-activity relationships by conservative substitutions. Our results, together with previous mutational data, highlight a constellation of six acidic and three basic amino acids that likely compose the vaccinia triphosphatase active site (Glu37, Glu39, Arg77, Lys107, Glu126, Asp159, Lys161, Glu192, and Glu194). These nine essential residues are conserved in all vertebrate and invertebrate poxvirus RNA capping enzymes. We discerned no pattern of clustering of the catalytic residues of the poxvirus triphosphatase that would suggest structural similarity to the tunnel proteins (exclusive of motifs A and C). We infer that the poxvirus triphosphatases are a distinct lineage within the metal-dependent RNA triphosphatase family. Their unique active site, which is completely different from that of the host cell's capping enzyme, recommends the poxvirus RNA triphosphatase as a molecular target for antipoxviral drug discovery.
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- Chunling Gong
- Molecular Biology Program, Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York, NY 10021, USA
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Wu X, Guarino LA. Autographa californica nucleopolyhedrovirus orf69 encodes an RNA cap (nucleoside-2'-O)-methyltransferase. J Virol 2003; 77:3430-40. [PMID: 12610118 PMCID: PMC149537 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.77.6.3430-3440.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The AcNPV orf69 gene encodes a protein that contains an S-adenosylmethionine (AdoMet)-dependent methyltransferase signature motif. More significantly, ORF69 shows high conservation at residues diagnostic for (nucleoside 2'-O)-methyltransferase activity. To analyze the function of this protein, which was renamed MTase1, it was overexpressed in Escherichia coli and purified to homogeneity. Photo cross-linking experiments showed that MTase1 bound AdoMet, and functional assays demonstrated cap 0-dependent methyltransferase activity. In vivo expression assays in insect cells showed that MTase1 was synthesized during the late phase of infection and that its expression was dependent on viral DNA replication. Primer extension analysis identified a late promoter motif, ATAAG, at the transcription start site. A mutant virus was constructed by inserting the lacZ gene into the coding region of mtase1. Immunoblot analysis confirmed that MTase1 was not synthesized in these cells, and single-step growth curves revealed that the rate of virus replication in tissue culture was not affected by the absence of MTase1.
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- Xiaofeng Wu
- Department of Biochemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-2128, USA
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Martins A, Shuman S. Mapping the triphosphatase active site of baculovirus mRNA capping enzyme LEF4 and evidence for a two-metal mechanism. Nucleic Acids Res 2003; 31:1455-63. [PMID: 12595553 PMCID: PMC149837 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkg244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The 464-amino acid baculovirus LEF4 protein is a bifunctional mRNA capping enzyme with triphosphatase and guanylyltransferase activities. The N-terminal half of LEF4 constitutes an autonomous triphosphatase catalytic domain. The LEF4 triphosphatase belongs to a family of metal-dependent phosphohydrolases, which includes the RNA triphosphatases of fungi, protozoa, Chlorella virus and poxviruses. The family is defined by two glutamate-containing motifs (A and C), which form a metal-binding site. Most of the family members resemble the fungal and Chlorella virus enzymes, which have a complex active site located within the hydrophilic interior of a topologically closed eight stranded beta barrel (the so-called 'triphosphate tunnel'). Here we probed whether baculovirus LEF4 is a member of the tunnel subfamily, via mutational mapping of amino acids required for triphosphatase activity. We identified four new essential side chains in LEF4 via alanine scanning and illuminated structure-activity relationships by conservative substitutions. Our results, together with previous mutational data, highlight five acidic and four basic amino acids that are likely to comprise the LEF4 triphosphatase active site (Glu9, Glu11, Arg51, Arg53, Glu97, Lys126, Arg179, Glu181 and Glu183). These nine essential residues are conserved in LEF4 orthologs from all strains of baculoviruses. We discerned no pattern of clustering of the catalytic residues of the baculovirus triphosphatase that would suggest structural similarity to the tunnel proteins (exclusive of motifs A and C). However, there is similarity to the active site of vaccinia RNA triphosphatase. We infer that the baculovirus and poxvirus triphosphatases are a distinct lineage within the metal-dependent RNA triphosphatase family. Synergistic activation of the LEF4 triphosphatase by manganese and magnesium suggests a two-metal mechanism of gamma phosphate hydrolysis.
