Crystal structure of the Murine Norovirus NS6 protease (inactive C139A mutant) with a C-terminal extension to include residue P1 prime of NS7Crystal structure of the Murine Norovirus NS6 protease (inactive C139A mutant) with a C-terminal extension to include residue P1 prime of NS7

Structural highlights

4x2v is a 6 chain structure with sequence from Murine norovirus 1. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Method:X-ray diffraction, Resolution 2.3Å
Ligands:
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Function

POLG_MNV1 Induces the proliferation of the host smooth ER membranes forming long tubular structures (By similarity). These remodeled membranes probably form the viral factories that contain the replication complex (By similarity). May play a role in viral replication by interacting with host VAPA, a vesicle-associated membrane protein that plays a role in SNARE-mediated vesicle fusion. This interaction may target replication complex to intracellular membranes (Probable).[UniProtKB:P54634][1] Promotes intestinal tropism and persistent fecal shedding in strain CR6 (PubMed:23077309, PubMed:31130511, PubMed:31329638). This function requires Glu-94 and is present in persistant strains (PubMed:23077309).[2] [3] [4] Displays NTPase activity, but probably no helicase activity (PubMed:30265237). Displays RNA chaperone-like activity and destabilizes dsRNA (PubMed:30265237). Induces the formation of convoluted membranes derived from the host ER (By similarity). These remodeled membranes probably form the viral factories that contain the replication complex (By similarity). Initiates host cell death by targeting the mitochondrial outer membrane, leading to the permeabilization of mitochondria, programmed host cell death and viral egress (PubMed:36991121). Externalization of host cardiolipin seems to be involved in the process (PubMed:36991121). Probably plays a role in preventing the assembly of host stress granules (PubMed:31905230).[UniProtKB:P54634][5] [6] [7] Probable key protein responsible for the formation of membrane alterations by the virus (By similarity). Induces the formation of convoluted membranes derived from the host ER (By similarity). These remodeled membranes probably form the viral factories that contain the replication complex (By similarity). May play a role in targeting replication complex to intracellular membranes.[UniProtKB:P54634] Viral genome-linked protein is covalently linked to the 5'-end of the positive-strand, negative-strand genomic RNAs and subgenomic RNA (By similarity). Acts as a genome-linked replication primer (By similarity). May recruit ribosome to viral RNA thereby promoting viral proteins translation (By similarity). Interacts with host translation initiation complex to allow the translation of viral proteins (PubMed:16835235, PubMed:24928504). Induces the formation of aggregates of RNA-directed RNA polymerase in the presence of RNA (PubMed:30038601). Through its interaction with the viral RNA-directed RNA polymerase, plays a crucial role in enhancing the polymerase activity (PubMed:30038601).[UniProtKB:P27409][8] [9] [10] Processes the polyprotein. 3CLpro-RdRp is first released by autocleavage, then all other proteins are cleaved (PubMed:26363064). May cleave host polyadenylate-binding protein thereby inhibiting cellular translation. Does not cleave host G3BP1 (PubMed:27147742).[11] [12] Replicates genomic and antigenomic RNA by recognizing replications specific signals. Transcribes also a subgenomic mRNA by initiating RNA synthesis internally on antigenomic RNA. This sgRNA codes for structural proteins. Catalyzes the covalent attachment VPg with viral RNAs (By similarity).[UniProtKB:Q86119]

Publication Abstract from PubMed

Noroviruses are positive-sense single-stranded RNA viruses. They encode an NS6 protease that cleaves a viral polyprotein at specific sites to produce mature viral proteins. In an earlier study we obtained crystals of murine norovirus (MNV) NS6 protease in which crystal contacts were mediated by specific insertion of the C-terminus of one protein (which contains residues P5-P1 of the NS6-7 cleavage junction) into the peptide binding site of an adjacent molecule, forming an adventitious protease-product complex. We sought to reproduce this crystal form to investigate protease-substrate complexes by extending the C-terminus of NS6 construct to include residues on the C-terminal (P') side of the cleavage junction. We report the crystallization and crystal structure determination of inactive mutants of murine norovirus NS6 protease with C-terminal extensions of one, two and four residues from the N-terminus of the adjacent NS7 protein (NS6 1', NS6 2', NS6 4'). We also determined the structure of a chimeric extended NS6 protease in which the P4-P4' sequence of the NS6-7 cleavage site was replaced with the corresponding sequence from the NS2-3 cleavage junction (NS6 4' 2|3).The constructs NS6 1' and NS6 2' yielded crystals that diffracted anisotropically. We found that, although the uncorrected data could be phased by molecular replacement, refinement of the structures stalled unless the data were ellipsoidally truncated and corrected with anisotropic B-factors. These corrections significantly improved phasing by molecular replacement and subsequent refinement.The refined structures of all four extended NS6 proteases are very similar in structure to the mature MNV NS6-and in one case reveal additional details of a surface loop. Although the packing arrangement observed showed some similarities to those observed in the adventitious protease-product crystals reported previously, in no case were specific protease-substrate interactions observed.

