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Dengue Virus NS4b N-Terminus Disordered Region Interacts with NS3 Helicase C-Terminal Subdomain to Enhance Helicase Activity
by Satyamurthy Kundharapu and Tirumala Kumar Chowdary
Viruses 2022, 14(8), 1712; https://doi.org/10.3390/v14081712 - 3 Aug 2022
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Abstract
Dengue virus replicates its single-stranded RNA genome in membrane-bound complexes formed on the endoplasmic reticulum, where viral non-structural proteins (NS) and RNA co-localize. The NS proteins interact with one another and with the host proteins. The interaction of the viral helicase and protease, [...] Read more.
Dengue virus replicates its single-stranded RNA genome in membrane-bound complexes formed on the endoplasmic reticulum, where viral non-structural proteins (NS) and RNA co-localize. The NS proteins interact with one another and with the host proteins. The interaction of the viral helicase and protease, NS3, with the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase, NS5, and NS4b proteins is critical for replication. In vitro, NS3 helicase activity is enhanced by interaction with NS4b. We characterized the interaction between NS3 and NS4b and explained a possible mechanism for helicase activity modulation by NS4b. Our bacterial two-hybrid assay results showed that the N-terminal 57 residues region of NS4b is enough to interact with NS3. The molecular docking of the predicted NS4b structure onto the NS3 structure revealed that the N-terminal disordered region of NS4b wraps around the C-terminal subdomain (CTD) of the helicase. Further, NS3 helicase activity is enhanced upon interaction with NS4b. Molecular dynamics simulations on the NS4b-docked NS3 crystal structure and intrinsic tryptophan fluorescence studies suggest that the interaction results in NS3 CTD domain motions. Based on the interpretation of our results in light of the mechanism explained for NS3 helicase, NS4b–NS3 interaction modulating CTD dynamics is a plausible explanation for the helicase activity enhancement. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Host Cell–Virus Interaction 2.0)
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