Structure of the RNA claw of the DNA packaging motor of bacteriophage Φ29.

Abstract:

:Bacteriophage DNA packaging motors translocate their genomic DNA into viral heads, compacting it to near-crystalline density. The Bacillus subtilis phage 29 has a unique ring of RNA (pRNA) that is an essential component of its motor, serving as a scaffold for the packaging ATPase. Previously, deletion of a three-base bulge (18-CCA-20) in the pRNA A-helix was shown to abolish packaging activity. Here, we solved the structure of this crucial bulge by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) using a 27mer RNA fragment containing the bulge (27b). The bulge actually involves five nucleotides (17-UCCA-20 and A100), as U17 and A100 are not base paired as predicted. Mutational analysis showed these newly identified bulge residues are important for DNA packaging. The bulge introduces a 33-35° bend in the helical axis, and inter-helical motion around this bend appears to be restricted. A model of the functional 120b pRNA was generated using a 27b NMR structure and the crystal structure of the 66b prohead-binding domain. Fitting this model into a cryo-EM map generated a pentameric pRNA structure; five helices projecting from the pRNA ring resemble an RNA claw. Biochemical analysis suggested that this shape is important for coordinated motor action required for DNA translocation.

journal_name

Nucleic Acids Res

journal_title

Nucleic acids research

authors

Harjes E,Kitamura A,Zhao W,Morais MC,Jardine PJ,Grimes S,Matsuo H

doi

10.1093/nar/gks724

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2012-10-01 00:00:00

pages

9953-63

issue

19

eissn

0305-1048

issn

1362-4962

pii

gks724

journal_volume

40

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