Crystal structure of White Spot Syndrome Virus Thymidylate Synthase - Apo formCrystal structure of White Spot Syndrome Virus Thymidylate Synthase - Apo form

Structural highlights

7cc8 is a 2 chain structure with sequence from Shrimp white spot syndrome virus (isolate Tongan). 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:,
Resources:FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT

Function

Q77J90_WSSVS

Publication Abstract from PubMed

White spot syndrome virus (WSSV), the causative agent of white spot disease (WSD) severely affecting crustacean life forms, is highly contagious and forms the principal cause of massive economic losses in the shrimp aquaculture industry. Previous studies have demonstrated thymidylate synthase as a successful anti-cancer therapeutic drug target, leading to various anti-cancer drugs. The differential utilization of nucleotide precursors between white spot syndrome virus and shrimp encouraged us to analyze WSSV-thymidylate synthase (wTS). Here, we report the crystal structures of wTS in its apo-form and as a ternary complex with deoxyuridine monophosphate (dUMP) and methotrexate at a resolution of 2.35 A and 2.6 A, respectively. wTS possesses a fold characteristic to known thymidylate synthase (TS) structures. Like other TS structures, the apo-form of wTS displays an open conformation, whereas the wTS ternary complex attains a closed conformation. While the C-terminal loop maintains a typical distance from methotrexate, the Sgamma atom of the catalytic Cys is positioned farther from the C6 atom of dUMP. Altogether, we report the first TS structure from a crustacean virus and highlight its distinction from shrimp and other TS structures.

Structure analysis of thymidylate synthase from white spot syndrome virus reveals WSSV-specific structural elements.,Panchal V, Kumar S, Hossain SN, Vasudevan D Int J Biol Macromol. 2020 Nov 14. pii: S0141-8130(20)34996-5. doi:, 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.11.071. PMID:33197475[1]

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References

  1. Panchal V, Kumar S, Hossain SN, Vasudevan D. Structure analysis of thymidylate synthase from white spot syndrome virus reveals WSSV-specific structural elements. Int J Biol Macromol. 2021 Jan 15;167:1168-1175. PMID:33197475 doi:10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.11.071

7cc8, resolution 2.30Å

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