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top page(For a more General Reference: Picornaviridae and Their Replication, CHAPTER 20. Roland R. Rueckert. Virology. Second Edition, edited by B.N. Fields, D.M. Knipe et al. Raven Press, Ltd., New-York - 1990) ___________________________________________________________________________
The picornavirus family is divided in 5 Genera and further subdivided into members.
<-------- P1 -------->
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Vpg---| VP0 | VP3 | VP1 |2A| 2B | 2C |3A|3B| 3C | 3D |
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P1 - > VP0 + VP3 + VP1 and then VP0 -> VP2 + VP4 once the virus has assembled.Vpg (virion protein genome) is attached to the 5'end of the RNA.
_______________________________________ | VP1 | VP2 | VP3 | VP4 | P1 32,300 28,500 26,200 7,200 94,200 _______________________________________VP1-3 have the now famous wedge-like protein fold motif shared by most virus structures solved by X-ray crystallography. It is created by a common CORE made up of 8 antiparallel Beta-strands forming a Beta-barrel structure. Proteins amongst viruses mainly differ in the loop insertions between the strands. These insersions accounts for a lot of the virus external appearance and also are the target structures for antibodies in the case of an animal virus. (see below). Interestingly there is no sequence conservation in the Beta strands structures of viruses although the structure is very well conserved.
Here is a representation of the 8-stranded Beta barrel. The beta strands orientation is marked with the sybols: V,^,> and < depending on the position in the drawing. The Beta strands are labeled BIDG and CHEF. In the first plant virus solved an A Beta strand is found at the N terminus but is not preserved in other viruses.The loop names are also marked on the edges (BC,HI,DE,FG,CD,EF, GH,EF).
The *** represent the 2 Alpha- helices. The helix between loop EF and strand F is in the back.
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( `-
*** \ EF
___>____C__ *** \
BC ( \ *** \
\ |_______ |
_\<_____H ***="***" \="\" _________|_____________="_________|_____________" (="(" |="|" _\__\____E________="_\__\____E________" '="'" HI="HI">_|_/ \_
\ \ \ *** | COOH--\ \ GH
DE \ \ \ | / \ \
,_\_\<_\__F___/ / \ |
FG \ \ \ \ |_************* \ |
V ^ V ^ *************) | |
G D I B | | |
\ \ \ \ / | |
\_\__\__\_______________>---/--/---'
\ \ \ / /
CD \__\__\_____________<_/ /
\ \ /
\__\____________>_/
\
|
|
NH2
The VP4 protein is much shorter and is found only on the interior surface of
the virus. It results from the cleavage of VP0 into VP2 and VP4 which
occurs after assembly. In poliovirus the N-terminus is myristalated.
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/\ /\
/ \ / \
/ \ / \
/ \ / \
/ \ / \ T=1:
/ - V - \ A 20 facets
/ _ / /|\ \ _ \ Icosahedron.
/ _ / / | \ \ _ \ Contains
/ _ / / 60 \ \ _ \ 5-fold vertices.
/_ - /___|___\ - _\ T=3:
\ - _ | 20 _ - / Each of the 20
\ \ _ | - / / facets can be
\ \ _ | - / / subdivided into
\ \ _ ^ _ / / 60 total triangles.
\ | / Each of these 60
\ / \ / triangles contains
\ / \ / approximately one
\ / \ / each of the VP coat proteins.
\ / \ /
\/_________________\/
VP1 | VP1
5 Within each of the 60
. '/ \` . triangles fits about 1 each of
, / \ ` . VP1-3. The symmetry axes are
, VP1 / \ VP1 ` . \ labeled 5,2,3. p3 is a pseudo
, / VP1 \ ` ` . \ 3-fold axis within the triangle.
, / \ ` ` .\ Around the icosahedral
/ / \ ` VP3 ' 5-fold are five VP1s.
/ / \ `. . ./ But around the 3-fold
/ / \ / are 3 VP2s and 3 VP3s
VP3 /_______p3/ \ / / alternating.
