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Avalos-Calleros JA, Pastor-Palacios G, Bolaños-Martínez OC, Mauricio-Castillo A, Gregorio-Jorge J, Martínez-Marrero N, Bañuelos-Hernández B, Méndez-Lozano J, Arguello-Astorga GR. Two strains of a novel begomovirus encoding Rep proteins with identical β1 strands but different β5 strands are not compatible in replication. Arch Virol 2021; 166:1691-1709. [PMID: 33852083 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-021-05066-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2020] [Accepted: 02/20/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Geminiviruses have genomes composed of single-stranded DNA molecules and encode a rolling-circle replication (RCR) initiation protein ("Rep"), which has multiple functions. Rep binds to specific repeated DNA motifs ("iterons"), which are major determinants of virus-specific replication. The particular amino acid (aa) residues that determine the preference of a geminivirus Rep for specific iterons (i.e., the trans-acting replication "specificity determinants", or SPDs) are largely unknown, but diverse lines of evidence indicate that most of them are closely associated with the so-called RCR motif I (FLTYP), located in the first 12-19 aa residues of the protein. In this work, we characterized two strains of a novel begomovirus, rhynchosia golden mosaic Sinaloa virus (RhGMSV), that were incompatible in replication in pseudorecombination experiments. Systematic comparisons of the Rep proteins of both RhGMSV strains in the DNA-binding domain allowed the aa residues at positions 71 and 74 to be identified as the residues most likely to be responsible for differences in replication specificity. Residue 71 is part of the β-5 strand structural element, which was predicted in previous studies to contain Rep SPDs. Since the Rep proteins encoded by both RhGMSV strains are identical in their first 24 aa residues, where other studies have mapped potential SPDs, this is the first study lending direct support to the notion that geminivirus Rep proteins contain separate SPDs in their N-terminal domain.
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- Jesús Aarón Avalos-Calleros
- División de Biología Molecular, Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica, A.C. Camino a la Presa de San José 2055, Lomas 4a Sección, C.P. 78216, San Luis Potosí, S.L.P., Mexico
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- CONACYT-Consorcio de Investigación Innovación y Desarrollo para las Zonas Áridas, Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica, A.C. Camino a La Presa de San José 2055, Lomas 4a Sección, C.P. 78216, San Luis Potosí, S.L.P., Mexico
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- División de Biología Molecular, Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica, A.C. Camino a la Presa de San José 2055, Lomas 4a Sección, C.P. 78216, San Luis Potosí, S.L.P., Mexico
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- Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad Politécnica de Tlaxcala (UPTx)., Av. Insurgentes Sur 1582, Col. Crédito Constructor, Del. Benito Juárez, 03940, Mexico City, Mexico
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- División de Biología Molecular, Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica, A.C. Camino a la Presa de San José 2055, Lomas 4a Sección, C.P. 78216, San Luis Potosí, S.L.P., Mexico
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- Facultad de Agronomia y Veterinaria, Universidad De La Salle Bajio, Avenida Universidad 602, Lomas del Campestre, 37150, León Guanajuato, Mexico
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- Departamento de Biotecnología Agrícola, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, CIIDIR-Unidad Sinaloa, 81101, Guasave, Sinaloa, Mexico
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- División de Biología Molecular, Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica, A.C. Camino a la Presa de San José 2055, Lomas 4a Sección, C.P. 78216, San Luis Potosí, S.L.P., Mexico.