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- Alexandra Martins
- Molecular Biology Program, Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York, NY 10021, USA
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PP31 is a baculovirus protein that is essential for viral late gene expression. To study the role of PP31 in late transcription in vitro, it was purified from infected insect cells. A combination of heparin affinity, cation exchange chromatography, and gel filtration was used to purify native non-tagged protein. Nearly 5 mg of PP31 was obtained from 95 mg of nuclear extract confirming that PP31 is an abundant viral protein. DNA binding assays revealed that PP31 binds to single-stranded and double-stranded DNA with equal affinities. Addition of PP31 to in vitro transcription assays with purified baculovirus RNA polymerase resulted in a strong inhibition of transcription. This indicates that the viral RNA polymerase was not able to displace PP31, and suggests that other late expression factors may function to help RNA polymerase bind to PP31-coated templates.
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- Linda A Guarino
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-2128, USA.
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Sehrawat S, Srinivasan N, Gopinathan KP. Functional characterization and structural modelling of late gene expression factor 4 from Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus. Biochem J 2002; 368:159-69. [PMID: 12169097 PMCID: PMC1222975 DOI: 10.1042/bj20020456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2002] [Revised: 08/05/2002] [Accepted: 08/08/2002] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Late gene expression factor 4 (LEF4), a multifunctional protein encoded by the Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus has been bacterially expressed and characterized. Sequence analyses and three-dimensional modelling of B. mori LEF4 showed that the protein is related to mRNA-capping enzymes, which are organized as two modular domains. Most of the acidic side chains in LEF4 were solvent-exposed and spread all along the fold. A region dominated by negatively charged groups, which protrudes from the larger domain was ideally suited for interactions with proteins having positively charged patches at the surface. The purified LEF4 protein exhibited different enzyme activities associated with mRNA-capping enzymes, i.e. GTP-binding, RNA triphosphatase and guanylate transferase activities. In addition, LEF4 also showed NTP-hydrolysing activity. The kinetic analysis of ATP hydrolysis revealed a sigmoidal response with two deduced binding sites for ATP, whereas the guanylate transferase activity showed a typical hyperbolic response to varying concentrations of GTP with a Km of 330+/-20 microM. Analysis of the modelled three-dimensional structure of LEF4 suggested the presence of crucial residues in sequence motifs important for the integrity of the fold. Mutation of one such conserved and buried tyrosine residue to cysteine in the motif IIIa, located close to the interlobe region of the model, resulted in a 44% loss of guanylate transferase activity of LEF4 but had no effect on the ATPase activity.
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- Seema Sehrawat
- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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The 5' cap is a unique feature of eukaryotic cellular and viral messenger RNA that is absent from the bacterial and archaeal domains of life. The cap is formed by three enzymatic reactions at the 5' terminus of nascent mRNAs. Although the capping pathway is conserved in all eukaryotes, the structure and genetic organization of the component enzymes vary between species. These differences provide insights into the evolution of eukaryotes and eukaryotic viruses.
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Acharya A, Gopinathan KP. Characterization of late gene expression factors lef-9 and lef-8 from Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus. J Gen Virol 2002; 83:2015-2023. [PMID: 12124466 DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-83-8-2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Late gene expression factors, LEF-4, LEF-8, LEF-9 and P47 constitute the primary components of the Autographa californica multinucleocapsid polyhedrovirus (AcMNPV)-encoded RNA polymerase, which initiates transcription from late and very late promoters. Here, characterization of lef-9 and lef-8, which encode their corresponding counterparts, from Bombyx mori NPV is reported. Transcription of lef-9 initiated at two independent sites: from a GCACT sequence located at -38 nt and a CTCTT sequence located at -50 nt, with respect to the +1 ATG of the open reading frame. The 3' end of the transcript was mapped to a site 17 nt downstream of a canonical polyadenylation signal located 7 nt downstream of the first of the two tandem translational termination codons. Maximum synthesis of LEF-9 was seen from 36 h post-infection (p.i.). The transcription of lef-8 initiated early in infection from a GTGCAAT sequence that differed in the corresponding region from its AcMNPV counterpart (GCGCAGT), with consequent elimination of the consensus early transcription start site motif (underlined). Peak levels of lef-8 transcripts were attained by 24 h p.i. Immunocopurification analyses suggested that there was an association between LEF-8 and LEF-9 in vivo.
