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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