Journal
STRUCTURE
Volume 24, Issue 7, Pages 1068-1080Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2016.04.015
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- National Institute for Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
- NIH
- UK Medical Research Council [G100099]
- SPINE2COMPLEXES [LSHGST-2006-031220]
- Wellcome Trust [075491/Z/09]
- MRC [MR/N00065X/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Medical Research Council [MR/N00065X/1, G1100525] Funding Source: researchfish
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HIV-1 Rev protein mediates the nuclear export of viral RNA genomes. To do so, Rev oligomerizes cooperatively onto an RNA motif, the Rev response element (RRE), forming a complex that engages with the host nuclear export machinery. To better understand Rev oligomerization, we determined four crystal structures of Rev N-terminal domain dimers, which show that they can pivot about their dyad axis, giving crossing angles of 90 degrees to 140 degrees. In parallel, we performed cryoelectron microscopy of helical Rev filaments. Filaments vary from 11 to 15 nm in width, reflecting variations in dimer crossing angle. These structures contain additional density, indicating that C-terminal domains become partially ordered in the context of filaments. This conformational variability may be exploited in the assembly of RRE/Rev complexes. Our data also revealed a third interface between Revs, which offers an explanation for how the arrangement of Rev subunits adapts to the A-shaped architecture of the RRE in export-active complexes.
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