Structure determination of Murine Norovirus NS6 proteases with C-terminal extensions designed to probe protease-substrate interactions.,Fernandes H, Leen EN, Cromwell H Jr, Pfeil MP, Curry S PeerJ. 2015 Feb 26;3:e798. doi: 10.7717/peerj.798. eCollection 2015. PMID:25755927[13]

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See Also

References

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  2. Nice TJ, Strong DW, McCune BT, Pohl CS, Virgin HW. A single-amino-acid change in murine norovirus NS1/2 is sufficient for colonic tropism and persistence. J Virol. 2013 Jan;87(1):327-34. PMID:23077309 doi:10.1128/JVI.01864-12
  3. Lee S, Liu H, Wilen CB, Sychev ZE, Desai C, Hykes BL Jr, Orchard RC, McCune BT, Kim KW, Nice TJ, Handley SA, Baldridge MT, Amarasinghe GK, Virgin HW. A Secreted Viral Nonstructural Protein Determines Intestinal Norovirus Pathogenesis. Cell Host Microbe. 2019 Jun 12;25(6):845-857.e5. PMID:31130511 doi:10.1016/j.chom.2019.04.005
  4. Robinson BA, Van Winkle JA, McCune BT, Peters AM, Nice TJ. Caspase-mediated cleavage of murine norovirus NS1/2 potentiates apoptosis and is required for persistent infection of intestinal epithelial cells. PLoS Pathog. 2019 Jul 22;15(7):e1007940. PMID:31329638 doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1007940
  5. Han KR, Lee JH, Kotiguda GG, Jung KH, Chung MS, Kang S, Hwang S, Kim KH. Nucleotide triphosphatase and RNA chaperone activities of murine norovirus NS3. J Gen Virol. 2018 Nov;99(11):1482-1493. PMID:30265237 doi:10.1099/jgv.0.001151
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  7. Wang G, Zhang D, Orchard RC, Hancks DC, Reese TA. Norovirus MLKL-like protein initiates cell death to induce viral egress. Nature. 2023 Apr;616(7955):152-158. PMID:36991121 doi:10.1038/s41586-023-05851-w
  8. Chaudhry Y, Nayak A, Bordeleau ME, Tanaka J, Pelletier J, Belsham GJ, Roberts LO, Goodfellow IG. Caliciviruses differ in their functional requirements for eIF4F components. J Biol Chem. 2006 Sep 1;281(35):25315-25. PMID:16835235 doi:10.1074/jbc.M602230200
  9. Chung L, Bailey D, Leen EN, Emmott EP, Chaudhry Y, Roberts LO, Curry S, Locker N, Goodfellow IG. Norovirus translation requires an interaction between the C Terminus of the genome-linked viral protein VPg and eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4G. J Biol Chem. 2014 Aug 1;289(31):21738-50. PMID:24928504 doi:10.1074/jbc.M114.550657
  10. Lee JH, Park BS, Han KR, Biering SB, Kim SJ, Choi J, Seok JH, Alam I, Chung MS, Kim HM, Hwang S, Kim KH. Insight Into the Interaction Between RNA Polymerase and VPg for Murine Norovirus Replication. Front Microbiol. 2018 Jul 3;9:1466. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.01466. eCollection, 2018. PMID:30038601 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.01466
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  12. Humoud MN, Doyle N, Royall E, Willcocks MM, Sorgeloos F, van Kuppeveld F, Roberts LO, Goodfellow IG, Langereis MA, Locker N. Feline Calicivirus Infection Disrupts Assembly of Cytoplasmic Stress Granules and Induces G3BP1 Cleavage. J Virol. 2016 Jun 24;90(14):6489-6501. PMID:27147742 doi:10.1128/JVI.00647-16
  13. Fernandes H, Leen EN, Cromwell H Jr, Pfeil MP, Curry S. Structure determination of Murine Norovirus NS6 proteases with C-terminal extensions designed to probe protease-substrate interactions. PeerJ. 2015 Feb 26;3:e798. doi: 10.7717/peerj.798. eCollection 2015. PMID:25755927 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.798

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