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Durante-Rodríguez G, de Lorenzo V, Nikel PI. A Post-translational Metabolic Switch Enables Complete Decoupling of Bacterial Growth from Biopolymer Production in Engineered Escherichia coli. ACS Synth Biol 2018; 7:2686-2697. [PMID: 30346720 DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.8b00345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Most of the current methods for controlling the formation rate of a key protein or enzyme in cell factories rely on the manipulation of target genes within the pathway. In this article, we present a novel synthetic system for post-translational regulation of protein levels, FENIX, which provides both independent control of the steady-state protein level and inducible accumulation of target proteins. The FENIX device is based on the constitutive, proteasome-dependent degradation of the target polypeptide by tagging with a short synthetic, hybrid NIa/SsrA amino acid sequence in the C-terminal domain. Protein production is triggered via addition of an orthogonal inducer ( i.e., 3-methylbenzoate) to the culture medium. The system was benchmarked in Escherichia coli by tagging two fluorescent proteins (GFP and mCherry), and further exploited to completely uncouple poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) accumulation from bacterial growth. By tagging PhaA (3-ketoacyl-CoA thiolase, first step of the route), a dynamic metabolic switch at the acetyl-coenzyme A node was established in such a way that this metabolic precursor could be effectively redirected into PHB formation upon activation of the system. The engineered E. coli strain reached a very high specific rate of PHB accumulation (0.4 h-1) with a polymer content of ca. 72% (w/w) in glucose cultures in a growth-independent mode. Thus, FENIX enables dynamic control of metabolic fluxes in bacterial cell factories by establishing post-translational synthetic switches in the pathway of interest.
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- Gonzalo Durante-Rodríguez
- Environmental Microbiology Group, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (CIB-CSIC), 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Systems and Synthetic Biology Program, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Systems Environmental Microbiology Group, The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs Lyngby, Denmark
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Jebasingh T, Pandaranayaka EPJ, Mahalakshmi A, Kasin Yadunandam A, Krishnaswamy S, Usha R. Expression, purification and molecular modeling of the NIa protease of Cardamom mosaic virus. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2012; 31:602-11. [PMID: 22888800 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2012.706078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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The NIa protease of Potyviridae is the major viral protease that processes potyviral polyproteins. The NIa protease coding region of Cardamom mosaic virus (CdMV) is amplified from the viral cDNA, cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. NIa protease forms inclusion bodies in E.coli. The inclusion bodies are solubilized with 8 M urea, refolded and purified by Nickel-Nitrilotriacetic acid affinity chromatography. Three-dimensional modeling of the CdMV NIa protease is achieved by threading approach using the homologous X-ray crystallographic structure of Tobacco etch mosaic virus NIa protease. The model gave an insight in to the substrate specificities of the NIa proteases and predicted the complementation of nearby residues in the catalytic triad (H42, D74 and C141) mutants in the cis protease activity of CdMV NIa protease.
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- T Jebasingh
- School of Biological Sciences, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, 625021, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Mathur C, Jimsheena VK, Banerjee S, Makinen K, Gowda LR, Savithri HS. Functional regulation of PVBV Nuclear Inclusion protein-a protease activity upon interaction with Viral Protein genome-linked and phosphorylation. Virology 2011; 422:254-64. [PMID: 22099968 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2011.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2011] [Revised: 10/03/2011] [Accepted: 10/10/2011] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Regulation of NIa-Pro is crucial for polyprotein processing and hence, for successful infection of potyviruses. We have examined two novel mechanisms that could regulate NIa-Pro activity. Firstly, the influence of VPg domain on the proteolytic activity of NIa-Pro was investigated. It was shown that the turnover number of the protease increases when these two domains interact (cis: two-fold; trans: seven-fold) with each other. Secondly, the protease activity of NIa-Pro could also be modulated by phosphorylation at Ser129. A mutation of this residue either to aspartate (phosphorylation-mimic) or alanine (phosphorylation-deficient) drastically reduces the protease activity. Based on these observations and molecular modeling studies, we propose that interaction with VPg as well as phosphorylation of Ser129 could relay a signal through Trp143 present at the protein surface to the active site pocket by subtle conformational changes, thus modulating protease activity of NIa-Pro.
