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Venkatakrishnan V, Braet SM, Anand GS. Dynamics, allostery, and stabilities of whole virus particles by amide hydrogen/deuterium exchange mass spectrometry (HDXMS). Curr Opin Struct Biol 2024; 86:102787. [PMID: 38458088 DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2024.102787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2023] [Revised: 02/01/2024] [Accepted: 02/01/2024] [Indexed: 03/10/2024]
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X-ray crystallography and cryo-electron microscopy have enabled the determination of structures of numerous viruses at high resolution and have greatly advanced the field of structural virology. These structures represent only a subset of snapshot end-state conformations, without describing all conformational transitions that virus particles undergo. Allostery plays a critical role in relaying the effects of varied perturbations both on the surface through environmental changes and protein (receptor/antibody) interactions into the genomic core of the virus. Correspondingly, allostery carries implications for communicating changes in genome packaging to the overall stability of the virus particle. Amide hydrogen/deuterium exchange mass spectrometry (HDXMS) of whole viruses is a powerful probe for uncovering virus allostery. Here we critically discuss advancements in understanding virus dynamics by HDXMS with single particle cryo-EM and computational approaches.
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- Varun Venkatakrishnan
- Department of Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States; The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States.
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Schirra RT, Dos Santos NFB, Zadrozny KK, Kucharska I, Ganser-Pornillos BK, Pornillos O. A molecular switch modulates assembly and host factor binding of the HIV-1 capsid. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2023; 30:383-390. [PMID: 36759579 PMCID: PMC10023569 DOI: 10.1038/s41594-022-00913-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2022] [Accepted: 12/20/2022] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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The HIV-1 capsid is a fullerene cone made of quasi-equivalent hexamers and pentamers of the viral CA protein. Typically, quasi-equivalent assembly of viral capsid subunits is controlled by a molecular switch. Here, we identify a Thr-Val-Gly-Gly motif that modulates CA hexamer/pentamer switching by folding into a 310 helix in the pentamer and random coil in the hexamer. Manipulating the coil/helix configuration of the motif allowed us to control pentamer and hexamer formation in a predictable manner, thus proving its function as a molecular switch. Importantly, the switch also remodels the common binding site for host factors that are critical for viral replication and the new ultra-potent HIV-1 inhibitor lenacapavir. This study reveals that a critical assembly element also modulates the post-assembly and viral replication functions of the HIV-1 capsid and provides new insights on capsid function and inhibition.
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- Randall T Schirra
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
- The Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
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Lipska AG, Sieradzan AK, Czaplewski C, Lipińska AD, Ocetkiewicz KM, Proficz J, Czarnul P, Krawczyk H, Liwo A. Long-time scale simulations of virus-like particles from three human-norovirus strains. J Comput Chem 2023; 44:1470-1483. [PMID: 36799410 DOI: 10.1002/jcc.27087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2022] [Revised: 12/22/2022] [Accepted: 01/29/2023] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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The dynamics of the virus like particles (VLPs) corresponding to the GII.4 Houston, GII.2 SMV, and GI.1 Norwalk strains of human noroviruses (HuNoV) that cause gastroenteritis was investigated by means of long-time (about 30 μs in the laboratory timescale) molecular dynamics simulations with the coarse-grained UNRES force field. The main motion of VLP units turned out to be the bending at the junction between the P1 subdomain (that sits in the VLP shell) and the P2 subdomain (that protrudes outside) of the major VP1 protein, this resulting in a correlated wagging motion of the P2 subdomains with respect to the VLP surface. The fluctuations of the P2 subdomain were found to be more pronounced and the P2 domain made a greater angle with the normal to the VLP surface for the GII.2 strain, which could explain the inability of this strain to bind the histo-blood group antigens (HBGAs).
