5A76

KSHV LANA (ORF73) C-terminal domain, open non-ring conformation: orthorhombic crystal form

Summary for 5A76

• Entry DOI: 10.2210/pdb5a76/pdb
• Descriptor: ORF 73, MAGNESIUM ION (2 entities in total)
• Functional Keywords: dna binding protein, dna, viral, protein folding, protein structure, tertiary, rhadinovirus, viral proteins, virus latency
• Biological source: HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8
• Total number of polymer chains: 8
• Total formula weight: 121125.19

Authors

Ponnusamy, R.,Mcvey, C.E. (deposition date: 2015-07-02, release date: 2015-10-28, Last modification date: 2024-01-10)

Primary citation

Ponnusamy, R.,Petoukhov, M.V.,Correia, B.,Custodio, T.F.,Juillard, F.,Tan, M.,Pires De Miranda, M.,Carrondo, M.A.,Simas, J.P.,Kaye, K.M.,Svergun, D.I.,Mcvey, C.E.
Kshv But not Mhv-68 Lana Induces a Strong Bend Upon Binding to Terminal Repeat Viral DNA.
Nucleic Acids Res., 43:10039-, 2015

PubMed Abstract: Latency-associated nuclear antigen (LANA) is central to episomal tethering, replication and transcriptional regulation of γ2-herpesviruses. LANA binds cooperatively to the terminal repeat (TR) region of the viral episome via adjacent LANA binding sites (LBS), but the molecular mechanism by which LANA assembles on the TR remains elusive. We show that KSHV LANA and MHV-68 LANA proteins bind LBS DNA using strikingly different modes. Solution structure of LANA complexes revealed that while kLANA tetramer is intrinsically bent both in the free and bound state to LBS1-2 DNA, mLANA oligomers instead adopt a rigid linear conformation. In addition, we report a novel non-ring kLANA structure that displays more flexibility at its assembly interface than previously demonstrated. We identified a hydrophobic pivot point located at the dimer-dimer assembly interface, which gives rotational freedom for kLANA to adopt variable conformations to accommodate both LBS1-2 and LBS2-1-3 DNA. Alterations in the arrangement of LBS within TR or at the tetramer assembly interface have a drastic effect on the ability of kLANA binding. We also show kLANA and mLANA DNA binding functions can be reciprocated. Although KSHV and MHV-68 are closely related, the findings provide new insights into how the structure, oligomerization, and DNA binding of LANA have evolved differently to assemble on the TR DNA.

PubMed: 26424851
DOI: 10.1093/NAR/GKV987

Experimental method

X-RAY DIFFRACTION (3.8 Å)