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- C Mathur
- Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560012, India
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SUMMARY The genomes of plant viruses in the family Potyviridae encode large polyproteins that are cut by virus-encoded proteases into ten mature proteins. Three different types of protease have been identified, each of which cuts at sites with a distinctive sequence pattern. The experimental evidence for this specificity is reviewed and the cleavage site patterns are compiled for all sequenced species within the family. Seven of the nine cleavage sites in each species are cut by the viral NIa-Pro and patterns around these sites are related where possible to the active site-substrate interactions recently deduced following the resolution of the crystal structure of Tobacco etch virus (TEV) NIa-Pro (Phan et al., 2002. J. Biol. Chem. 277, 50564-50572). In particular, a revised series of cleavage sites for Sweet potato mild mottle virus (genus Ipomovirus) is proposed with a conserved His at the P1 position. This is supported by homology modelling studies using the TEV structure as a template. The data also provide a standard to correct the annotation of some other published sequences and to help predict these sites in further virus sequences as they become available. Comprehensive data for all sequences of each virus in the family, together with some summaries, have been made available at http://www.rothamsted.bbsrc.ac.uk/ppi/links/pplinks/potycleavage/index.html.
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- Michael J Adams
- Plant-Pathogen Interactions Division, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Herts. AL5 2JQ, UK
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The NIa proteinase from pepper vein banding virus (PVBV) is a sequence-specific proteinase required for processing of viral polyprotein in the cytoplasm. It accumulates in the nucleus of the infected plant cell and forms inclusion bodies. The function of this protein in the nucleus is not clear. The purified recombinant NIa proteinase was active, and the mutation of the catalytic residues His-46, Asp-81, and Cys-151 resulted in complete loss of activity. Most interesting, the PVBV NIa proteinase exhibited previously unidentified activity, namely nonspecific double-stranded DNA degradation. This DNase activity of the NIa proteinase showed an absolute requirement for Mg(2+). Site-specific mutational analysis showed that of the three catalytic residues, Asp-81 was the crucial residue for DNase activity. Mutation of His-46 and Cys-151 had no effect on the DNase activity, whereas mutant D81N was partially active, and D81G was completely inactive. Based on kinetic analysis and molecular modeling, a metal ion-dependent catalysis similar to that observed in other nonspecific DNases is proposed. Similar results were obtained with glutathione S-transferase-fused PVBV NIa proteinase and tobacco etch virus NIa proteinase, confirming that the DNase function is an intrinsic property of potyviral NIa proteinase. The NIa protein present in the infected plant nuclear extract also showed the proteinase and the DNase activities, suggesting that the PVBV NIa protein that accumulates in the nucleus late in the infection cycle might serve to degrade the host DNA. Thus the dual function of the NIa proteinase could play an important role in the life cycle of the virus.
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- Roy Anindya
- Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India
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Shin S, Yun YS, Koo HM, Kim YS, Choi KY, Oh BH. Characterization of a novel Ser-cisSer-Lys catalytic triad in comparison with the classical Ser-His-Asp triad. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:24937-43. [PMID: 12711609 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m302156200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Amidase signature family enzymes, which are widespread in nature, contain a newly identified Ser-cisSer-Lys catalytic triad in which the peptide bond between Ser131 and the preceding residue Gly130 is in a cis configuration. In order to characterize the property of the novel triad, we have determined the structures of five mutant malonamidase E2 enzymes that contain a Cys-cisSer-Lys, Ser-cisAla-Lys, or Ser-cisSer-Ala triad or a substitution of Gly130 with alanine. Cysteine cannot replace the role of Ser155 due to a hyper-reactivity of the residue, which results in the modification of the cysteine to cysteinyl sulfinic acid, most likely inside the expression host cells. The lysine residue plays a structural as well as a catalytic role, since the substitution of the residue with alanine disrupts the active site structure completely. The two observations are in sharp contrast with the consequences of the corresponding substitutions in the classical Ser-His-Asp triad. Structural data on the mutant containing the Ser-cisAla-Lys triad convincingly suggest that Ser131 plays an analogous catalytic role as the histidine of the Ser-His-Asp triad. The unusual cis configuration of Ser131 appears essential for the precise contacts of this residue with the other triad residues, as indicated by the near invariance of the preceding glycine residue (Gly130), structural data on the G130A mutant, and by a modeling experiment. The data provide a deep understanding of the role of each residue of the new triad at the atomic level and demonstrate that the new triad is a catalytic device distinctively different from the classical triad or its variants.
