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Title: The structure of Zika virus NS5 reveals a conserved domain conformation

Abstract

The recent outbreak of Zika virus (ZIKV) has imposed a serious threat to public health. Here we report the crystal structure of the ZIKV NS5 protein in complex with S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine, in which the tandem methyltransferase (MTase) and RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) domains stack into one of the two alternative conformations of flavivirus NS5 proteins. In conclusion, the activity of this NS5 protein is verified through a de novo RdRp assay on a subgenomic ZIKV RNA template. Importantly, our structural analysis leads to the identification of a potential drug-binding site of ZIKV NS5, which might facilitate the development of novel antivirals for ZIKV.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1]
  1. Univ. of California, Riverside, CA (United States)
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Research Org.:
Univ. of California, Riverside, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1361212
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nature Communications
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher:
Nature Publishing Group
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES; 59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; drug discovery; X-ray crystallography

Citation Formats

Wang, Boxiao, Tan, Xiao -Feng, Thurmond, Stephanie, Zhang, Zhi -Min, Lin, Asher, Hai, Rong, and Song, Jikui. The structure of Zika virus NS5 reveals a conserved domain conformation. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1038/ncomms14763.
Wang, Boxiao, Tan, Xiao -Feng, Thurmond, Stephanie, Zhang, Zhi -Min, Lin, Asher, Hai, Rong, & Song, Jikui. The structure of Zika virus NS5 reveals a conserved domain conformation. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14763
Wang, Boxiao, Tan, Xiao -Feng, Thurmond, Stephanie, Zhang, Zhi -Min, Lin, Asher, Hai, Rong, and Song, Jikui. Mon . "The structure of Zika virus NS5 reveals a conserved domain conformation". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14763. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1361212.
@article{osti_1361212,
title = {The structure of Zika virus NS5 reveals a conserved domain conformation},
author = {Wang, Boxiao and Tan, Xiao -Feng and Thurmond, Stephanie and Zhang, Zhi -Min and Lin, Asher and Hai, Rong and Song, Jikui},
abstractNote = {The recent outbreak of Zika virus (ZIKV) has imposed a serious threat to public health. Here we report the crystal structure of the ZIKV NS5 protein in complex with S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine, in which the tandem methyltransferase (MTase) and RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) domains stack into one of the two alternative conformations of flavivirus NS5 proteins. In conclusion, the activity of this NS5 protein is verified through a de novo RdRp assay on a subgenomic ZIKV RNA template. Importantly, our structural analysis leads to the identification of a potential drug-binding site of ZIKV NS5, which might facilitate the development of novel antivirals for ZIKV.},
doi = {10.1038/ncomms14763},
journal = {Nature Communications},
number = ,
volume = 8,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Mar 27 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Mon Mar 27 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}

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Figure 1 Figure 1 : Structural overview of ZIKV NS5. (a) Colour-coded domain architecture of ZIKV NS5. (b) Orthogonal views of ribbon (left) and electrostatic surface (right) representations of ZIKV NS5. The MTase domain, the N-terminal extension, palm, fingers, priming loop and thumb of the RdRp domain, and the interdomain linker aremore » coloured in slate, orange, pink, green, red, light blue and magenta, respectively. Zinc ions (purple) and SAH are shown in sphere representation.« less

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