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Investigations into Hepatitis C Virus Nonstructural Protein NS3: Binding and Unwinding Nucleic Acids.

机译:丙型肝炎病毒非结构蛋白NS3的研究:结合和释放核酸。

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The molecular motor nonstructural protein 3 (NS3) is an essential protein expressed by the hepatitis C virus (HCV) known to catalyze the unwinding of both DNA and RNA substrates. We investigated the role of binding in the unwinding mechanism by determining the outcome of the enzyme's interaction with nucleic acid in the absence of ATP binding and hydrolysis. Comparing full-length NS3 to the helicase domain (NS3h) revealed fundamental mechanistic differences in the way these enzymes interact with substrates due largely to the fact that NS3 is capable of forming large oligomeric structures, whereas NS3h functions as a dimer. The NS3h dimer was confirmed via footprinting methods and gel filtration. NS3h is capable of unwinding long partial-duplex substrates in the absence of a nucleotide cofactor, and our data support the existence of an underlying ATP-independent directionally-biased sliding mechanism. Our data suggest that 3' to 5' movement on ssNA is an intrinsic property of the helicase that occurs without requiring hydrolysis of a nucleotide cofactor. In contrast, NS3 utilizes its oligomeric property to bind directly to the duplex region of partial-duplex substrates and locally separate base pairs in an ATP-independent fashion. This action is limited to duplex lengths at or near the kinetic step size of 18 bp. Additionally, there appears to be two modes of unwinding utilized by full-length NS3: a translocation-independent mode by the action of the large oligomeric species and a translocation-dependent mode likely due to the actions of a smaller species (i.e. dimer).
机译:分子运动非结构蛋白3(NS3)是由丙型肝炎病毒(HCV)表达的必需蛋白,已知可催化DNA和RNA底物解旋。我们通过在不存在ATP结合和水解的情况下确定酶与核酸相互作用的结果来研究结合在展开机制中的作用。将全长NS3与解旋酶结构域(NS3h)进行比较,揭示了这些酶与底物相互作用方式的基本机理差异,这主要是由于NS3能够形成较大的寡聚结构,而NS3h却起着二聚体的作用。 NS3h二聚体通过足迹法和凝胶过滤法得到确认。 NS3h能够在不存在核苷酸辅因子的情况下解开较长的部分双链体底物,并且我们的数据支持存在潜在的独立于ATP的方向性偏向滑动机制。我们的数据表明,ssNA上3'到5'的运动是解旋酶的固有特性,不需要核苷酸辅因子的水解即可发生。相反,NS3利用其寡聚性质直接结合至部分双链体底物的双链体区域,并以不依赖ATP的方式局部分离碱基对。此作用仅限于动力学步长为18 bp或接近18 bp的双链体长度。另外,全长NS3利用了两种解开模式:通过大的寡聚物种的作用的不依赖于转运的模式和可能由于较小的物种(即二聚体)的作用而引起的依赖于转运的模式。

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  • 作者

    Reynolds, Kimberly Ann.;

  • 作者单位

    University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.;

  • 授予单位 University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.;
  • 学科 Chemistry Biochemistry.
  • 学位 Ph.D.
  • 年度 2013
  • 页码 303 p.
  • 总页数 303
  • 原文格式 PDF
  • 正文语种 eng
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