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- Agnieszka G Lipska
- Centre of Informatics Tri-city Academic Supercomputer and Network (CI TASK), Gdańsk University of Technology, Fahrenheit Union of Universities in Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
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- Centre of Informatics Tri-city Academic Supercomputer and Network (CI TASK), Gdańsk University of Technology, Fahrenheit Union of Universities in Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland.,Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, Fahrenheit Union of Universities in Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
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- Centre of Informatics Tri-city Academic Supercomputer and Network (CI TASK), Gdańsk University of Technology, Fahrenheit Union of Universities in Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland.,Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, Fahrenheit Union of Universities in Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
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- Laboratory of Virus Molecular Biology, Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Gdańsk and Medical University of Gdańsk, Fahrenheit Union of Universities in Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
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- Centre of Informatics Tri-city Academic Supercomputer and Network (CI TASK), Gdańsk University of Technology, Fahrenheit Union of Universities in Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
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- Centre of Informatics Tri-city Academic Supercomputer and Network (CI TASK), Gdańsk University of Technology, Fahrenheit Union of Universities in Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
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- Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics, Gdańsk University of Technology, Fahrenheit Union of Universities in Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
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- Centre of Informatics Tri-city Academic Supercomputer and Network (CI TASK), Gdańsk University of Technology, Fahrenheit Union of Universities in Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland.,Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics, Gdańsk University of Technology, Fahrenheit Union of Universities in Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
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- Centre of Informatics Tri-city Academic Supercomputer and Network (CI TASK), Gdańsk University of Technology, Fahrenheit Union of Universities in Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland.,Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, Fahrenheit Union of Universities in Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
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Mizrahi I, Bruinsma R, Rudnick J. Packaging contests between viral RNA molecules and kinetic selectivity. PLoS Comput Biol 2022; 18:e1009913. [PMID: 35363785 PMCID: PMC9022832 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2021] [Revised: 04/21/2022] [Accepted: 02/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The paper presents a statistical-mechanics model for the kinetic selection of viral RNA molecules by packaging signals during the nucleation stage of the assembly of small RNA viruses. The effects of the RNA secondary structure and folding geometry of the packaging signals on the assembly activation energy barrier are encoded by a pair of characteristics: the wrapping number and the maximum ladder distance. Kinetic selection is found to be optimal when assembly takes place under conditions of supersaturation and also when the concentration ratio of capsid protein and viral RNA concentrations equals the stoichiometric ratio of assembled viral particles. As a function of the height of the activation energy barrier, there is a form of order-disorder transition such that for sufficiently low activation energy barriers, kinetic selectivity is erased by entropic effects associated with the number of assembly pathways.
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- Inbal Mizrahi
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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Castells-Graells R, Ribeiro JRS, Domitrovic T, Hesketh EL, Scarff CA, Johnson JE, Ranson NA, Lawson DM, Lomonossoff GP. Plant-expressed virus-like particles reveal the intricate maturation process of a eukaryotic virus. Commun Biol 2021; 4:619. [PMID: 34031522 PMCID: PMC8144610 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-021-02134-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2021] [Accepted: 04/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Many virus capsids undergo exquisitely choreographed maturation processes in their host cells to produce infectious virions, and these remain poorly understood. As a tool for studying virus maturation, we transiently expressed the capsid protein of the insect virus Nudaurelia capensis omega virus (NωV) in Nicotiana benthamiana and were able to purify both immature procapsids and mature capsids from infiltrated leaves by varying the expression time. Cryo-EM analysis of the plant-produced procapsids and mature capsids to 6.6 Å and 2.7 Å resolution, respectively, reveals that in addition to large scale rigid body motions, internal regions of the subunits are extensively remodelled during maturation, creating the active site required for autocatalytic cleavage and infectivity. The mature particles are biologically active in terms of their ability to lyse membranes and have a structure that is essentially identical to authentic virus. The ability to faithfully recapitulate and visualize a complex maturation process in plants, including the autocatalytic cleavage of the capsid protein, has revealed a ~30 Å translation-rotation of the subunits during maturation as well as conformational rearrangements in the N and C-terminal helical regions of each subunit.
