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The Structure of the NTPase That Powers DNA Packaging into Sulfolobus Turreted Icosahedral Virus 2

Happonen, Lotta ; Oksanen, Esko LU ; Liljeroos, Lassi ; Goldman, Adrian ; Kajander, Tommi and Butcher, Sarah J. (2013) In Journal of Virology 87(15). p.8388-8398
Abstract
Biochemical reactions powered by ATP hydrolysis are fundamental for the movement of molecules and cellular structures. One such reaction is the encapsidation of the double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) genome of an icosahedrally symmetric virus into a preformed procapsid with the help of a genome-translocating NTPase. Such NTPases have been characterized in detail from both RNA and tailed DNA viruses. We present four crystal structures and the biochemical activity of a thermophilic NTPase, B204, from the nontailed, membrane-containing, hyperthermoacidophilic archaeal dsDNA virus Sulfolobus turreted icosahedral virus 2. These are the first structures of a genome-packaging NTPase from a nontailed, dsDNA virus with an archaeal host. The four... (More)
Biochemical reactions powered by ATP hydrolysis are fundamental for the movement of molecules and cellular structures. One such reaction is the encapsidation of the double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) genome of an icosahedrally symmetric virus into a preformed procapsid with the help of a genome-translocating NTPase. Such NTPases have been characterized in detail from both RNA and tailed DNA viruses. We present four crystal structures and the biochemical activity of a thermophilic NTPase, B204, from the nontailed, membrane-containing, hyperthermoacidophilic archaeal dsDNA virus Sulfolobus turreted icosahedral virus 2. These are the first structures of a genome-packaging NTPase from a nontailed, dsDNA virus with an archaeal host. The four structures highlight the catalytic cycle of B204, pinpointing the molecular movement between substrate-bound (open) and empty (closed) active sites. The protein is shown to bind both single-stranded and double-stranded nucleic acids and to have an optimum activity at 80 C and pH 4.5. The overall fold of B204 places it in the FtsK-HerA superfamily of P-loop ATPases, whose cellular and viral members have been suggested to share a DNA-translocating mechanism. (Less)
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Journal of Virology
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15
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8388 - 8398
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1098-5514
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10.1128/JVI.00831-13
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  author       = {{Happonen, Lotta and Oksanen, Esko and Liljeroos, Lassi and Goldman, Adrian and Kajander, Tommi and Butcher, Sarah J.}},
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  publisher    = {{American Society for Microbiology}},
  series       = {{Journal of Virology}},
  title        = {{The Structure of the NTPase That Powers DNA Packaging into Sulfolobus Turreted Icosahedral Virus 2}},
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  doi          = {{10.1128/JVI.00831-13}},
  volume       = {{87}},
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