NMR study of hydrogen exchange during the B-Z transition of a DNA duplex induced by the Zα domains of yatapoxvirus E3L

Eun Hae Lee, Yeo Jin Seo, Hee Chul Ahn, Young Min Kang, Hee Eun Kim, Yeon Mi Lee, Byong Seok Choi, Joon Hwa Lee

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Abstract

The Yaba-like disease viruses (YLDV) are members of the Yatapoxvirus family and have double-stranded DNA genomes. The E3L protein, which is essential for pathogenesis in the vaccinia virus, consists of two domains: an N-terminal Z-DNA binding domain and a C-terminal RNA binding domain. The crystal structure of the E3L orthologue of YLDV (yabZαE3L) bound to Z-DNA revealed that the overall structure of yabZαE3L and its interaction with Z-DNA are very similar to those of hZαADAR1. Here we have performed NMR hydrogen exchange experiments on the complexes between yabZαE3L and d(CGCGCG)2 with a variety of protein-to-DNA molar ratios. This study revealed that yabZαE3L could efficiently change the B-form helix of the d(CGCGCG)2 to left-handed Z-DNA via the active-mono B-Z transition pathway like hZαADAR1.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4453-4457
Number of pages5
JournalFEBS Letters
Volume584
Issue number21
DOIs
StatePublished - 5 Nov 2010

Keywords

  • E3L
  • Hydrogen exchange
  • NMR
  • Poxvirus
  • Z-DNA
  • Z-DNA binding protein

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