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- Roger Castells-Graells
- Department of Biological Chemistry, John Innes Centre, Colney, UK
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Virology Department, Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Goes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Virology Department, Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Goes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, School of Molecular & Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, School of Molecular & Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, School of Molecular & Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, John Innes Centre, Colney, UK
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Xu N, Doerschuk PC. Reconstruction of Stochastic 3D Signals With Symmetric Statistics From 2D Projection Images Motivated by Cryo-Electron Microscopy. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON IMAGE PROCESSING : A PUBLICATION OF THE IEEE SIGNAL PROCESSING SOCIETY 2019; 28:5479-5494. [PMID: 31095482 DOI: 10.1109/tip.2019.2915631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Cryo-electron microscopy provides 2D projection images of the 3D electron scattering intensity of many instances of the particle under study (e.g., a virus). Both symmetry (rotational point groups) and heterogeneity are important aspects of biological particles and both aspects can be combined by describing the electron scattering intensity of the particle as a stochastic process with a symmetric probability law and, therefore, symmetric moments. A maximum likelihood estimator implemented by an expectation-maximization algorithm is described, which estimates the unknown statistics of the electron scattering intensity stochastic process from the images of instances of the particle. The algorithm is demonstrated on the bacteriophage HK97 and the virus [Formula: see text]. The results are contrasted with the existing algorithms, which assume that each instance of the particle has the symmetry rather than the less restrictive assumption that the probability law has the symmetry.
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Kondylis P, Schlicksup CJ, Zlotnick A, Jacobson SC. Analytical Techniques to Characterize the Structure, Properties, and Assembly of Virus Capsids. Anal Chem 2019; 91:622-636. [PMID: 30383361 PMCID: PMC6472978 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b04824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Panagiotis Kondylis
- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405-7102, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405-7102, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405-7102, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405-7102, USA
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Autoregulation of SafA Assembly through Recruitment of a Protein Cross-Linking Enzyme. J Bacteriol 2018; 200:JB.00066-18. [PMID: 29712873 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00066-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2018] [Accepted: 04/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The coat of Bacillus subtilis spores is a multiprotein protective structure that also arbitrates many of the environmental interactions of the spore. The coat assembles around the cortex peptidoglycan layer and is differentiated into an inner and an outer layer and a crust. SafA governs assembly of the inner coat, whereas CotE drives outer coat assembly. SafA localizes to the cortex-coat interface. Both SafA and its short form C30 are substrates for Tgl, a coat-associated transglutaminase that cross-links proteins through ε-(γ-glutamyl)lysyl isopeptide bonds. We show that SafA and C30 are distributed between the coat and cortex layers. The deletion of tgl increases the extractability of SafA, mainly from the cortex. Tgl itself is mostly located in the inner coat and cortex. The localization of Tgl-cyan fluorescent protein (Tgl-CFP) is strongly, but not exclusively, dependent on safA However, the association of Tgl with the cortex requires safA Together, our results suggest an assembly pathway in which Tgl is first recruited to the forming spore in a manner that is only partially dependent on SafA and then is drafted to the cortex by SafA. Tgl, in turn, promotes the conversion of coat- and cortex-associated SafA into forms that resist extraction, possibly by catalyzing the cross-linking of SafA to other coat proteins, to the cortex, and/or to cortex-associated proteins. Therefore, the final assembly state of SafA relies on an autoregulatory pathway that requires the subcellular localization of a protein cross-linking enzyme. Tgl most likely exerts a "spotwelding" activity, cross-linking preformed complexes in the cortex and inner coat layers of spores.IMPORTANCE In this work, we show how two proteins work together to determine their subcellular location within the coat of bacterial endospores. Bacillus subtilis endospores are surrounded by a multilayer protein coat composed of over 80 proteins, which surrounds an underlying peptidoglycan layer (the spore cortex) protecting it from lytic enzymes. How specific coat proteins are targeted to specific layers of the coat is not well understood. We found that the protein SafA recruits a protein-cross-linking enzyme (a transglutaminase) to the cortex and inner layers of the coat, where both are cemented, by cross-linking, into macromolecular complexes.
