Structural highlightsFunctionPOLG_CSFAT Leader cysteine autoprotease that cleaves itself from the nascent polyprotein during translation of the viral mRNA. Once released, plays a role in the inhibition of host innate immune response by interacting with host IRF3 and inducing its proteasomal degradation.[1] [2] [3] [4] Packages viral RNA to form a viral nucleocapsid and thereby protects viral RNA. Also plays a role in transcription regulation. Protects the incoming virus against IFN-induced effectors.[5] [6] Plays a role in viral entry. Interacts with host RPSA that acts as a cellular attachment receptor for the virus. Possesses also intrinsic ribonuclease (RNase) activity that can inhibit the production of type I interferon and assist in the development of persistent infections. Cleaves preferentially NpU bonds (PubMed:15113930).[7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] Plays a role in cell attachment and subsequent fusion of viral and cellular membranes. Therefore, mediates together with envelope glycoprotein E2 the viral entry.[13] Plays a role in cell attachment and subsequent fusion of viral and cellular membranes (PubMed:15527858). Therefore, mediates together with envelope glycoprotein E1 the viral entry (PubMed:15527858). Binds to host ADAM17 receptor for entry (PubMed:33684175).[14] [15] Plays an essential role in the virus replication cycle by acting as a viroporin. Forms ion conductive pores, which alters the cell permeability allowing the transport of ions and other small molecules.[16] [17] Autoprotease that associates with the host chaperone JIV and cleaves the NS2-3 protein between NS2 and NS3. Also plays a role in the formation of infectious particles.[18] Plays a role in the regulation of viral RNA replication.[19] Multifunctional protein that contains an N-terminal protease and a C-terminal helicase, playing essential roles in viral polyprotein processing and viral genome replication. The chymotrypsin-like serine protease activity utilizes NS4A as an essential cofactor and catalyzes the cleavage of the polyprotein leading to the release of NS4A, NS4B, NS5A, and NS5B. Plays a role in the inhibition of host NF-kappa-B activation by interacting with and inhibiting host TRAF6. Interacts with NS5B to enhance RNA-dependent RNA polymerase activity.[20] [21] Acts as a cofactor for the NS3 protease activity.[22] Induces a specific membrane alteration that serves as a scaffold for the virus replication complex (By similarity). Antagonizes host cell apoptosis by interacting with host ferritin heavy chain. The ORF4 protein physically binds host FTH1/FHC, resulting in the reduction of FTH1 protein levels in host cells. Reduction of FTH1 concentration further inhibits the accumulation of reactive oxygen in host cells, leading to reduced apoptosis (By similarity) (PubMed:29844394).[UniProtKB:O56125][UniProtKB:Q9Q6P4][23] Regulates viral RNA replication by interacting with the 3'-untranslated region of viral RNA in a dose-dependent manner. At small concentrations promotes viral synthesis by interacting with the polymerase NS5B while at large concentrations, inhibits replication.[24] [25] Replicates the viral (+) and (-) genome.[PROSITE-ProRule:PRU00539]
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Pestiviruses form a genus in the Flaviviridae family of small enveloped viruses with a positive-sense single-stranded RNA genome. Viral replication in this family requires the activity of a superfamily 2 RNA helicase contained in the C-terminal domain of the non-structural protein 3 (NS3). NS3 features two conserved RecA-like domains (D1 and D2) with ATPase activity, plus a third domain (D3) that is important for unwinding nucleic acid duplexes. We report here the X-ray structure of the pestivirus NS3 helicase domain (pNS3h) at 2.5 A resolution. The structure deviates significantly from that of NS3 of other genera in the Flaviviridae family in D3, which contains two important insertions that result in a narrower nucleic acid binding groove. We also show that mutations in pNS3h that rescue viruses with deleted core protein map to D3, suggesting that this domain may be involved in interactions that facilitate particle assembly. Finally, structural comparisons of the enzyme in different crystalline environments, together with small angle X-ray scattering studies in solution, show that D2 is mobile with respect to the rest of the enzyme, oscillating between closed and open conformations. Binding of a non-hydrolyzable ATP analog locks pNS3h in a conformation that is more compact than the closest apo-form in our crystals. Together, our results provide new insight and bring up new questions about pNS3h function during pestivirus replication. IMPORTANCE: Although pestivirus infections impose an important toll on the livestock industry worldwide, little information is available about the non-structural proteins essential for viral replication, such as the NS3 helicase. We provide here a comparative structural and functional analysis of pNS3h with respect to its orthologs in other viruses of the same family, the flaviviruses and the hepatitis C virus. Our studies reveal differences in the nucleic acid binding groove that could have implications for understanding the unwinding specificity of pNS3h, which is only active on RNA duplexes. We also show that pNS3h has a highly dynamic behavior - a characteristic probably shared with NS3 helicases from all Flaviviridae members - that could be targeted for drug design by using recent algorithms to specifically block molecular motion. Compounds that lock the enzyme in a single conformation, or limit its dynamic range of conformations are indeed likely to block its helicase function.
X-ray structure of the pestivirus NS3 helicase and its conformation in solution.,Tortorici MA, Duquerroy S, Kwok J, Vonrhein C, Perez J, Lamp B, Bricogne G, Rumenapf T, Vachette P, Rey FA J Virol. 2015 Feb 4. pii: JVI.03165-14. PMID:25653438[26]
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