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- Sejeong Shin
- Center for Biomolecular Recognition, Pohang, Kyungbuk, 790-784, Korea
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UNLABELLED Summary Taxonomy: Turnip mosaic virus (TuMV) is a member of the genus Potyvirus (type species Potato virus Y) in the family Potyviridae. To date, TuMV is the only potyvirus known to infect brassicas. There are potyvirus isolates that appear serologically similar to TuMV when tested with polyclonal antisera that do not readily infect brassicas (Lesemann and Vetten, 1985). Physical properties: Virions are approximately 720 x 15-20 nm flexuous rods (Fig. 1) and are composed of 95% coat protein (CP) and 5% RNA. Hosts: TuMV has been isolated from a wide range of crop and weed plant species. It is known to infect at least 318 species in over 43 dicot families, including Cruciferae, Compositae, Chenopodiaceae, Leguminosae and Caryophyllaceae and is also known to infect monocots. It has the broadest known host range in terms of plant genera and families of any potyvirus. TRANSMISSION Aphid transmitted in the non-persistent manner, by at least 89 species, including Myzus persicae and Brevicoryne brassicae. Useful website: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ICTVdb/ICTVdB/57010072.htm.
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- John A Walsh
- Horticulture Research International, Wellesbourne, Warwick, CV35 9EF, UK
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Merits A, Rajamäki ML, Lindholm P, Runeberg-Roos P, Kekarainen T, Puustinen P, Mäkeläinen K, Valkonen JPT, Saarma M. Proteolytic processing of potyviral proteins and polyprotein processing intermediates in insect and plant cells. J Gen Virol 2002; 83:1211-1221. [PMID: 11961277 DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-83-5-1211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Processing of the polyprotein encoded by Potato virus A (PVA; genus Potyvirus) was studied using expression of the complete PVA polyprotein or its mutants from recombinant baculoviruses in insect cells. The time-course of polyprotein processing by the main viral proteinase (NIaPro) was examined with the pulse-chase method. The sites at the P3/6K1, CI-6K2 and VPg/NIaPro junctions were processed slowly, in contrast to other proteolytic cleavage sites which were processed at a high rate. The CI-6K2 polyprotein was observed in the baculovirus system and in infected plant cells. In both cell types the majority of CI-6K2 was found in the membrane fraction, in contrast to fully processed CI. Deletion of the genomic region encoding the 6K1 protein prevented proper proteolytic separation of P3 from CI, but did not affect processing of VPg, NIaPro, NIb or CP from the polyprotein. The 6K2-encoding sequence could be removed without any detectable effect on polyprotein processing. However, deletion of either the 6K1 or 6K2 protein-encoding regions rendered PVA non-infectious. Mutations at the 6K2/VPg cleavage site reduced virus infectivity in plants, but had a less pronounced, albeit detectable, effect on proteolytic processing in the baculovirus system. The results of this study indicate that NIaPro catalyses proteolytic cleavages preferentially in cis, and that the 6K1/CI and NIb/CP sites can also be processed in trans. Both 6K peptides are indispensable for virus replication, and proteolytic separation of the 6K2 protein from the adjacent proteins by NIaPro is important for the rate of virus replication and movement.