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Williams J, Venkatesan K, Ayariga JA, Jackson D, Wu H, Villafane R. A genetic analysis of an important hydrophobic interaction at the P22 tailspike protein N-terminal domain. Arch Virol 2018; 163:1623-1633. [DOI: 10.1007/s00705-018-3777-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2017] [Accepted: 01/16/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Schlicksup CJ, Wang JCY, Francis S, Venkatakrishnan B, Turner WW, VanNieuwenhze M, Zlotnick A. Hepatitis B virus core protein allosteric modulators can distort and disrupt intact capsids. eLife 2018; 7:31473. [PMID: 29377794 PMCID: PMC5788503 DOI: 10.7554/elife.31473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2017] [Accepted: 12/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Defining mechanisms of direct-acting antivirals facilitates drug development and our understanding of virus function. Heteroaryldihydropyrimidines (HAPs) inappropriately activate assembly of hepatitis B virus (HBV) core protein (Cp), suppressing formation of virions. We examined a fluorophore-labeled HAP, HAP-TAMRA. HAP-TAMRA induced Cp assembly and also bound pre-assembled capsids. Kinetic and spectroscopic studies imply that HAP-binding sites are usually not available but are bound cooperatively. Using cryo-EM, we observed that HAP-TAMRA asymmetrically deformed capsids, creating a heterogeneous array of sharp angles, flat regions, and outright breaks. To achieve high resolution reconstruction (<4 Å), we introduced a disulfide crosslink that rescued particle symmetry. We deduced that HAP-TAMRA caused quasi-sixfold vertices to become flatter and fivefold more angular. This transition led to asymmetric faceting. That a disordered crosslink could rescue symmetry implies that capsids have tensegrity properties. Capsid distortion and disruption is a new mechanism by which molecules like the HAPs can block HBV infection. Viruses are simple structures formed of genetic information wrapped inside a shell. For the hepatitis B virus, this casing looks like a soccer ball. It is composed of 240 copies of the same protein, arranged in a pattern of pentagons and hexagons. These proteins form a protective shield for the virus’ genetic information: they also interact with the cells of the host during key events of the virus’ life cycle. When the hepatitis B virus infects a cell, it hijacks the cellular machinery to replicate. New shell proteins are produced and assemble within the cell. A type of potential antiviral drug called a CpAM disrupts this process: it causes the shell to assemble too early and inaccurately, which impairs the life cycle of the virus. However, a CpAM can bind to the shell even after it has already assembled. How this binding affects the virus is still unclear. Here, Schlicksup et al. attach a fluorescent molecule to a CpAM, and use a cutting-edge microscopy method to look at the structures at the atomic level. This makes it possible to examine in detail how the CpAM attaches to a correctly formed virus shell. Schlicksup et al. show that when the CpAM binds to the shell, it disrupts and sometimes even breaks the soccer-like pattern of the shell: the hexagons flatten, and the pentagons buckle. These misshaped shells could prevent the virus from interacting with the cellular structures necessary for infection or prevent it from releasing the virus’ genetic information. This is a new antiviral mechanism for a CpAM. By acting both before and after the shell has assembled, the CpAM targets the virus at different points of its life cycle. Hepatitis B affects over 240 million people worldwide. While a vaccine exists, there is still no cure for it. A better understanding of the physics of the virus’ shell and the mode of action of CpAMs could lead to better drugs against the disease.
