Download MendeleyCrystal structures of the reverse transcriptase-associated ribonuclease H domain of xenotropic murine leukemia-virus related virus.
Zhou, D., Chung, S., Miller, M., Le Grice, S.F., Wlodawer, A.(2012) J Struct Biol 177: 638-645
- PubMed: 22366278
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsb.2012.02.006
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:
3V1O, 3V1Q, 3V1R - PubMed Abstract:
The ribonuclease H (RNase H) domain of retroviral reverse transcriptase (RT) plays a critical role in the life cycle by degrading the RNA strands of DNA/RNA hybrids. In addition, RNase H activity is required to precisely remove the RNA primers from nascent (-) and (+) strand DNA. We report here three crystal structures of the RNase H domain of xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus (XMRV) RT, namely (i) the previously identified construct from which helix C was deleted, (ii) the intact domain, and (iii) the intact domain complexed with an active site α-hydroxytropolone inhibitor. Enzymatic assays showed that the intact RNase H domain retained catalytic activity, whereas the variant lacking helix C was only marginally active, corroborating the importance of this helix for enzymatic activity. Modeling of the enzyme-substrate complex elucidated the essential role of helix C in binding a DNA/RNA hybrid and its likely mode of recognition. The crystal structure of the RNase H domain complexed with β-thujaplicinol clearly showed that coordination by two divalent cations mediates recognition of the inhibitor.
Organizational Affiliation:
Protein Structure Section, Macromolecular Crystallography Laboratory, National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Frederick, MD 21702, USA.
