2OH6

The Crystal Structure of Recombinant Cypovirus Polyhedra


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.10 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.196 
  • R-Value Work: 0.129 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.135 

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Literature

The molecular organization of cypovirus polyhedra.

Coulibaly, F.Chiu, E.Ikeda, K.Gutmann, S.Haebel, P.W.Schulze-Briese, C.Mori, H.Metcalf, P.

(2007) Nature 446: 97-101

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nature05628
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    2OH5, 2OH6, 2OH7

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Cypoviruses and baculoviruses are notoriously difficult to eradicate because the virus particles are embedded in micrometre-sized protein crystals called polyhedra. The remarkable stability of polyhedra means that, like bacterial spores, these insect viruses remain infectious for years in soil. The environmental persistence of polyhedra is the cause of significant losses in silkworm cocoon harvests but has also been exploited against pests in biological alternatives to chemical insecticides. Although polyhedra have been extensively characterized since the early 1900s, their atomic organization remains elusive. Here we describe the 2 A crystal structure of both recombinant and infectious silkworm cypovirus polyhedra determined using crystals 5-12 micrometres in diameter purified from insect cells. These are the smallest crystals yet used for de novo X-ray protein structure determination. We found that polyhedra are made of trimers of the viral polyhedrin protein and contain nucleotides. Although the shape of these building blocks is reminiscent of some capsid trimers, polyhedrin has a new fold and has evolved to assemble in vivo into three-dimensional cubic crystals rather than icosahedral shells. The polyhedrin trimers are extensively cross-linked in polyhedra by non-covalent interactions and pack with an exquisite molecular complementarity similar to that of antigen-antibody complexes. The resulting ultrastable and sealed crystals shield the virus particles from environmental damage. The structure suggests that polyhedra can serve as the basis for the development of robust and versatile nanoparticles for biotechnological applications such as microarrays and biopesticides.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, 1010, New Zealand.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Polyhedrin248Bombyx mori cypovirus 1Mutation(s): 2 
Gene Names: Polyhedrin
UniProt
Find proteins for O10693 (Bombyx mori cytoplasmic polyhedrosis virus)
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Go to UniProtKB:  O10693
Entity Groups  
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UniProt GroupO10693
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  • Reference Sequence
Small Molecules
Ligands 5 Unique
IDChains Name / Formula / InChI Key2D Diagram3D Interactions
GTP
Query on GTP

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E [auth A]GUANOSINE-5'-TRIPHOSPHATE
C10 H16 N5 O14 P3
XKMLYUALXHKNFT-UUOKFMHZSA-N
ATP
Query on ATP

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F [auth A]ADENOSINE-5'-TRIPHOSPHATE
C10 H16 N5 O13 P3
ZKHQWZAMYRWXGA-KQYNXXCUSA-N
CTP
Query on CTP

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G [auth A]CYTIDINE-5'-TRIPHOSPHATE
C9 H16 N3 O14 P3
PCDQPRRSZKQHHS-XVFCMESISA-N
CL
Query on CL

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B [auth A]CHLORIDE ION
Cl
VEXZGXHMUGYJMC-UHFFFAOYSA-M
MG
Query on MG

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C [auth A],
D [auth A]
MAGNESIUM ION
Mg
JLVVSXFLKOJNIY-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.10 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.196 
  • R-Value Work: 0.129 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.135 
  • Space Group: I 2 3
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 102.955α = 90
b = 102.955β = 90
c = 102.955γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
DENZOdata reduction
SCALEPACKdata scaling
REFMACrefinement
PDB_EXTRACTdata extraction
SHARPphasing

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Entry History 

Deposition Data

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2007-03-06
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2008-05-01
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.2: 2011-07-13
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.3: 2017-10-18
    Changes: Refinement description
  • Version 1.4: 2021-10-20
    Changes: Database references, Derived calculations
  • Version 1.5: 2023-12-27
    Changes: Data collection