STRUCTURE OF BACTERIOPHAGE COAT PROTEIN-LOOP RNA COMPLEXSTRUCTURE OF BACTERIOPHAGE COAT PROTEIN-LOOP RNA COMPLEX

Structural highlights

1zdk is a 5 chain structure with sequence from Escherichia phage MS2. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Method:X-ray diffraction, Resolution 2.86Å
Resources:FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT

Function

CAPSD_BPMS2 Self-assembles to form the T=3 icosahedral virus shell that protects the viral nucleic acid. Acts as a translational repressor by binding with high specificity to a single stem-loop structure in the genomic RNA that contains the initiation codon of the gene for the viral replicase. Involved in virus assembly through the interaction between a capsid protein dimer and the multiple packaging signals present in the RNA genome.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Evolutionary Conservation

 

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Publication Abstract from PubMed

The coat protein of bacteriophage MS2 is known to bind specifically to an RNA hairpin formed within the MS2 genome. Structurally this hairpin is built up by an RNA double helix interrupted by one unpaired nucleotide and closed by a four-nucleotide loop. We have performed crystallographic studies of complexes between MS2 coat protein capsids and four RNA hairpin variants in order to evaluate the minimal requirements for tight binding to the coat protein and to obtain more information about the three-dimensional structure of these hairpins. An RNA fragment including the four loop nucleotides and a two-base-pair stem but without the unpaired nucleotide is sufficient for binding to the coat protein shell under the conditions used in this study. In contrast, an RNA fragment containing a stem with the unpaired nucleotide but missing the loop nucleotides does not bind to the protein shell.

Crystallographic studies of RNA hairpins in complexes with recombinant MS2 capsids: implications for binding requirements.,Grahn E, Stonehouse NJ, Murray JB, van den Worm S, Valegard K, Fridborg K, Stockley PG, Liljas L RNA. 1999 Jan;5(1):131-8. PMID:9917072[7]

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See Also

References

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  2. Plevka P, Tars K, Liljas L. Crystal packing of a bacteriophage MS2 coat protein mutant corresponds to octahedral particles. Protein Sci. 2008 Oct;17(10):1731-9. Epub 2008 Jul 28. PMID:18662904 doi:10.1110/ps.036905.108
  3. Rolfsson O, Middleton S, Manfield IW, White SJ, Fan B, Vaughan R, Ranson NA, Dykeman E, Twarock R, Ford J, Kao CC, Stockley PG. Direct Evidence for Packaging Signal-Mediated Assembly of Bacteriophage MS2. J Mol Biol. 2016 Jan 29;428(2 Pt B):431-48. doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2015.11.014. Epub , 2015 Dec 1. PMID:26608810 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2015.11.014
  4. Golmohammadi R, Valegard K, Fridborg K, Liljas L. The refined structure of bacteriophage MS2 at 2.8 A resolution. J Mol Biol. 1993 Dec 5;234(3):620-39. PMID:8254664 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jmbi.1993.1616
  5. Valegard K, Murray JB, Stonehouse NJ, van den Worm S, Stockley PG, Liljas L. The three-dimensional structures of two complexes between recombinant MS2 capsids and RNA operator fragments reveal sequence-specific protein-RNA interactions. J Mol Biol. 1997 Aug 1;270(5):724-38. PMID:9245600 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jmbi.1997.1144
  6. van den Worm SH, Stonehouse NJ, Valegard K, Murray JB, Walton C, Fridborg K, Stockley PG, Liljas L. Crystal structures of MS2 coat protein mutants in complex with wild-type RNA operator fragments. Nucleic Acids Res. 1998 Mar 1;26(5):1345-51. PMID:9469847
  7. Grahn E, Stonehouse NJ, Murray JB, van den Worm S, Valegard K, Fridborg K, Stockley PG, Liljas L. Crystallographic studies of RNA hairpins in complexes with recombinant MS2 capsids: implications for binding requirements. RNA. 1999 Jan;5(1):131-8. PMID:9917072

1zdk, resolution 2.86Å

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