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, United States.,Indiana University Electron Microscopy Center, Bloomington, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, United States
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Huber RG, Marzinek JK, Holdbrook DA, Bond PJ. Multiscale molecular dynamics simulation approaches to the structure and dynamics of viruses. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2017; 128:121-132. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2016.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2016] [Revised: 09/06/2016] [Accepted: 09/27/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Ye W, Qian T, Liu H, Luo R, Chen HF. Allosteric Autoinhibition Pathway in Transcription Factor ERG: Dynamics Network and Mutant Experimental Evaluations. J Chem Inf Model 2017; 57:1153-1165. [PMID: 28425706 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.7b00073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Allosteric autoinhibition exists in many transcription factors. The ERG proteins exhibit autoinhibition on DNA binding by the C-terminal and N-terminal inhibitory domains (CID and NID). However, the autoinhibition mechanism and allosteric pathway of ERG are unknown. In this study we intend to elucidate the residue-level allosteric mechanism and pathway via a combined approach of computational and experimental analyses. Specifically computational residue-level fluctuation correlation data was analyzed to reveal detailed dynamics signatures in the allosteric autoinhibition process. A hypothesis of "NID/CID binding induced allostery" is proposed to link similar structures and different protein functions, which is subsequently validated by perturbation and mutation analyses in both computation and experiment. Two possible allosteric autoinhibition pathways of L286-L382-A379-G377-I360-Y355-R353 and L286-L382-A379-G377-I360-Y355- A351-K347-R350 were identified computationally and were confirmed by the computational and experimental mutations. Specifically we identified two mutation sites on the allosteric inhibition pathways, L286P/Q383P (NID/CID binding site) and I360G (pathway junction), which completely restore the wild type DNA binding affinity. These results suggest that the putative protein structure-function relationship may be augmented with a general relationship of protein "structure/fluctuation-correlation/function" for more thorough analyses of protein functions.
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- Wei Ye
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Department of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, SJTU-Yale Joint Center for Biostatistics, National Experimental Teaching Center for Life Sciences and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University , 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Department of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, SJTU-Yale Joint Center for Biostatistics, National Experimental Teaching Center for Life Sciences and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University , 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Department of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, SJTU-Yale Joint Center for Biostatistics, National Experimental Teaching Center for Life Sciences and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University , 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- Departments of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, and Biomedical Engineering, University of California , Irvine, California 92697-3900, United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Department of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, SJTU-Yale Joint Center for Biostatistics, National Experimental Teaching Center for Life Sciences and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University , 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, China.,Shanghai Center for Bioinformation Technology , 1278 Keyuan Road, Shanghai, 200235, China
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van de Waterbeemd M, Llauró A, Snijder J, Valbuena A, Rodríguez-Huete A, Fuertes MA, de Pablo PJ, Mateu MG, Heck AJR. Structural Analysis of a Temperature-Induced Transition in a Viral Capsid Probed by HDX-MS. Biophys J 2017; 112:1157-1165. [PMID: 28355543 PMCID: PMC5375139 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2017.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2016] [Revised: 01/30/2017] [Accepted: 02/01/2017] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Icosahedral viral capsids are made of a large number of symmetrically organized protein subunits whose local movements can be essential for infection. In the capsid of the minute virus of mice, events required for infection that involve translocation of peptides through capsid pores are associated with a subtle conformational change. In vitro, this change can be reversibly induced by overcoming the energy barrier through mild heating of the capsid, but little is known about the capsid regions involved in the process. Here, we use hydrogen-deuterium exchange coupled to mass spectrometry to analyze the dynamics of the minute virus of mice capsid at increasing temperatures. Our results indicate that the transition associated with peptide translocation involves the structural rearrangement of regions distant from the capsid pores. These alterations are reflected in an increased dynamics of some secondary-structure elements in the capsid shell from which spikes protrude, and a decreased dynamics in the long intertwined loops that form the large capsid spikes. Thus, the translocation events through capsid pores involve a global conformational rearrangement of the capsid and a complex alteration of its equilibrium dynamics. This study additionally demonstrates the potential of hydrogen-deuterium exchange coupled to mass spectrometry to explore in detail temperature-dependent structural dynamics in large macromolecular protein assemblies. Most importantly, it paves the way for undertaking novel studies of the relationship between structure, dynamics, and biological function in virus particles and other large protein cages.
