6T4C

Bovine enterovirus F3 in complex with glutathione

Summary for 6T4C

• Entry DOI: 10.2210/pdb6t4c/pdb
• Related: 6T40 6T48
• Descriptor: VP1, VP2, VP3, ... (10 entities in total)
• Functional Keywords: enterovirus f3, enterovirus capsid assembly, glutathione, cys-gly dipeptide, virus
• Biological source: Enterovirus F; More
• Total number of polymer chains: 4
• Total formula weight: 93369.83

Authors

Duyvesteyn, H.M.E.,Ren, J.,Walter, T.S.,Fry, E.E.,Stuart, D.I. (deposition date: 2019-10-13, release date: 2020-01-15, Last modification date: 2024-02-07)

Primary citation

Duyvesteyn, H.M.E.,Ren, J.,Walter, T.S.,Fry, E.E.,Stuart, D.I.
Glutathione facilitates enterovirus assembly by binding at a druggable pocket.
Commun Biol, 3:9-9, 2020

PubMed Abstract: Enteroviruses cause a range of human and animal diseases, some life-threatening, but there remain no licenced anti-enterovirus drugs. However, a benzene-sulfonamide derivative and related compounds have been shown recently to block infection of a range of enteroviruses by binding the capsid at a positively-charged surface depression conserved across many enteroviruses. It has also been established that glutathione is essential for the assembly of many enteroviruses, interacting with the capsid proteins to facilitate the formation of the pentameric assembly intermediate, although the mechanism is unknown. Here we show, by high resolution structure analyses of enterovirus F3, that reduced glutathione binds to the same interprotomer pocket as the benzene-sulfonamide derivative. Bound glutathione makes strong interactions with adjacent protomers, thereby explaining the underlying biological role of this druggable binding pocket and delineating the pharmacophore for potential antivirals.

PubMed: 31909201
DOI: 10.1038/s42003-019-0722-x

Experimental method

X-RAY DIFFRACTION (1.8 Å)