Article
Saturation mutagenesis reveals that GLU54 of norovirus 3C-like protease is not essential for the proteolytic activity.
Journal of biochemistry - 1 Dec 2008
Someya Yuichi, Takeda Naokazu, Wakita Takaji
Abstract excerpt
The norovirus 3C-like protease is a member of the chymotrypsin-like serine protease superfamily. Previous characterization of its crystal structure has implicated the Glu54-His30-Cys139 triad in the catalysis. In the present study, the Glu54 residue of the protease was subjected to site-saturation mutagenesis, with the result that nearly half of the mutants retained the significant proteolytic activity. It was...
Topics
- 3C Viral Proteases
- Catalysis
- Cysteine Endopeptidases
- Glutamic Acid
- Models, Genetic
- Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
- Mutation
- Norovirus
- Protein Processing, Post-Translational
- Substrate Specificity
- Viral Proteins
