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The twenty-nine amino acid C-terminal cytoplasmic domain of poliovirus 3AB is critical for nucleic acid chaperone activity.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  21045553     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Poliovirus 3AB protein is the first picornavirus protein demonstrated to have nucleic acid chaperone activity. Further characterization of 3AB demonstrates that the C-terminal 22 amino acids (3B region (also referred to as VPg), amino acid 88-109) of the protein is required for chaperone activity, as mutations in this region abrogate nucleic acid binding and chaperone function. Protein 3B alone has no chaperone activity as determined by established assays that include the ability to stimulate nucleic acid hybridization in a primer-template annealing assay, helix-destabilization in a nucleic acid unwinding assay, or aggregation of nucleic acids. In contrast, the putative 3AB C-terminal cytoplasmic domain (C terminal amino acids 81-109, 3B + the last 7 C-terminal amino acids of 3A, termed 3B+7 in this report) possesses strong activity in these assays, albeit at much higher concentrations than 3AB. The characteristics of several mutations in 3B+7 are described here, as well as a model proposing that 3B+7 is the site of the "intrinsic" chaperone activity of 3AB while the 3A N-terminal region (amino acids 1-58) and/or membrane anchor domain (amino acids 59-80) serve to increase the effective concentration of the 3B+7 region leading to the potent chaperone activity of 3AB.
Authors:
Divya R Gangaramani; Elizabeth L Eden; Manthan Shah; Jeffrey J Destefano
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2010-11-01
Journal Detail:
Title:  RNA biology     Volume:  7     ISSN:  1555-8584     ISO Abbreviation:  RNA Biol     Publication Date:    2010 Nov-Dec
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-03-25     Completed Date:  2011-07-13     Revised Date:  2011-07-28    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101235328     Medline TA:  RNA Biol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  820-9     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Amino Acid Sequence
Amino Acids / chemistry,  metabolism*
Base Sequence
Cytoplasm / metabolism*
Membrane Proteins / chemistry,  genetics,  metabolism*
Models, Biological
Molecular Chaperones / metabolism*
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation
Nucleic Acid Conformation
Nucleic Acids / metabolism*
Poliovirus / genetics,  metabolism*
Protein Structure, Tertiary
RNA-Binding Proteins / metabolism
Viral Nonstructural Proteins / chemistry,  genetics,  metabolism*
Virus Replication / physiology
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
GM051140/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS; R01 GM051140-16/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS; //Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/3AB protein, poliovirus; 0/Amino Acids; 0/Membrane Proteins; 0/Molecular Chaperones; 0/Nucleic Acids; 0/RNA-Binding Proteins; 0/Viral Nonstructural Proteins
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