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- Andres Merits
- National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics, Akadeemia tee 23, EE12611 Tallinn, Estonia2
- Institute of Biotechnology, Viikki Biocenter, University of Helsinki, Viikinkaari 9, Helsinki, FIN-00014, Finland1
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- Department of Plant Biology, Genetics Centre, SLU, PO Box 7080, S-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden3
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Viikki Biocenter, University of Helsinki, Viikinkaari 9, Helsinki, FIN-00014, Finland1
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Viikki Biocenter, University of Helsinki, Viikinkaari 9, Helsinki, FIN-00014, Finland1
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- Department of Plant Biology, Genetics Centre, SLU, PO Box 7080, S-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden3
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Viikki Biocenter, University of Helsinki, Viikinkaari 9, Helsinki, FIN-00014, Finland1
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Viikki Biocenter, University of Helsinki, Viikinkaari 9, Helsinki, FIN-00014, Finland1
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- Department of Plant Biology, Genetics Centre, SLU, PO Box 7080, S-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden3
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Viikki Biocenter, University of Helsinki, Viikinkaari 9, Helsinki, FIN-00014, Finland1
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The RNA genome of turnip mosaic potyvirus (TuMV) encodes a large polyprotein that is processed to mature proteins by virus-encoded proteases. The TuMV NIa protease is responsible for the cleavage of the polyprotein at seven different locations. These cleavage sites are defined by a conserved sequence motif Val-Xaa-His-Gln decreased, with the scissile bond located after Gln. To determine the substrate specificity of the NIa protease, amino acid sequences cleaved by the NIa protease were obtained from randomized sequence libraries using a screening method referred to as GASP (genetic assay for site-specific proteolysis). Based on statistical analysis of the obtained sequences, a consensus substrate sequence was deduced: Yaa-Val-Arg-His-Gln decreased Ser, with Yaa being an aliphatic amino acid and the scissile bond being located between Gln and Ser. This result is consistent with the conserved cleavage sequence motif, and should provide insight into the molecular activity of the NIa protease.
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- Hara Kang
- Department of Life Science and National Research Laboratory, Kwangju Institute of Science and Technology, 1 Oryong-dong, Puk-gu, Kwangju 500-712, Korea1
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- Department of Life Science and National Research Laboratory, Kwangju Institute of Science and Technology, 1 Oryong-dong, Puk-gu, Kwangju 500-712, Korea1
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- Department of Life Science and National Research Laboratory, Kwangju Institute of Science and Technology, 1 Oryong-dong, Puk-gu, Kwangju 500-712, Korea1
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- Department of Life Science and National Research Laboratory, Kwangju Institute of Science and Technology, 1 Oryong-dong, Puk-gu, Kwangju 500-712, Korea1
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Kapust RB, Tözsér J, Fox JD, Anderson DE, Cherry S, Copeland TD, Waugh DS. Tobacco etch virus protease: mechanism of autolysis and rational design of stable mutants with wild-type catalytic proficiency. Protein Eng Des Sel 2001; 14:993-1000. [PMID: 11809930 DOI: 10.1093/protein/14.12.993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 662] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Because of its stringent sequence specificity, the catalytic domain of the nuclear inclusion protease from tobacco etch virus (TEV) is a useful reagent for cleaving genetically engineered fusion proteins. However, a serious drawback of TEV protease is that it readily cleaves itself at a specific site to generate a truncated enzyme with greatly diminished activity. The rate of autoinactivation is proportional to the concentration of TEV protease, implying a bimolecular reaction mechanism. Yet, a catalytically active protease was unable to convert a catalytically inactive protease into the truncated form. Adding increasing concentrations of the catalytically inactive protease to a fixed amount of the wild-type enzyme accelerated its rate of autoinactivation. Taken together, these results suggest that autoinactivation of TEV protease may be an intramolecular reaction that is facilitated by an allosteric interaction between protease molecules. In an effort to create a more stable protease, we made amino acid substitutions in the P2 and P1' positions of the internal cleavage site and assessed their impact on the enzyme's stability and catalytic activity. One of the P1' mutants, S219V, was not only far more stable than the wild-type protease (approximately 100-fold), but also a more efficient catalyst.
