scholarly journals The large protein ‘L’ of Peste-des-petits-ruminants virus exhibits RNA triphosphatase activity, the first enzyme in mRNA capping pathway

Virus Genes ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Yunus Ansari ◽  
Piyush Kumar Singh ◽  
Deepa Rajagopalan ◽  
Purnima Shanmugam ◽  
Asutosh Bellur ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Peste Des Petits Ruminants ◽  
Large Protein ◽  
Protein L ◽  
Mrna Capping ◽  
Rna Triphosphatase

scholarly journals Characterization of a Baculovirus-Encoded RNA 5′-Triphosphatase

1998 ◽  
Vol 72 (9) ◽  
pp. 7057-7063 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian H. Gross ◽  
Stewart Shuman
Keyword(s):  
Steady State ◽  
Product Formation ◽  
Rate Limiting Step ◽  
Limiting Step ◽  
Mrna Capping ◽  
Steady State Rate ◽  
Rna Triphosphatase ◽  
State Rate ◽  
Nuclear Polyhedrosis ◽  
Rate Limiting

ABSTRACT Autographa californica nuclear polyhedrosis virus (AcNPV) encodes a 168-amino-acid polypeptide that contains the signature motif of the superfamily of protein phosphatases that act via a covalent cysteinyl phosphate intermediate. The sequence of the AcNPV phosphatase is similar to that of the RNA triphosphatase domain of the metazoan cellular mRNA capping enzyme. Here, we show that the purified recombinant AcNPV protein is an RNA 5′-triphosphatase that hydrolyzes the γ-phosphate of triphosphate-terminated poly(A); it also hydrolyzes ATP to ADP and GTP to GDP. The phosphatase sediments as two discrete components in a glycerol gradient: a 9.5S oligomer and 2.5S putative monomer. The 2.5S form of the enzyme releases 32Pi from 1 μM γ-32P-labeled triphosphate-terminated poly(A) with a turnover number of 52 min−1 and converts ATP to ADP with V max of 8 min−1and Km of 25 μM ATP. The 9.5S oligomeric form of the enzyme displays an initial pre-steady-state burst of ADP and Pi formation, which is proportional to and stoichiometric with the enzyme, followed by a slower steady-state rate of product formation (approximately 1/10 of the steady-state rate of the 2.5S enzyme). We surmise that the oligomeric enzyme is subject to a rate-limiting step other than reaction chemistry and that this step is either distinct from or slower than the rate-limiting step for the 2.5S enzyme. Replacing the presumptive active site nucleophile Cys-119 by alanine abrogates RNA triphosphatase and ATPase activity. Our findings raise the possibility that baculoviruses encode enzymes that cap the 5′ ends of viral transcripts synthesized at late times postinfection by a virus-encoded RNA polymerase.

scholarly journals Nanomolar Inhibitors ofTrypanosoma bruceiRNA Triphosphatase

mBio ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Smith ◽  
C. Kiong Ho ◽  
Yuko Takagi ◽  
Hakim Djaballah ◽  
Stewart Shuman
Keyword(s):  
Drug Discovery ◽  
Trypanosoma Brucei ◽  
Small Molecule ◽  
Active Sites ◽  
Small Molecule Inhibitors ◽  
Chemical Space ◽  
Antiviral Drug ◽  
Mrna Capping ◽  
Rna Triphosphatase ◽  
Triphosphate Tunnel Metalloenzyme

