8UFL | pdb_00008ufl

Crystal Structure of SARS-Unique Domain (SUD) of Nsp3 from SARS coronavirus


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.51 Å
  • R-Value Free: 
    0.267 (Depositor), 0.260 (DCC) 
  • R-Value Work: 
    0.213 (Depositor), 0.210 (DCC) 
  • R-Value Observed: 
    0.216 (Depositor) 

Starting Model: experimental
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Literature

Torsional twist of the SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 SUD-N and SUD-M domains.

Rosas-Lemus, M.Minasov, G.Brunzelle, J.S.Taha, T.Y.Lemak, S.Yin, S.Shuvalova, L.Rosecrans, J.Khanna, K.Seifert, H.S.Savchenko, A.Stogios, P.J.Ott, M.Satchell, K.J.F.

(2025) Protein Sci 34: e70050-e70050

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pro.70050
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    8UFL, 8UFM

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Coronavirus non-structural protein 3 (nsp3) forms hexameric crowns of pores in the double membrane vesicle that houses the replication-transcription complex. Nsp3 in SARS-like viruses has three unique domains absent in other coronavirus nsp3 proteins. Two of these, SUD-N (Macrodomain 2) and SUD-M (Macrodomain 3), form two lobes connected by a peptide linker and an interdomain disulfide bridge. We resolve the first complete x-ray structure of SARS-CoV SUD-N/M as well as a mutant variant of SARS-CoV-2 SUD-N/M modified to restore cysteines for interdomain disulfide bond naturally lost by evolution. Comparative analysis of all structures revealed SUD-N and SUD-M are not rigidly associated but rather have significant rotational flexibility. Phylogenetic analysis supports that the potential to form the disulfide bond is common across betacoronavirus isolates from many bat species and civets, but also one or both of the cysteines that form the disulfide bond are absent across isolates from bats and pangolins. The absence of these cysteines does not impact viral replication or protein translation.


  • Organizational Affiliation
    • Department of Microbiology-Immunology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Papain-like protease nsp3
A, B
267Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirusMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: 1a
UniProt
Find proteins for P0C6X7 (Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus)
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Go to UniProtKB:  P0C6X7
Entity Groups  
Sequence Clusters30% Identity50% Identity70% Identity90% Identity95% Identity100% Identity
UniProt GroupP0C6X7
Sequence Annotations
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  • Reference Sequence
Small Molecules
Ligands 2 Unique
IDChains Name / Formula / InChI Key2D Diagram3D Interactions
SO4
Query on SO4

Download Ideal Coordinates CCD File 
AA [auth B]
BA [auth B]
L [auth A]
M [auth A]
N [auth A]
AA [auth B],
BA [auth B],
L [auth A],
M [auth A],
N [auth A],
O [auth A],
P [auth A],
X [auth B],
Y [auth B],
Z [auth B]
SULFATE ION
O4 S
QAOWNCQODCNURD-UHFFFAOYSA-L
CL
Query on CL

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C [auth A]
D [auth A]
E [auth A]
F [auth A]
G [auth A]
C [auth A],
D [auth A],
E [auth A],
F [auth A],
G [auth A],
H [auth A],
I [auth A],
J [auth A],
K [auth A],
Q [auth B],
R [auth B],
S [auth B],
T [auth B],
U [auth B],
V [auth B],
W [auth B]
CHLORIDE ION
Cl
VEXZGXHMUGYJMC-UHFFFAOYSA-M
Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.51 Å
  • R-Value Free:  0.267 (Depositor), 0.260 (DCC) 
  • R-Value Work:  0.213 (Depositor), 0.210 (DCC) 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.216 (Depositor) 
Space Group: P 21 21 21
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 67.7α = 90
b = 84.862β = 90
c = 93.602γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
REFMACrefinement
PDB_EXTRACTdata extraction
HKL-3000data reduction
HKL-3000data scaling
PHASERphasing

Structure Validation

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Entry History & Funding Information

Deposition Data


Funding OrganizationLocationGrant Number
National Institutes of Health/National Institute Of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH/NIAID)United StatesHHSN272201700060C

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2023-10-18
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2024-11-13
    Changes: Structure summary
  • Version 1.2: 2025-09-24
    Changes: Database references