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Flexibility between the protease and helicase domains of the dengue virus NS3 protein conferred by the linker region and its functional implications.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 11 Jun 2010
Luo Dahai, Wei Na, Doan Danny N, Paradkar Prasad N, Chong Yuwen, Davidson Andrew D, Kotaka Masayo, Lescar Julien, Vasudevan Subhash G
Abstract excerpt
The dengue virus (DENV) NS3 protein is essential for viral polyprotein processing and RNA replication. It contains an N-terminal serine protease region (residues 1-168) joined to an RNA helicase (residues 180-618) by an 11-amino acid linker (169-179). The structure at 3.15 A of the soluble NS3 protein from DENV4 covalently attached to 18 residues of the NS2B cofactor region (NS2B(18)NS3) revealed an elongated...
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