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- Michiel van de Waterbeemd
- Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research and Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands; Netherlands Proteomics Centre, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Physics of the Condensed Matter, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research and Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands; Netherlands Proteomics Centre, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Centro de Biología Molecular "Severo Ochoa" (CSIC-UAM), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biología Molecular "Severo Ochoa" (CSIC-UAM), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biología Molecular "Severo Ochoa" (CSIC-UAM), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Physics of the Condensed Matter, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biología Molecular "Severo Ochoa" (CSIC-UAM), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research and Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands; Netherlands Proteomics Centre, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
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Honey Bee Deformed Wing Virus Structures Reveal that Conformational Changes Accompany Genome Release. J Virol 2017; 91:JVI.01795-16. [PMID: 27852845 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01795-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2016] [Accepted: 11/02/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The picornavirus-like deformed wing virus (DWV) has been directly linked to colony collapse; however, little is known about the mechanisms of host attachment or entry for DWV or its molecular and structural details. Here we report the three-dimensional (3-D) structures of DWV capsids isolated from infected honey bees, including the immature procapsid, the genome-filled virion, the putative entry intermediate (A-particle), and the empty capsid that remains after genome release. The capsids are decorated by large spikes around the 5-fold vertices. The 5-fold spikes had an open flower-like conformation for the procapsid and genome-filled capsids, whereas the putative A-particle and empty capsids that had released the genome had a closed tube-like spike conformation. Between the two conformations, the spikes undergo a significant hinge-like movement that we predicted using a Robetta model of the structure comprising the spike. We conclude that the spike structures likely serve a function during host entry, changing conformation to release the genome, and that the genome may escape from a 5-fold vertex to initiate infection. Finally, the structures illustrate that, similarly to picornaviruses, DWV forms alternate particle conformations implicated in assembly, host attachment, and RNA release. IMPORTANCE Honey bees are critical for global agriculture, but dramatic losses of entire hives have been reported in numerous countries since 2006. Deformed wing virus (DWV) and infestation with the ectoparasitic mite Varroa destructor have been linked to colony collapse disorder. DWV was purified from infected adult worker bees to pursue biochemical and structural studies that allowed the first glimpse into the conformational changes that may be required during transmission and genome release for DWV.
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Doerschuk PC, Gong Y, Xu N, Domitrovic T, Johnson JE. Virus particle dynamics derived from CryoEM studies. Curr Opin Virol 2016; 18:57-63. [DOI: 10.1016/j.coviro.2016.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2016] [Accepted: 02/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Host factor protein Cyclophilin A (CypA) regulates HIV-1 viral infectivity through direct interactions with the viral capsid, by an unknown mechanism. CypA can either promote or inhibit viral infection, depending on host cell type and HIV-1 capsid (CA) protein sequence. We have examined the role of conformational dynamics on the nanosecond to millisecond timescale in HIV-1 CA assemblies in the escape from CypA dependence, by magic-angle spinning (MAS) NMR and molecular dynamics (MD). Through the analysis of backbone (1)H-(15)N and (1)H-(13)C dipolar tensors and peak intensities from 3D MAS NMR spectra of wild-type and the A92E and G94D CypA escape mutants, we demonstrate that assembled CA is dynamic, particularly in loop regions. The CypA loop in assembled wild-type CA from two strains exhibits unprecedented mobility on the nanosecond to microsecond timescales, and the experimental NMR dipolar order parameters are in quantitative agreement with those calculated from MD trajectories. Remarkably, the CypA loop dynamics of wild-type CA HXB2 assembly is significantly attenuated upon CypA binding, and the dynamics profiles of the A92E and G94D CypA escape mutants closely resemble that of wild-type CA assembly in complex with CypA. These results suggest that CypA loop dynamics is a determining factor in HIV-1's escape from CypA dependence.
