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==Complex structure of thymidylate synthase from varicella zoster virus==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[4xse]] is a 4 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_herpesvirus_3_strain_Oka_vaccine Human herpesvirus 3 strain Oka vaccine]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=4XSE OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=4XSE FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='method'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Empirical_models|Method:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="methodDat">X-ray diffraction, [[Resolution|Resolution]] 3.1&#8491;</td></tr>
<tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="ligandDat"><scene name='pdbligand=PO4:PHOSPHATE+ION'>PO4</scene></td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=4xse FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=4xse OCA], [https://pdbe.org/4xse PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=4xse RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/4xse PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=4xse ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/TYSY_VZVO TYSY_VZVO] Catalyzes the reductive methylation of deoxyuridylate to thymidylate.
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
Varicella zoster virus (VZV) is a highly infectious human herpesvirus that is the causative agent for chicken pox and shingles. VZV encodes a functional thymidylate synthase (TS), which is the sole enzyme that produces dTMP from dUMP de novo. To study substrate binding, the complex structure of TSVZV with dUMP was determined to a resolution of 2.9 A. In the absence of a folate co-substrate, dUMP binds in the conserved TS active site and is coordinated similarly as in the human encoded TS (TSHS) in an open conformation. The interactions between TSVZV with dUMP and a cofactor analog, raltitrexed, were also studied using differential scanning fluorimetry (DSF), suggesting that TSVZV binds dUMP and raltitrexed in a sequential binding mode like other TS. The DSF also revealed interactions between TSVZV and in vitro phosphorylated brivudine (BVDUP), a highly potent anti-herpesvirus drug against VZV infections. The binding of BVDUP to TSVZV was further confirmed by the complex structure of TSVZV and BVDUP solved at a resolution of 2.9 A. BVDUP binds similarly as dUMP in the TSHS but it induces a closed conformation of the active site. The structure supports that the 5-bromovinyl substituent on BVDUP is likely to inhibit TSVZV by preventing the transfer of a methylene group from its cofactor and the subsequent formation of dTMP. The interactions between TSVZV and BVDUP are consistent with that TSVZV is indeed a target of brivudine in vivo. The work also provided the structural basis for rational design of more specific TSVZV inhibitors.

Structure of the Varicella Zoster Virus Thymidylate Synthase Establishes Functional and Structural Similarities as the Human Enzyme and Potentiates Itself as a Target of Brivudine.,Hew K, Dahlroth SL, Veerappan S, Pan LX, Cornvik T, Nordlund P PLoS One. 2015 Dec 2;10(12):e0143947. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0143947., eCollection 2015. PMID:26630264<ref>PMID:26630264</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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==See Also==
*[[Thymidylate synthase 3D structures|Thymidylate synthase 3D structures]]
== References ==
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[[Category: Human herpesvirus 3 strain Oka vaccine]]
[[Category: Large Structures]]
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