PMID- 28553277 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20200929 IS - 1664-302X (Print) IS - 1664-302X (Electronic) IS - 1664-302X (Linking) VI - 8 DP - 2017 TI - Structural Analysis of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus Non-structural Protein 7alpha (NSP7alpha) and Identification of Its Interaction with NSP9. PG - 853 LID - 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00853 [doi] LID - 853 AB - Non-structural protein 7 (NSP7), which can be further cleaved into NSP7alpha and NSP7beta, is one of the most conserved proteins of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV). NSP7 plays a role in provoking the humoral immune system in PRRSV-infected swine, but its structure and function are still not fully understood. Here, we analyzed the expression of NSP7, NSP7alpha, and NSP7beta in PRRSV-infected MARC-145 cells. The solution structure of NSP7alpha was determined by using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). Although the structure provided little clue to its function, based on the structure of NSP7alpha, we predicted and further identified some key amino acids on NSP7alpha for the interaction of NSP7alpha with NSP9, the RNA dependent RNA polymerase of PRRSV. This study provided some new insights into the structure and function of PRRSV NSP7. FAU - Chen, Jiaping AU - Chen J AD - College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F UniversityYangling, China. FAU - Xu, Xiaodong AU - Xu X AD - College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F UniversityYangling, China. FAU - Tao, Hu AU - Tao H AD - College of Science, Northwest A&F UniversityYangling, China. FAU - Li, Yuan AU - Li Y AD - College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F UniversityYangling, China. FAU - Nan, Hao AU - Nan H AD - College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F UniversityYangling, China. FAU - Wang, Yuanyuan AU - Wang Y AD - College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F UniversityYangling, China. FAU - Tian, Mengmeng AU - Tian M AD - College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F UniversityYangling, China. FAU - Chen, Hongying AU - Chen H AD - College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F UniversityYangling, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20170511 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Microbiol JT - Frontiers in microbiology JID - 101548977 PMC - PMC5425468 OTO - NOTNLM OT - NMR OT - non-structural protein 7alpha OT - porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus OT - protein structure OT - protein-protein interaction EDAT- 2017/05/30 06:00 MHDA- 2017/05/30 06:01 PMCR- 2017/05/11 CRDT- 2017/05/30 06:00 PHST- 2017/03/12 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/04/26 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/05/30 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2017/05/30 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/05/30 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2017/05/11 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00853 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Microbiol. 2017 May 11;8:853. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00853. eCollection 2017.