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Rincón V, Rodríguez-Huete A, Mateu MG. Different functional sensitivity to mutation at intersubunit interfaces involved in consecutive stages of foot-and-mouth disease virus assembly. J Gen Virol 2015; 96:2595-2606. [DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.000187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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- Verónica Rincón
- Centro de Biología Molecular ‘Severo Ochoa’ (CSIC-UAM), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biología Molecular ‘Severo Ochoa’ (CSIC-UAM), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biología Molecular ‘Severo Ochoa’ (CSIC-UAM), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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The structural analysis of viruses is often a complex task. In many cases, the details of the viral architecture, especially for enveloped viruses, are limited to low-resolution techniques such as electron microscopy. These structural proteins and assemblies of viruses often populate multiple conformational states and undergo dramatic structural changes, making them difficult to study by most structural methods. They also frequently include highly dynamic regions that are of key functional importance. Many viruses present large surface glycoproteins, which have also proved to be challenging for structural biology due to the intrinsic flexibility and heterogeneity of the glycan decorations. Over the past two decades, hydrogen deuterium exchange coupled to mass spectrometry (HDX-MS) has provided a wealth of information on many diverse viral proteins, glycoproteins, and complexes, in many cases, in multiple conformational states. Here, we describe the methodology for using HDX-MS to investigate the rich structural dynamics of viral systems, and we briefly review the type of systems that have been examined through this type of approach. Though the technique is relatively simple, several potential pitfalls exist at both the sample preparation and the data analysis stage that investigators should be aware of for obtaining reliable data.
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- Miklos Guttman
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
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Rincón V, Rodríguez-Huete A, López-Argüello S, Ibarra-Molero B, Sanchez-Ruiz J, Harmsen M, Mateu M. Identification of the Structural Basis of Thermal Lability of a Virus Provides a Rationale for Improved Vaccines. Structure 2014; 22:1560-70. [DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2014.08.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2014] [Revised: 08/23/2014] [Accepted: 08/27/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Bird SW, Kirkegaard K, Agbandje-McKenna M, Freed EO. The ins and outs of viral infection: keystone meeting review. Viruses 2014; 6:3652-62. [PMID: 25256395 PMCID: PMC4189043 DOI: 10.3390/v6093652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2014] [Revised: 09/23/2014] [Accepted: 09/23/2014] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Newly observed mechanisms for viral entry, assembly, and exit are challenging our current understanding of the replication cycle of different viruses. To address and better understand these mechanisms, a Keystone Symposium was organized in the snowy mountains of Colorado (“The Ins and Outs of Viral Infection: Entry, Assembly, Exit, and Spread”; 30 March–4 April 2014, Beaver Run Resort, Breckenridge, Colorado, organized by Karla Kirkegaard, Mavis Agbandje-McKenna, and Eric O. Freed). The meeting served to bring together cell biologists, structural biologists, geneticists, and scientists expert in viral pathogenesis to discuss emerging mechanisms of viral ins and outs. The conference was organized around different phases of the viral replication cycle, including cell entry, viral assembly and post-assembly maturation, virus structure, cell exit, and virus spread. This review aims to highlight important topics and themes that emerged during the conference.
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- Sara W Bird
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.
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- Virus-Cell Interaction Section, HIV Drug Resistance Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA.
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Marciano DP, Dharmarajan V, Griffin PR. HDX-MS guided drug discovery: small molecules and biopharmaceuticals. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2014; 28:105-11. [PMID: 25179005 DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2014.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2014] [Revised: 07/24/2014] [Accepted: 08/13/2014] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Hydrogen/deuterium exchange coupled with mass spectrometry (HDX-MS or DXMS) has emerged as an important tool for the development of small molecule therapeutics and biopharmaceuticals. Central to these advances have been improvements to automated HDX-MS platforms and software that allow for the rapid acquisition and processing of experimental data. Correlating the HDX-MS profile of large numbers of ligands with their functional outputs has enabled the development of structure activity relationships (SAR) and delineation of ligand classes based on functional selectivity. HDX-MS has also been applied to address many of the unique challenges posed by the continued emergence of biopharmaceuticals. Here we review the latest applications of HDX-MS to drug discovery, recent advances in technology and software, and provide perspective on future outlook.
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- David P Marciano
- Molecular Therapeutics Department, The Scripps Research Institute, 130 Scripps Way, Jupiter, FL 33458, United States
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- Molecular Therapeutics Department, The Scripps Research Institute, 130 Scripps Way, Jupiter, FL 33458, United States.
