Spermidine stimulation of foot-and-mouth disease virus RNA-dependent RNA polymerase activity

1972 ◽  
Vol 36 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 311-316 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. H. Lazarus ◽  
M. Popescu ◽  
R. Barzilai ◽  
N. Goldblum
Keyword(s):  
Rna Polymerase ◽  
Disease Virus ◽  
Foot And Mouth Disease ◽  
Polymerase Activity ◽  
Mouth Disease ◽  
Rna Dependent Rna Polymerase ◽  
Virus Rna ◽  
Mouth Disease Virus ◽  
Rna Polymerase Activity ◽  
Stimulation Of

scholarly journals Structure of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus RNA-dependent RNA Polymerase and Its Complex with a Template-Primer RNA

2004 ◽  
Vol 279 (45) ◽  
pp. 47212-47221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina Ferrer-Orta ◽  
Armando Arias ◽  
Rosa Perez-Luque ◽  
Cristina Escarmís ◽  
Esteban Domingo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rna Polymerase ◽  
Disease Virus ◽  
Foot And Mouth Disease ◽  
Mouth Disease ◽  
Rna Dependent Rna Polymerase ◽  
Virus Rna ◽  
Mouth Disease Virus ◽  
Foot And Mouth ◽  
Primer Rna

scholarly journals (F)uridylylated Peptides Linked to VPg1 of Foot-and- Mouth Disease Virus (FMDV): Design, Synthesis and X-Ray Crystallography of the Complexes with FMDV RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase

Molecules ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (13) ◽  
pp. 2360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonia de Castro ◽  
Cristina Ferrer-Orta ◽  
Alberto Mills ◽  
Gloria Fernández-Cureses ◽  
Federico Gago ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rna Polymerase ◽  
Disease Virus ◽  
Foot And Mouth Disease ◽  
Mouth Disease ◽  
Viral Rna ◽  
Hydroxyl Group ◽  
Rna Dependent Rna Polymerase ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Mouth Disease Virus ◽  
Foot And Mouth

Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) is an RNA virus belonging to the Picornaviridae family that contains three small viral proteins (VPgs), named VPg1, VPg2 and VPg3, linked to the 5′-end of the viral genome. These VPg proteins act as primers for RNA replication, which is initiated by the consecutive binding of two UMP molecules to the hydroxyl group of Tyr3 in VPg. This process, termed uridylylation, is catalyzed by the viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase named 3Dpol. 5-Fluorouridine triphosphate (FUTP) is a potent competitive inhibitor of VPg uridylylation. Peptide analysis showed FUMP covalently linked to the Tyr3 of VPg. This fluorouridylylation prevents further incorporation of the second UMP residue. The molecular basis of how the incorporated FUMP blocks the incorporation of the second UMP is still unknown. To investigate the mechanism of inhibition of VPg uridylylation by FUMP, we have prepared a simplified 15-mer model of VPg1 containing FUMP and studied its x-ray crystal structure in complex with 3Dpol. Unfortunately, the fluorouridylylated VPg1 was disordered and not visible in the electron density maps; however, the structure of 3Dpol in the presence of VPg1-FUMP showed an 8 Å movement of the β9-α11 loop of the polymerase towards the active site cavity relative to the complex of 3Dpol with VPg1-UMP. The conformational rearrangement of this loop preceding the 3Dpol B motif seems to block the access of the template nucleotide to the catalytic cavity. This result may be useful in the design of new antivirals against not only FMDV but also other picornaviruses, since all members of this family require the uridylylation of their VPg proteins to initiate the viral RNA synthesis.

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