A G-quadruplex-binding macrodomain within the "SARS-unique domain" is essential for the activity of the SARS-coronavirus replication-transcription complex

Yuri Kusov; Jinzhi Tan; Enrique Alvarez; Luis Enjuanes; Rolf Hilgenfeld

doi:10.1016/j.virol.2015.06.016

A G-quadruplex-binding macrodomain within the "SARS-unique domain" is essential for the activity of the SARS-coronavirus replication-transcription complex

Yuri Kusov, Jinzhi Tan, Enrique Alvarez, Luis Enjuanes, Rolf Hilgenfeld^*

^*Korrespondierende/r Autor/-in für diese Arbeit

Institut für Biochemie

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Abstract

The multi-domain non-structural protein 3 of SARS-coronavirus is a component of the viral replication/transcription complex (RTC). Among other domains, it contains three sequentially arranged macrodomains: the X domain and subdomains SUD-N as well as SUD-M within the "SARS-unique domain". The X domain was proposed to be an ADP-ribose-1"-phosphatase or a poly(ADP-ribose)-binding protein, whereas SUD-NM binds oligo(G)-nucleotides capable of forming G-quadruplexes. Here, we describe the application of a reverse genetic approach to assess the importance of these macrodomains for the activity of the SARS-CoV RTC. To this end, Renilla luciferase-encoding SARS-CoV replicons with selectively deleted macrodomains were constructed and their ability to modulate the RTC activity was examined. While the SUD-N and the X domains were found to be dispensable, the SUD-M domain was crucial for viral genome replication/transcription. Moreover, alanine replacement of charged amino-acid residues of the SUD-M domain, which are likely involved in G-quadruplex-binding, caused abrogation of RTC activity.

Originalsprache	Englisch
Zeitschrift	Virology
Jahrgang	484
Seiten (von - bis)	313-322
Seitenumfang	10
ISSN	0042-6822
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virol.2015.06.016
Publikationsstatus	Veröffentlicht - 04.07.2015

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We thank Doris Mutschall for excellent technical assistance, Liliya Grin and Luisa Stroeh for help with the preparation and analysis of several constructs, and Dr. Jian Lei for discussion. This work was supported by the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) , the European Commission (through its projects SILVER (Contract no. 260644 ) and EMPERIE (Contract no. 223498 )), the Ministry of Science and Innovation of Spain ( BIO2010-16705 ), the U.S. National Institutes of Health (Grant nos. 2P01AI060699-06A1 and CRIP-HHSN266200700010C ), and the Sino-German Center for the Promotion of Research , Beijing, China ( GZ 236 (202/9 )). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. Appendix A

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