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Prevo B, Earnshaw WC. DNA packaging by molecular motors: from bacteriophage to human chromosomes. Nat Rev Genet 2024:10.1038/s41576-024-00740-y. [PMID: 38886215 DOI: 10.1038/s41576-024-00740-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/29/2024] [Indexed: 06/20/2024]
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Dense packaging of genomic DNA is crucial for organismal survival, as DNA length always far exceeds the dimensions of the cells that contain it. Organisms, therefore, use sophisticated machineries to package their genomes. These systems range across kingdoms from a single ultra-powerful rotary motor that spools the DNA into a bacteriophage head, to hundreds of thousands of relatively weak molecular motors that coordinate the compaction of mitotic chromosomes in eukaryotic cells. Recent technological advances, such as DNA proximity-based sequencing approaches, polymer modelling and in vitro reconstitution of DNA loop extrusion, have shed light on the biological mechanisms driving DNA organization in different systems. Here, we discuss DNA packaging in bacteriophage, bacteria and eukaryotic cells, which, despite their extreme variation in size, structure and genomic content, all rely on the action of molecular motors to package their genomes.
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- Bram Prevo
- Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
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- Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
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Robbins A, Hildebolt H, Neuhoff M, Beshay P, Winter JO, Castro CE, Bundschuh R, Poirier MG. Cooperative control of a DNA origami force sensor. Sci Rep 2024; 14:4132. [PMID: 38374280 PMCID: PMC10876929 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-53841-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2023] [Accepted: 02/06/2024] [Indexed: 02/21/2024] Open
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Biomolecular systems are dependent on a complex interplay of forces. Modern force spectroscopy techniques provide means of interrogating these forces, but they are not optimized for studies in constrained environments as they require attachment to micron-scale probes such as beads or cantilevers. Nanomechanical devices are a promising alternative, but this requires versatile designs that can be tuned to respond to a wide range of forces. We investigate the properties of a nanoscale force sensitive DNA origami device which is highly customizable in geometry, functionalization, and mechanical properties. The device, referred to as the NanoDyn, has a binary (open or closed) response to an applied force by undergoing a reversible structural transition. The transition force is tuned with minor alterations of 1 to 3 DNA oligonucleotides and spans tens of picoNewtons (pN). The DNA oligonucleotide design parameters also strongly influence the efficiency of resetting the initial state, with higher stability devices (≳10 pN) resetting more reliably during repeated force-loading cycles. Finally, we show the opening force is tunable in real time by adding a single DNA oligonucleotide. These results establish the potential of the NanoDyn as a versatile force sensor and provide fundamental insights into how design parameters modulate mechanical and dynamic properties.
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- Ariel Robbins
- Biophysics Graduate Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Biophysics Graduate Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
- William G. Lowrie Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Biophysics Graduate Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Biophysics Graduate Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
- Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Biophysics Graduate Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.
- Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.
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Hawkins DEDP, Godwin OC, Antson AA. Viral Genomic DNA Packaging Machinery. Subcell Biochem 2024; 104:181-205. [PMID: 38963488 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-58843-3_9] [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] [Indexed: 07/05/2024]
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Tailed double-stranded DNA bacteriophage employs a protein terminase motor to package their genome into a preformed protein shell-a system shared with eukaryotic dsDNA viruses such as herpesviruses. DNA packaging motor proteins represent excellent targets for antiviral therapy, with Letermovir, which binds Cytomegalovirus terminase, already licensed as an effective prophylaxis. In the realm of bacterial viruses, these DNA packaging motors comprise three protein constituents: the portal protein, small terminase and large terminase. The portal protein guards the passage of DNA into the preformed protein shell and acts as a protein interaction hub throughout viral assembly. Small terminase recognises the viral DNA and recruits large terminase, which in turn pumps DNA in an ATP-dependent manner. Large terminase also cleaves DNA at the termination of packaging. Multiple high-resolution structures of each component have been resolved for different phages, but it is only more recently that the field has moved towards cryo-EM reconstructions of protein complexes. In conjunction with highly informative single-particle studies of packaging kinetics, these structures have begun to inspire models for the packaging process and its place among other DNA machines.
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- Dorothy E D P Hawkins
- York Structural Biology Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of York, York, UK.
