Crystal Structure of dUTPase from Equine Infectious Anaemia Virus; Active Site Metal Binding in a Substrate Analogue Complex

Zbigniew Dauter, Rebecca Persson, Anna Maria Rosengren, Per-Olof Nyman, Keith S Wilson, Eila S Cedergren-Zeppezauer

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Abstract

The X-ray structures of dUTPase from equine infectious anaemia virus (EIAV) in unliganded and complexed forms have been determined to 1.9 and 2.0 A resolution, respectively. The structures were solved by molecular replacement using Escherichia coli dUTPase as search model. The exploitation of a relatively novel refinement approach for the initial model, combining maximum likelihood refinement with stereochemically unrestrained updating of the model, proved to be of crucial importance and should be of general relevance.EIAV dUTPase is a homotrimer where each subunit folds into a twisted antiparallel @b-barrel with the N and C-terminal portions interacting with adjacent subunits. The C-terminal 14 and 17 amino acid residues are disordered in the crystal structure of the unliganded and complexed enzyme, respectively. Interactions along the 3-fold axis include a water-containing volume (size 207 A3) which has no contact with bulk solvent.It has earlier been shown that a divalent metal ion is essential for catalysis. For the first time, a putative binding site for such a metal ion, in this case Sr2+, is established. The positions of the inhibitor (the non-hydrolysable substrate analogue dUDP) and the metal ion in the complex are consistent with the location of the active centre established for trimeric dUTPase structures, in which subunit interfaces form three surface clefts lined with evolutionary conserved residues. However, a detailed comparison of the active sites of the EIAV and E. coli enzymes reveals some structural differences. The viral enzyme undergoes a small conformational change in the uracil-binding @b-hairpin structure upon dUDP binding not observed in the other known dUTPase structures.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)655-673
JournalJournal of Molecular Biology
Volume285
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1999

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Biological Sciences

Free keywords

  • X-ray structure
  • dUTPase
  • metal-inhibitor complex
  • equine infectious anaemia virus
  • automated refinement procedure

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