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- Asha Acharya
- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India1
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India1
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Sehrawat S, Gopinathan KP. Temporal expression profile of late gene expression factor 4 from Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus. Gene 2002; 294:67-75. [PMID: 12234668 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1119(02)00769-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Temporal expression profile of lef4, the gene encoding late gene expression factor 4 (LEF4) from the baculovirus, Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus (BmNPV), has been analysed. lef4 behaved like an early gene and the transcripts were detectable from 6 h post infection (hpi) which reached maximal levels by 18-24 hpi, and declined considerably at later times. The LEF4 open reading frame was bacterially expressed as a glutathione S-transferase (GST) fusion protein which was solubilized from the inclusion bodies and purified by adsorption to the affinity matrix, GST-Sepharose. Using polyclonal antibodies raised against the bacterially expressed protein, the temporal profile of LEF4 synthesis in BmNPV-infected BmN cells was analysed. The LEF4 protein levels were also higher at 24 hpi compared to 12 or 36 hpi, correlating with the RNA patterns. The protein was predominantly localized to the nucleus of the infected BmN cell and only a small portion was present in the cytosolic fraction. Preliminary studies with antisense lef4 expression revealed substantial reduction in expression from the viral polyhedrin promoter without significantly affecting the viral DNA replication.
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- Seema Sehrawat
- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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Lin G, Blissard GW. Analysis of an Autographa californica multicapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus lef-6-null virus: LEF-6 is not essential for viral replication but appears to accelerate late gene transcription. J Virol 2002; 76:5503-14. [PMID: 11991978 PMCID: PMC137020 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.76.11.5503-5514.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The Autographa californica multicapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV) lef-6 gene was previously shown to be necessary for optimal transcription from an AcMNPV late promoter in transient late expression assays. In the present study, we examined the expression and cellular localization of lef-6 during the AcMNPV infection cycle and generated a lef-6-null virus for studies of the role of lef-6 in the infection cycle. Transcription of lef-6 was detected from 4 to 48 h postinfection, and the LEF-6 protein was identified in dense regions of infected cell nuclei, a finding consistent with its potential role as a late transcription factor. To examine lef-6 in the context of the AcMNPV infection cycle, we deleted the lef-6 gene from an AcMNPV genome propagated as an infectious BACmid in Escherichia coli. Unexpectedly, the resulting AcMNPV lef-6-null BACmid (vAc(lef6KO)) was able to propagate in cell culture, although virus yields were substantially reduced. Thus, the lef-6 gene is not essential for viral replication in Sf9 cells. Two "repair" AcMNPV BACmids (vAc(lef6KO-REP-P) and vAc(lef6KO-REP-ie1P)) were generated by transposition of the lef-6 gene into the polyhedrin locus of the vAc(lef6KO) BACmid. Virus yields from the two repair viruses were similar to those from wild-type AcMNPV or a control (BACmid-derived) virus. The lef-6-null BACmid (vAc(lef6KO)) was further examined to determine whether the deletion of lef-6 affected DNA replication or late gene transcription in the context of an infection. The lef-6 deletion did not appear to affect viral DNA replication. Using Northern blot analysis, we found that although early transcription was apparently unaffected, both late and very late transcription were delayed in cells infected with the lef-6-null BACmid. This phenotype was rescued in viruses containing the lef-6 gene reinserted into the polyhedrin locus. Thus, the lef-6 gene was not essential for either viral DNA replication or late gene transcription, but the absence of lef-6 resulted in a substantial delay in the onset of late transcription. Therefore, lef-6 appears to accelerate the infection cycle of AcMNPV.
