Crystallization and X-ray diffraction analysis of the Trp/amber editing site of hepatitis delta virus (+)RNA: a case of rational design

Acta Crystallographica. Section F, Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications
Celeste MacElrevey, Joseph E Wedekind

Abstract

RNA editing by mammalian ADAR1 (Adenosine Deaminase Acting on RNA) is required for the life cycle of the hepatitis delta virus (HDV). Editing extends the single viral open reading frame to yield two protein products of alternate length. ADARs are believed to recognize double-stranded RNA substrates via a ;structure-based' readout mechanism. Crystals of 10-mer duplexes representing the HDV RNA-editing site diffracted to 1.35 A resolution, but suffered from merohedral twinning and averaging of the base registry. Expansion of the construct to include two flanking 3 x 1 internal loops yielded crystals in the primitive tetragonal space group P4(1)2(1)2 or P4(3)2(1)2. X-ray diffraction data were collected to 2.8 A resolution, revealing a unit cell with parameters a = 62.5, c = 63.5 A. The crystallization and X-ray analysis of multiple forms of the HDV RNA-editing substrate, encounters with common RNA crystal-growth defects and a strategy to overcome these problems are reported.

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