| Primary Identifier | IPR038400 | Type | Homologous_superfamily |
| Short Name | NSP3_SUD-M_sf_bCoV |
| description | The multi-domain non-structural protein NSP3 is the largest protein encoded by the coronavirus (CoV) genome, with an average molecular mass of about 200 kD. While some of the domains differ between CoV genera, eight domains of NSP3 exist in all known CoVs: the ubiquitin-like domain 1 (Ubl1), the Glu-rich acidic domain (also called "hypervariable region"), a macrodomain (also named "X domain"), the ubiquitin-like domain 2 (Ubl2), the papain-like protease 2 (PL2pro), the NSP3 ectodomain (3Ecto, also called "zinc-finger domain"), as well as the domains Y1 and CoV-Y of unknown functions. There are also two transmembrane regions, TM1 and TM2, which exist in all CoVs [].SUD consists of three globular domains separated by short linker peptide segments: SUD-N, SUD-M, and SUD-C []. Among these, SUD-N and SUD-M are macrodomains. The SUD-N domain is a related macrodomain which also binds G-quadruplexes []. While SUD-N is specific to the NSP3 of SARS and betacoronaviruses of the sarbecovirus subgenera (B lineage), SUD-M is present in most NSP3 proteins except the NSP3 from betacoronaviruses of the embecovirus subgenera (A lineage). SUD-M, despite its name, is not specific to SARS. SUD-C adopts a frataxin-like fold, has structural similarity to DNA-binding domains of DNA-modifying enzymes, binds single-stranded RNA, and regulates the RNA binding behavior of the SUD-M macrodomain. SARS-CoV Nsp3 contains a third macrodomain (the X-domain). The X-domain may function as a module binding poly(ADP-ribose); however, SUD-N and SUD-M do not bind ADP-ribose, as the triple glycine sequence involved in its binding is not conserved in these []. |