/ \ \ / In Plant viruses with T=3
\ / \ VP3 \ VP2 / symmetry the similarity is
/ VP2 \ \ with VP1=A, VP2=C, VP3=B.
\ / \ \ / VP3
VP2__3/___________2_____\_________\3 __
\ |
\ \ / \ VP2
VP2 \ VP3 \ VP2 / \
\ \ / VP3 \
\ \_________/
\ / /
/
In T=3 plant viruses each protein is synthezised independently while in
the polioviruses they arise from the cleavage of P1 as illustrated
above. It is worh noting that the VP proteins issued from a single
P1 precursor do not form a triangular face as the previous drawing
might suggest. Instead they form what is usually refered to as the
*Biological* asymmetric
5 unit as opposed to the *crystallographic*
/ \ asymmetric unit. An asymmetric unit is
/ \ a set of minimum non-redundant information
/ \ necessary to reconstruct an icosaheron from
/ \ it using only the icosahedral symmetry.
/ \ The complete icosahedron is indeed
_______/ VP1 / mathematically obtained wether one uses
/ / / a triangular asymmetric unit or this
/ / / biological unit in which the VP3 area has only
/ /_______ / been switched to the right!
/ VP3 / \
/ / \
\ / VP2 \
\ / \
\3/_________________\
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Here is a projection of the canyon onto one of the 60 triangular facets. The scales to the left shows the position in Angstroms along the X axis and range from 4 to 42. The bottom scale shows the size in Angstroems for the Y axis ranging from 01 at the right to 61 at the left; (the axis choice was slected by the crystallographers). The canyon appears as numbers within a background of + symbols. Numbers range from 1 to 4, 4 showing the deepest part of the canyon. The rim of the canyon is arbitrarily set at 137 Angstroems from the center of the particle. The output was prepared by the program V-suf (Rossmann and Palmenberg (1988), Virology 164,373-382)
X 5-fold
*
42 1.1
40 +++++++
38 1++++++++
36 +1+++++++1+
34 ++++++1++++++++
32 +1++++++++++++++
30 +11++1+++++++++++
28 12253++11112++++++++.
26 ++++++3433311+++++++1++
24 +++++++++++311+++++++3+++
22 ++++++++++++++3233222232111+++
20 +++++++++++++++22233443333331++++
18 +++++++++++++++++++33222334++++++++
16 ++++++++++++++++()++12111122++++++++++
14 ++++++++++++++++++++++++1++++++++++++++
12 .+1++++++++++++++++++++21+++++++++++++++.
10 ++++++++++++++++++++++++1++++++++++++++++++++
8 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
6 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
4 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3-fold
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6655555555554444444444333333333322222222221111111111000000000 <- Y values
1098765432109876543210987654321098765432109876543210987654321
The VP1 protein has also the peculiarity of having a hydrophobic pocket
accessible from the surface via a small 'pore' entrance. It is indicated
by the symbol () in the above drawing (approximate position). In some of the
virus structures resolved by X-ray crystallography a substance can be
found in this hydrophobic cavity. The nature of the compound is not known.
It is refered to as a Sphingolipid in the case of poliovirus and as a sugar
in the case of rhinovirus 1a, but crystallographers only see some 'extra'
electron density. The pharmaceutical company Sterling Winthrop has synthezised
compounds, often refered to as WIN-drugs, that diffuse readily in the VP1
pocket. (see e.g. Heinz et al. J. Virol. (1989) vol.63, pp 2476-2485,
Genetic and Molecular Analyses of Spontaneous Mutants of Human Rhinovirus14
That Are Resistant to an Antiviral Compund). Other companies also study
similar compounds (Jansen, Chalone, Sandoz) but none of them are ready
for commercial use.
___ ____ | N / \ O____N | \\__< () >-O-- /\ __/ || |___O/ \____/ \/ \/ \\___||__CH3 Oxazoline Phenoxy Aliphatic Isoxazole ChainThe effect of the compound is to raise the canyon floor and prevent attachement to the cellular receptor that now cannot fit properly in the canyon and / or impair the uncoating of the capsid upon cell entry. The presence of such a compound in the structure confers thermal stability to the virion.
