economic concern to the swine-and horse-breeding industries. The arterivirus replicase
gene encodes two large precursor polyproteins that are processed by the viral main
proteinase nonstructural protein 4 (nsp4). The three-dimensional structure of the 21-kDa
nsp4 from the arterivirus prototype equine arteritis virus has been determined to 2.0 Å
resolution. Nsp4 adopts the smallest known chymotrypsin-like fold with a canonical catalytic …