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- R B Kapust
- Macromolecular Crystallography Laboratory, National Cancer Institute at Frederick, PO Box B, Frederick, MD 21702-1201, USA
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- S Urcuqui-Inchima
- Institut Jacques Monod, 2 Place Jussieu-Tour 43, 75251 Cedex 05, Paris, France
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Kim D, Kang BH, Han JS, Choi KY. Temperature and salt effects on proteolytic function of turnip mosaic potyvirus nuclear inclusion protein a exhibiting a low-temperature optimum activity. Biochim Biophys Acta 2000; 1480:29-40. [PMID: 10899606 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4838(00)00101-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The nuclear inclusion protein a (NIa) of turnip mosaic potyvirus is a protease responsible for processing the viral polyprotein into functional proteins. The NIa protease exhibits an unusual optimum proteolytic activity at about 16 degrees C. In order to understand the origin of the low-temperature optimum activity, the effects of temperature and salt ions on the catalytic activity and the structure of the NIa protease have been investigated. The analysis of the temperature dependence of k(cat) and K(m) revealed that K(m) decreases more drastically than k(cat) as temperature decreases. The thermodynamic analysis showed that the decrease of K(m) is driven entropically, suggesting a possibility that the substrate binding might need a large entropy cost. The secondary structure of the NIa protease was significantly perturbed at temperatures between 20 and 40 degrees C and the protease was unfolded at very low concentrations of guanidine hydrochloride with a transition midpoint of 0.8 M. These results suggest that the NIa protease is highly flexible in structure. Interestingly, salt ions including NaCl, KCl, CaCl(2) and MgCl(2) stimulated the proteolytic activity by 2-6-fold and increased the optimum temperature to 20-25 degrees C. This stimulatory effect of the salt ions was due to the lowering of K(m). The salt ions promoted the structural rigidity as evidenced in the higher resistance to the heat-induced unfolding in the presence of the salt ions. The increase in rigidity may lead to the lowering of K(m) possibly by reducing the entropic cost for substrate binding. Taken together, these results suggest that the NIa protease is highly flexible in structure and the low-temperature optimum activity might possibly be attributed to lowered entropy cost for substrate binding at lower temperatures.
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- D Kim
- Division of Molecular and Life Sciences and Center for Biofunctional Molecules, Pohang University of Science and Technology, 790-784, Pohang, South Korea
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Turnip mosaic virus (TuMV) NIa protease cleaves the viral polyprotein at seven distinct junctions out of nine. The amino acid sequences of the seven cleavage sites have three conserved amino acids, V, H, Q in positions P4, P2, P1, respectively. Small molecules as well as conjugated peptides were tested for proteolytic activity of the enzyme. None of small molecules tested, such as methylumbelliferyl-p-guanidinobenzoate, p-nitrophenyl-p'-guanidinobenzoate, p-nitrophenyl acetate, and methylumbelliferyl-N-acetylglutamate, were hydrolyzed. Ac-V-Y-H-Q-Mca was also not hydrolyzed. Intramolecularly quenched fluorogenic substrates Dns-P-V-Y-H-Q-A-W-NH(2) and Dns-P-V-Y-H-Q-W-NH(2) emitted fluorescence after addition of TuMV NIa protease. The proteolysis rate of Dns-P-V-Y-H-Q-A-W-NH(2) was comparable to that of the tetradecapeptide with an optimum sequence, but Dns-P-V-Y-H-Q-W-NH(2) was hydrolyzed at a slower rate, which was confirmed independently by HPLC analysis. These results suggest that intramolecularly quenched fluorogenic substrates can be used for the continuous assay of TuMV NIa protease.