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Assembly and maturation of a T = 4 quasi-equivalent virus is guided by electrostatic and mechanical forces. Viruses 2014; 6:3348-62. [PMID: 25153346 PMCID: PMC4147699 DOI: 10.3390/v6083348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2014] [Revised: 08/15/2014] [Accepted: 08/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Nudaurelia capensis w virus (NωV) is a eukaryotic RNA virus that is well suited for the study of virus maturation. The virus initially assembles at pH 7.6 into a marginally stable 480-Å procapsid formed by 240 copies of a single type of protein subunit. During maturation, which occurs during apoptosis at pH 5.0, electrostatic forces guide subunit trajectories into a robust 410-Å virion that is buttressed by subunit associated molecular switches. We discuss the competing factors in the virus capsid of requiring near-reversible interactions during initial assembly to avoid kinetic traps, while requiring robust stability to survive in the extra-cellular environment. In addition, viruses have a variety of mechanisms to deliver the genome, which must remain off while still inside the infected cell, yet turn on under the proper conditions of infection. We conclude that maturation is the process that provides a solution to these conflicting requirements through a program that is encoded in the procapsid and that leads to stability and infectivity.
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Bluetongue virus capsid assembly and maturation. Viruses 2014; 6:3250-70. [PMID: 25196482 PMCID: PMC4147694 DOI: 10.3390/v6083250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2014] [Revised: 07/08/2014] [Accepted: 07/15/2014] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Maturation is an intrinsic phase of the viral life cycle and is often intertwined with egress. In this review we focus on orbivirus maturation by using Bluetongue virus (BTV) as a representative. BTV, a member of the genus Orbivirus within the family Reoviridae, has over the last three decades been subjected to intense molecular study and is thus one of the best understood viruses. BTV is a non-enveloped virus comprised of two concentric protein shells that encapsidate 10 double-stranded RNA genome segments. Upon cell entry, the outer capsid is shed, releasing the core which does not disassemble into the cytoplasm. The polymerase complex within the core then synthesizes transcripts from each genome segment and extrudes these into the cytoplasm where they act as templates for protein synthesis. Newly synthesized ssRNA then associates with the replicase complex prior to encapsidation by inner and outer protein layers of core within virus-triggered inclusion bodies. Maturation of core occurs outside these inclusion bodies (IBs) via the addition of the outer capsid proteins, which appears to be coupled to a non-lytic, exocytic pathway during early infection. Similar to the enveloped viruses, BTV hijacks the exocytosis and endosomal sorting complex required for trafficking (ESCRT) pathway via a non-structural glycoprotein. This exquisitely detailed understanding is assembled from a broad array of assays, spanning numerous and diverse in vitro and in vivo studies. Presented here are the detailed insights of BTV maturation and egress.
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The molecular biology of Bluetongue virus replication. Virus Res 2013; 182:5-20. [PMID: 24370866 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2013.12.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2013] [Revised: 12/10/2013] [Accepted: 12/11/2013] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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The members of Orbivirus genus within the Reoviridae family are arthropod-borne viruses which are responsible for high morbidity and mortality in ruminants. Bluetongue virus (BTV) which causes disease in livestock (sheep, goat, cattle) has been in the forefront of molecular studies for the last three decades and now represents the best understood orbivirus at a molecular and structural level. The complex nature of the virion structure has been well characterised at high resolution along with the definition of the virus encoded enzymes required for RNA replication; the ordered assembly of the capsid shell as well as the protein and genome sequestration required for it; and the role of host proteins in virus entry and virus release. More recent developments of Reverse Genetics and Cell-Free Assembly systems have allowed integration of the accumulated structural and molecular knowledge to be tested at meticulous level, yielding higher insight into basic molecular virology, from which the rational design of safe efficacious vaccines has been possible. This article is centred on the molecular dissection of BTV with a view to understanding the role of each protein in the virus replication cycle. These areas are important in themselves for BTV replication but they also indicate the pathways that related viruses, which includes viruses that are pathogenic to man and animals, might also use providing an informed starting point for intervention or prevention.
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Changeux JP. 50 years of allosteric interactions: the twists and turns of the models. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 2013; 14:819-29. [DOI: 10.1038/nrm3695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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