ABSTRACTEukaryal taxa differ with respect to the structure and mechanism of the RNA triphosphatase (RTPase) component of the mRNA capping apparatus. Protozoa, fungi, and certain DNA viruses have a metal-dependent RTPase that belongs to the triphosphate tunnel metalloenzyme (TTM) superfamily. Because the structures, active sites, and chemical mechanisms of the TTM-type RTPases differ from those of mammalian RTPases, the TTM RTPases are potential targets for antiprotozoal, antifungal, and antiviral drug discovery. Here, we employed RNA interference (RNAi) knockdown methods to show thatTrypanosoma bruceiRTPase Cet1 (TbCet1) is necessary for proliferation of procyclic cells in culture. We then conducted a high-throughput biochemical screen for small-molecule inhibitors of the phosphohydrolase activity of TbCet1. We identified several classes of chemicals—including chlorogenic acids, phenolic glycopyranosides, flavonoids, and other phenolics—that inhibit TbCet1 with nanomolar to low-micromolar 50% inhibitory concentrations (IC50s). We confirmed the activity of these compounds, and tested various analogs thereof, by direct manual assays of TbCet1 phosphohydrolase activity. The most potent nanomolar inhibitors included tetracaffeoylquinic acid, 5-galloylgalloylquinic acid, pentagalloylglucose, rosmarinic acid, and miquelianin. TbCet1 inhibitors were less active (or inactive) against the orthologous TTM-type RTPases of mimivirus, baculovirus, and budding yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae). Our results affirm that a TTM RTPase is subject to potent inhibition by small molecules, with the caveat that parallel screens against TTM RTPases from multiple different pathogens may be required to fully probe the chemical space of TTM inhibition.IMPORTANCEThe stark differences between the structure and mechanism of the RNA triphosphatase (RTPase) component of the mRNA capping apparatus in pathogenic protozoa, fungi, and viruses and those of their metazoan hosts highlight RTPase as a target for anti-infective drug discovery. Protozoan, fungal, and DNA virus RTPases belong to the triphosphate tunnel metalloenzyme family. This study shows that a protozoan RTPase, TbCet1 fromTrypanosoma brucei, is essential for growth of the parasite in culture and identifies, viain vitroscreening of chemical libraries, several classes of potent small-molecule inhibitors of TbCet1 phosphohydrolase activity.

scholarly journals A Conserved Motif in Region V of the Large Polymerase Proteins of Nonsegmented Negative-Sense RNA Viruses That Is Essential for mRNA Capping

2007 ◽  
Vol 82 (2) ◽  
pp. 775-784 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianrong Li ◽  
Amal Rahmeh ◽  
Marco Morelli ◽  
Sean P. J. Whelan
Keyword(s):  
Rna Viruses ◽  
Rna Virus ◽  
Single Amino Acid ◽  
L Protein ◽  
Mrna Capping ◽  
Rna Triphosphatase ◽  
Vesicular Stomatitis ◽  
L Proteins ◽  
Covalent Intermediate ◽  
Negative Sense

ABSTRACT Nonsegmented negative-sense (NNS) RNA viruses cap their mRNA by an unconventional mechanism. Specifically, 5′ monophosphate mRNA is transferred to GDP derived from GTP through a reaction that involves a covalent intermediate between the large polymerase protein L and mRNA. This polyribonucleotidyltransferase activity contrasts with all other capping reactions, which are catalyzed by an RNA triphosphatase and guanylyltransferase. In these reactions, a 5′ diphosphate mRNA is capped by transfer of GMP via a covalent enzyme-GMP intermediate. RNA guanylyltransferases typically have a KxDG motif in which the lysine forms this covalent intermediate. Consistent with the distinct mechanism of capping employed by NNS RNA viruses, such a motif is absent from L. To determine the residues of L protein required for capping, we reconstituted the capping reaction of the prototype NNS RNA virus, vesicular stomatitis virus, from highly purified components. Using a panel of L proteins with single-amino-acid substitutions to residues universally conserved among NNS RNA virus L proteins, we define a new motif, GxxT[n]HR, present within conserved region V of L protein that is essential for this unconventional mechanism of mRNA cap formation.

scholarly journals The Essential Role for the RNA Triphosphatase Cet1p in Nuclear Import of the mRNA Capping Enzyme Cet1p-Ceg1p Complex of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

PLoS ONE ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. e78000
Author(s):  
Naoki Takizawa ◽  
Toshinobu Fujiwara ◽  
Manabu Yamasaki ◽  
Ayako Saito ◽  
Akira Fukao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Nuclear Import ◽  
Essential Role ◽  
Mrna Capping ◽  
Rna Triphosphatase ◽  
Capping Enzyme
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