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- Guangyun Lin
- Boyce Thompson Institute at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-1801, USA
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Gong C, Shuman S. Chlorella virus RNA triphosphatase. Mutational analysis and mechanism of inhibition by tripolyphosphate. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:15317-24. [PMID: 11844801 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m200532200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Chlorella virus RNA triphosphatase (cvRtp1) is the smallest member of a family of metal-dependent phosphohydrolases that includes the RNA triphosphatases of fungi, protozoa, poxviruses, and baculoviruses. The primary structure of cvRtp1 is more similar to that of the yeast RNA triphosphatase Cet1 than it is to the RNA triphosphatases of other DNA viruses. To evaluate the higher order structural similarities between cvRtp1 and the fungal enzymes, we performed an alanine scan of individual residues of cvRtp1 that were predicted, on the basis of the crystal structure of Cet1, to be located at or near the active site. Twelve residues (Glu(24), Glu(26), Asp(64), Arg(76), Lys(90), Glu(112), Arg(127), Lys(129), Arg(131), Asp(142), Glu(163), and Glu(165)) were deemed essential for catalysis by cvRtp1, insofar as their replacement by alanine reduced phosphohydrolase activity to <5% of the wild-type value. Structure-activity relationships were elucidated by introducing conservative substitutions at the essential positions. The mutational results suggest that the active site of cvRtp1 is likely to adopt a tunnel fold like that of Cet1 and that a similar constellation of side chains within the tunnel is responsible for metal binding and reaction chemistry. Nonetheless, there are several discordant mutational effects in cvRtp1 versus Cet1, which suggest that different members of the phosphohydrolase family vary in their reliance on certain residues within the active site tunnel. We found that tripolyphosphate and pyrophosphate were potent competitive inhibitors of cvRtp1 (K(i) = 0.6 microm tripolyphosphate and 2.4 microm pyrophosphate, respectively), whereas phosphate had little effect. cvRtp1 displayed a weak intrinsic tripolyphosphatase activity (3% of its ATPase activity) but was unable to hydrolyze pyrophosphate.
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- Chunling Gong
- Molecular Biology Program, Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York, New York 10021, USA
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Hausmann S, Vivarès CP, Shuman S. Characterization of the mRNA capping apparatus of the microsporidian parasite Encephalitozoon cuniculi. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:96-103. [PMID: 11687593 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109649200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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A scheme of eukaryotic phylogeny has been suggested based on the structure and physical linkage of the enzymes that catalyze mRNA cap formation. Here we show that the intracellular parasite Encephalitozoon cuniculi encodes a complete mRNA capping apparatus consisting of separate triphosphatase (EcCet1), guanylyltransferase (EcCeg1), and methyltransferase (Ecm1) enzymes, which we characterize biochemically and genetically. The triphosphatase EcCet1 belongs to a metal-dependent phosphohydrolase family that includes the triphosphatase components of the capping apparatus of fungi, DNA viruses, and the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. These enzymes are structurally and mechanistically unrelated to the metal-independent cysteine phosphatase-type RNA triphosphatases found in metazoans and plants. Our findings support the proposed evolutionary connection between microsporidia and fungi, and they place fungi and protozoa in a common lineage distinct from that of metazoans and plants. RNA triphosphatase presents an attractive target for antiprotozoal/antifungal drug development.
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- Stephane Hausmann
- Molecular Biology Program, Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York, New York 10021, USA
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Martins A, Shuman S. Mutational analysis of baculovirus capping enzyme Lef4 delineates an autonomous triphosphatase domain and structural determinants of divalent cation specificity. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:45522-9. [PMID: 11553638 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m107615200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The 464-amino acid baculovirus Lef4 protein is a bifunctional mRNA capping enzyme with triphosphatase and guanylyltransferase activities. The hydrolysis of 5'-triphosphate RNA and free NTPs by Lef4 is dependent on a divalent cation cofactor. RNA triphosphatase activity is optimal at pH 7.5 with either magnesium or manganese, yet NTP hydrolysis at neutral pH is activated only by manganese or cobalt. Here we show that Lef4 possesses an intrinsic magnesium-dependent ATPase with a distinctive alkaline pH optimum and a high K(m) for ATP (4 mm). Lef4 contains two conserved sequences, motif A ((8)IEKEISY(14)) and motif C ((180)LEYEF(184)), which define the fungal/viral/protozoal family of metal-dependent RNA triphosphatases. We find by mutational analysis that Glu(9), Glu(11), Glu(181), and Glu(183) are essential for phosphohydrolase chemistry and likely comprise the metal-binding site of Lef4. Conservative mutations E9D and E183D abrogate the magnesium-dependent triphosphatase activities of Lef4 and transform it into a strictly manganese-dependent RNA triphosphatase. Limited proteolysis of Lef4 and ensuing COOH-terminal deletion analysis revealed that the NH(2)-terminal 236-amino acid segment of Lef4 constitutes an autonomous triphosphatase catalytic domain.
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- A Martins
- Molecular Biology Program, Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York, New York 10021, USA
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