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Crystal structure of the Ilheus virus helicase: implications for enzyme function and drug design.


ABSTRACT:

Background

The Ilheus virus (ILHV) is an encephalitis associated arthropod-borne flavivirus. It was first identified in Ilheus City in the northeast Brazil before spreading to a wider geographic range. No specific vaccines or drugs are currently available for the treatment of ILHV infections. The ILHV helicase, like other flavivirus helicases, possesses 5'-triphosphatase activity. This allows it to perform ATP hydrolysis to generate energy as well as sustain double-stranded RNA's unwinding during ILHV genome replication. Thus, ILHV helicase is an ideal target for inhibitor design.

Results

We determined the crystal structure of the ILHV helicase at 1.75-Å resolution. We then conducted molecular docking of ATP-Mn2+ to the ILHV helicase. Comparisons with related flavivirus helicases indicated that both the NTP and the RNA-ILHV helicase binding sites were conserved across intra-genus species. This suggested that ILHV helicase adopts an identical mode in recognizing ATP/Mn2+. However, the P-loop in the active site showed a distinctive conformation; reflecting a different local structural rearrangement. ILHV helicase enzymatic activity was also characterized. This was found to be relatively lower than that of the DENV, ZIKV, MVE, and ALSV helicases. Our structure-guided mutagenesis revealed that R26A, E110A, and Q280A greatly reduced the ATPase activities. Moreover, we docked two small molecule inhibitors of DENV helicase (ST-610 and suramin) to the ILHV helicase and found that these two molecules had the potential to inhibit the activity of ILHV helicase as well.

Conclusion

High-resolution ILHV helicase structural analysis demonstrates the key amino acids of ATPase activities and could be useful for the design of inhibitors targeting the helicase of ILHV.

SUBMITTER: Wang DP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9012436 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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