Terminase
FunctionTerminase (Ter) is a key component of the DNA packaging machine found in bacteriophages and herpesviruses. The Ter complex is comprised of a small Ter subunit which is a recognition subunit and a large Ter subunit which is an endonuclease/translocase subunit [1]. The nuclease activity of the large Ter subunit is stimulated by ATP. The tripartite terminase complex of herpesvirus which contains 3 subunits (TRM1, TRM2 and TRM3), is found in the cytoplasm of infected cells and uses the cell's import machinery to enter the nucleus[2]. TRM3 has RNase H-like activity that plays an important role for the cleavage of concatemeric viral DNA into unit length genome[3]. Structural highlightsThe large subunit of Ter is composed of an N-terminal ATPase domain, a linker region and a C-terminal nuclease domain. ATP binds to the protein in a groove between the ATPase domain and the linker region[4]. 3D Structures of terminase
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3D Structures of terminase
Updated on 19-April-2022
- Terminase small subunit
- Terminase 3D Structures , 3n4q – HvTer nuclease domain – Herpesvirus
- 6ey7 – HvTer nuclease domain + inhibitor
- 3hef, 7lxs – Ter – Bacteriophage T7
- 4zc3, 2cmp – Sf6Ter nuclease domain – Bacteriophage Sf6
- 4dyc, 4dzj, 4dzp – Sf6Ter nuclease domain (mutant)
- 3zqp, 3zqm, 3zqn, 3zqo – Sf6Ter oligomerization domain
- 3zqq, 4dyq, 4dyr – Sf6Ter
- 1j9i – Ter nuclease domain – Bacteriophage λ - NMR
- 4xvn – G20cTer nuclease domain – Bacteriophage G20c
- 3p9a – Ter – Bacteriophage P22
- 6v1i – Ter – Thermus virus – Cryo EM
- 6ejq – TpTer – Thermus phage
- 7lw0 – Ter – E. coli virus λ
- 6hn7 – Ter + RPPC
- 7joq – Ter – Pseudomonas phage NV1
- 6w7t – Ter – Pseudomonas phage PaP3
- 7lwr – Ter – Enterobacteria phage P21
- Terminase 3D Structures , 3n4q – HvTer nuclease domain – Herpesvirus
- Terminase large subunit
- 4dkw – Ter nuclease domain – Bacteriophage P22
- 4bij, 4bil – T7Ter – Bacteriophage T7 – Cryo EM
- 4idh – T7Ter
- 2wbn, 2wc9 – Ter nuclease domain – Bacteriophage Spp1
- 3c6a, 3c6h – Ter nuclease domain – Bacteriophage Rb49
- 5c10, 5c12 – Sf6Ter nuclease domain
- 5c2d, 5c15 – Sf6Ter nuclease domain (mutant)
- 5m1f, 5m1k, 5m1n, 5m1o, 5m1p, 5m1q – G20cTer
- 5oe8, 5oee, 5oe9 – D6eTer – Bacteriophage D6e
- 5tge – P74Ter nuclease domain – Thermus phage P74
- 4zni, 4znk – P74Ter ATPase domain
- 4znj – P74Ter ATPase domain (mutant)
- 6z6d, 6z6e – Ter – E. coli virus H97
- 4dkw – Ter nuclease domain – Bacteriophage P22
- Terminase large subunit complex
- Tripartite terminase