Acta Crystallographica Section F

Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications

Volume 61, Part 11 (November 2005)

protein structure communications

Acta Cryst. (2005). F61, 964-966 [ doi:10.1107/S1744309105033257 ]

Structure of the SARS coronavirus main proteinase as an active C₂ crystallographic dimer

T. Xu, A. Ooi, H. C. Lee, R. Wilmouth, D. X. Liu and J. Lescar

Abstract: The 34 kDa main proteinase (M^pro) from the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) plays an important role in the virus life cycle through the specific processing of viral polyproteins. As such, SARS-CoV M^pro is a key target for the identification of specific inhibitors directed against the SARS virus. With a view to facilitating the development of such compounds, crystals were obtained of the enzyme at pH 6.5 in the orthorhombic space group P2₁2₁2 that diffract to a resolution of 1.9 Å. These crystals contain one monomer per asymmetric unit and the biologically active dimer is generated via the crystallographic twofold axis. The conformation of the catalytic site indicates that the enzyme is active in the crystalline form and thus suitable for structure-based inhibition studies.

PDB reference: 2c3s

Keywords: protease; crystallographic dimer; SARS coronavirus.


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