It is suggested that this is a trigger mechanism that allows the virus to survive in vivo. For instance poliovirus is stable in acid conditions and survives inside the stomach while rhinovirus does not.
A ribbon diagram of the VP1 protein of rhinovirus 14 shows WIN drug binding.
Rueckert et al. (1986), Virus Attachement and Entry Into Cells, American Society for Microbiology: Location of four neutralization antigens on the three- dimension; surface of a common-cold picornavirus, human rhinovirus14;
Rossmann et al. (1985), Nature, 317,145-153. Structure of the human common cold virus and functional relationship to other picornaviruses)Viruses were resitant to a panel of murine monoclonal antibodies. "Mutations were clustered in the serotype-variable regions of the amino acid sequences fo the virus capsid proteins". These antigenic areas are found to protrude out of the surface of the virus. Refer also to the above diagram, showing the depth of the canyon...
Four neutralization Immunogens (NIm) sites have been resolved by cross-neutralization tests. Sites are labeled NIm IA, IB, II, and III. The ** symbols approximate the size of the area. IB is a smaller area than IA.
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/ \ IA::(VP1): Q83,K85,D138,S139
/ IA\ IB::(VP1):D91,E95
/ ** \
/ \ II::(VP2):E136,S158,A159,E161,V162
/ IB \ (VP1):E210
/ / \
/ / \ III::(VP3):N72,R75,E78,G203
/ / \ (VP1):K287
/____*__ / \
/ ** * \ \
/ II ** \ * \
/ \ III* \ The major antigenic site is on the BC
3/________________\_________\3 loop in VP1 and VP3 but in the EF loop
2 in VP2.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PDB ENTRY# VIRUS AUTHORS DATE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1R1A RHINOVIRUS 1A M.ROSSMANN ET AL. 12/88 4RHV RHINOVIRUS 14(HUMAN) E.ARNOLD,M.ROSSMANN 1/88 2RS1 RHINOVIRUS/ANTIVIRAL AGENT 1S COMPLEX M.ROSSMANN ET AL. 10/88 2RR1 RHINOVIRUS/ANTIVIRAL AGENT 1R COMPLEX M.ROSSMANN ET AL. 10/88 2RM2 RHINOVIRUS/ANTIVIRAL AGENT 2 COMPLEX M.ROSSMANN ET AL. 10/88 2RS3 RHINOVIRUS/ANTIVIRAL AGENT 3S COMPLEX M.ROSSMANN ET AL. 10/88 2R04 RHINOVIRUS/ANTIVIRAL AGENT 4 COMPLEX M.ROSSMANN ET AL. 10/88 2RS5 RHINOVIRUS/ANTIVIRAL AGENT 5S COMPLEX M.ROSSMANN ET AL. 10/88 2R06 RHINOVIRUS/ANTIVIRAL AGENT 6 COMPLEX M.ROSSMANN ET AL. 10/88 2R07 RHINOVIRUS/ANTIVIRAL AGENT 7 COMPLEX M.ROSSMANN ET AL. 10/88 1R08 RHINOVIRUS/ANTIVIRAL AGENT 8 COMPLEX M.ROSSMANN ET AL. 10/88 1R09 RHINOVIRUS 14/R61837 M.ROSSMANN ET AL. 5/90 1RMU RHINOVIRUS MUTANT((1)C199Y) M.ROSSMANN ET AL. 10/88 2RMU RHINOVIRUS MUTANT((1)V188L) M.ROSSMANN ET AL. 10/88 1HRI RHINOVIRUS 14(HUMAN)/ AGENT SCH 38057 A.ZHANG,R.G.NANNI,E.ARNOLD10/92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2PLV POLIO VIRUS D.FILMAN,J.HOGLE 10/89 2MEV MENGO VIRUS M.ROSSMANN 4/89 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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