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Viral protein PDB id
2ec7
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Protein chain
49 a.a. *
Metals
_ZN ×2
* Residue conservation analysis
PDB id:
2ec7
Name: Viral protein
Title: Solution structure of human immunodificiency virus type-2 nucleocapsid protein
Structure: Gag polyprotein (pr55gag). Chain: a. Fragment: cchc-type 1, cchc-type 2. Synonym: nucleocapsid protein (ncp8). Engineered: yes
Source: Human immunodeficiency virus type 2 (isolate ghana-1). Organism_taxid: 11717. Strain: isolate ghana-1 subtype a. Expressed in: escherichia coli bl21(de3). Expression_system_taxid: 469008.
NMR struc: 11 models
Authors: T.Matsui,Y.Kodera,T.Tanaka,H.Endoh,H.Tanaka,E.Miyauchi, H.Komatsu,T.Kohno,T.Maeda
Key ref: T.Matsui et al. (2009). The RNA recognition mechanism of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 2 NCp8 is different from that of HIV-1 NCp7. Biochemistry, 48, 4314-4323. PubMed id: 19334676 DOI: 10.1021/bi802364b
Date:
10-Feb-07     Release date:   19-Feb-08    
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Protein chain
Pfam   ArchSchema ?
P18041  (GAG_HV2G1) -  Gag polyprotein
Seq:
Struc:
 
Seq:
Struc:
522 a.a.
49 a.a.
Key:    PfamA domain  Secondary structure

 Gene Ontology (GO) functional annotation 
  GO annot!
  Biochemical function     nucleic acid binding     2 terms  

 

 
DOI no: 10.1021/bi802364b Biochemistry 48:4314-4323 (2009)
PubMed id: 19334676  
 
 
The RNA recognition mechanism of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 2 NCp8 is different from that of HIV-1 NCp7.
T.Matsui, T.Tanaka, H.Endoh, K.Sato, H.Tanaka, E.Miyauchi, Y.Kawashima, M.Nagai-Makabe, H.Komatsu, T.Kohno, T.Maeda, Y.Kodera.
 
  ABSTRACT  
 
The nucleocapsid (NC) protein of HIV, which contains two CCHC-type zinc fingers connected by a linker, is a multi-functional protein involved in many of the critical steps of the HIV life cycle. HIV-1 and HIV-2 contain the NC proteins NCp7 and NCp8, respectively. The amino acid sequences of both NC proteins are 67% identical. For NCp7, the important elements for RNA binding were found to be the first zinc finger flanked by the linker, as the minimal active domain, and the 3<sub>10</sub> helix in the N-terminus, as the secondary active domain. However, for the NCp8 counterpart in HIV-2, the binding mechanism to viral RNA has not yet been clarified. In this study, we determined NCp8's three-dimensional structure for the first time and examined the dynamic behavior and chemical shift perturbation as a function of the concentration of the viral RNA SL3. Moreover, the specific binding activities of NCp8 and the NCp8-derived peptides with SL3 were examined by native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis assay. These results indicate that the RNA recognition mechanism for NCp8 is different from that of NCp7 and that the hydrophobic cleft in the second zinc finger acts as a secondary active domain instead of the 3<sub>10</sub> helix in NCp7. Furthermore, the flexibility of the linker is limited by the hydrogen bond between the first zinc finger (Asn11) and the linker (Arg27), which makes it possible for the sites around Trp10 in the minimal active domain and the secondary active domain to form the binding surface.