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- H Y Yoon
- Institute for Biomedical Research, Handong University, Pohang, Kyungbuk, Korea
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Carrier K, Hans F, Sanfaçon H. Mutagenesis of amino acids at two tomato ringspot nepovirus cleavage sites: effect on proteolytic processing in cis and in trans by the 3C-like protease. Virology 1999; 258:161-75. [PMID: 10329578 DOI: 10.1006/viro.1999.9729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Tomato ringspot nepovirus (ToRSV) encodes two polyproteins that are processed by a 3C-like protease at specific cleavage sites. Analysis of ToRSV cleavage sites identified previously and in this study revealed that cleavage occurs at conserved Q/(G or S) dipeptides. In addition, a Cys or Val is found in the -2 position. Amino acid substitutions were introduced in the -6 to +1 positions of two ToRSV cleavage sites: the cleavage site between the protease and putative RNA-dependent RNA polymerase, which is processed in cis, and the cleavage site at the N-terminus of the movement protein, which is cleaved in trans. The effect of the mutations on proteolytic processing at these sites was tested using in vitro translation systems. Substitution of conserved amino acids at the -2, -1, and +1 positions resulted in a significant reduction in proteolytic processing at both cleavage sites. The effects of individual substitutions were stronger on the cleavage site processed in trans than on the one processed in cis. The cleavage site specificity of the ToRSV protease is discussed in comparison to that of related proteases.
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- K Carrier
- Department of Botany, The University of British Columbia, 3529-6270 University Boulevard, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z4, Canada
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García JA, Fernández-fernández MR, López-moya JJ. Proteinases Involved in Plant Virus Genome Expression. Proteases of Infectious Agents 1999. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-012420510-9/50037-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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This chapter discusses the proteinases involved in plant virus genome expression. The chapter focuses on virus-encoded proteinases. It gives an overall view of the use of proteolytic processing by different plant virus groups for the expression of their genomes. It also discusses that the development of full-length cDNA clones from which infectious transcripts can be produced either in vitro or in vivo, has facilitated the functional analysis of the plant virus proteinases. In spite of the high specificity of the viral proteinases, cellular substrates for animal virus proteinases have been described in this chapter. The activity of the viral proteinases can interfere with important cellular processes to favor virus replication. The recent use of proteinase inhibitors in AIDS therapy has emphasized the convenience of virus-encoded proteinases as targets of antiviral action. A mutant protein able to inhibit the activity of the TEV proteinase by manipulation of the α2-macroglobulin bait region was designed by Van Rompaey.
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Kim DH, Han JS, Lew J, Kim SS, Kang BH, Hwang DC, Jang DS, Kim W, Song BD, Choi KY. Effects of mutations in the C-terminal region of NIa protease on cis-cleavage between NIa and NIb. Virology 1998; 241:94-100. [PMID: 9454720 DOI: 10.1006/viro.1997.8938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Mutational analyses were carried out to investigate whether the nuclear inclusion protein a (NIa) C-terminal amino acids of turnip mosaic potyvirus play any roles in the cis-cleavage between NIa and NIb. The processing rate of the NIa-NIb junction sequence was decreased significantly by either V240D or Q243A mutation while little affected by F226D, V228E, K230E, I232D, or L235D mutation. The mutation of W212S, G213S, or I217D abolishing the cleavage at the NIb-CP or 6K1-cylindrical inclusion protein junction sequence decreased the processing rate to half the level of that of the wild type. Deletion of the C-terminal one (K230), two (S229 and K230), three (S229 to L231), or six amino acids (S229 to D234) as well as the insertion of five glycines between S229 and K230 or between S220 and Q221 did not affect significantly the cleavage while the deletion of 20 amino acids (Q218 to S237) decreased the processing rate to 73% of that of the wild type. These results rule out the possibility that the C-terminal region plays a role as a spacer in right placement of the NIa-NIb junction sequence and demonstrate that the C-terminal 20 amino acids from Q218 to S237 are not crucial for the cis-cleavage of the NIa-NIb junction sequence.
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- D H Kim
- Department of Life Sciences and Center for Biofunctional Molecules, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, 790-784, Korea
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