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- York Structural Biology Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of York, York, UK
- Structural Biology, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK
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- York Structural Biology Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of York, York, UK.
- Structural Biology, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.
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Hawkins DEDP, Bayfield O, Fung HKH, Grba DN, Huet A, Conway J, Antson AA. Insights into a viral motor: the structure of the HK97 packaging termination assembly. Nucleic Acids Res 2023; 51:7025-7035. [PMID: 37293963 PMCID: PMC10359639 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkad480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2023] [Revised: 05/15/2023] [Accepted: 05/19/2023] [Indexed: 06/10/2023] Open
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Double-stranded DNA viruses utilise machinery, made of terminase proteins, to package viral DNA into the capsid. For cos bacteriophage, a defined signal, recognised by small terminase, flanks each genome unit. Here we present the first structural data for a cos virus DNA packaging motor, assembled from the bacteriophage HK97 terminase proteins, procapsids encompassing the portal protein, and DNA containing a cos site. The cryo-EM structure is consistent with the packaging termination state adopted after DNA cleavage, with DNA density within the large terminase assembly ending abruptly at the portal protein entrance. Retention of the large terminase complex after cleavage of the short DNA substrate suggests that motor dissociation from the capsid requires headful pressure, in common with pac viruses. Interestingly, the clip domain of the 12-subunit portal protein does not adhere to C12 symmetry, indicating asymmetry induced by binding of the large terminase/DNA. The motor assembly is also highly asymmetric, showing a ring of 5 large terminase monomers, tilted against the portal. Variable degrees of extension between N- and C-terminal domains of individual subunits suggest a mechanism of DNA translocation driven by inter-domain contraction and relaxation.
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- Dorothy E D P Hawkins
- York Structural Biology Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK
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- York Structural Biology Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK
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- Structural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, 69117Heidelberg, Germany
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- MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit, University of Cambridge, The Keith Peters Building, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0XY, UK
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- Department of Structural Biology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
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- Department of Structural Biology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
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- York Structural Biology Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK
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Robbins A, Hildebolt H, Neuhoff M, Beshay P, Winter JO, Castro CE, Bundschuh R, Poirier MG. Cooperative control of a DNA origami force sensor. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.06.26.546608. [PMID: 37425797 PMCID: PMC10327127 DOI: 10.1101/2023.06.26.546608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/11/2023]
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Most biomolecular systems are dependent on a complex interplay of forces. Modern force spectroscopy techniques provide means of interrogating these forces. These techniques, however, are not optimized for studies in constrained or crowded environments as they typically require micron-scale beads in the case of magnetic or optical tweezers, or direct attachment to a cantilever in the case of atomic force microscopy. We implement a nanoscale force-sensing device using a DNA origami which is highly customizable in geometry, functionalization, and mechanical properties. The device, referred to as the NanoDyn, functions as a binary (open or closed) force sensor that undergoes a structural transition under an external force. The transition force is tuned with minor alterations of 1 to 3 DNA oligonucleotides and spans tens of picoNewtons (pN). This actuation of the NanoDyn is reversible and the design parameters strongly influence the efficiency of resetting the initial state, with higher stability devices (≳10 pN) resetting more reliably during repeated force-loading cycles. Finally, we show that the opening force can be adjusted in real time by the addition of a single DNA oligonucleotide. These results establish the NanoDyn as a versatile force sensor and provide fundamental insights into how design parameters modulate mechanical and dynamic properties.
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- Ariel Robbins
- Biophysics Graduate Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Biophysics Graduate Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- William G. Lowrie Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Biophysics Graduate Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Biophysics Graduate Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Biophysics Graduate Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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Butala M, Dragoš A. Unique relationships between phages and endospore-forming hosts. Trends Microbiol 2022; 31:498-510. [PMID: 36535834 DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2022.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2022] [Revised: 11/23/2022] [Accepted: 11/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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As part of their survival strategy under harsh environmental conditions, endospore-forming bacteria can trigger a sporulation developmental program. Although the regulatory cascades that precisely control the transformation of vegetative bacteria into mother cells and resilient spores have been described in detail, less is known about how bacteriophages that prey on endospore-formers exploit sporulation. Herein, we argue that phages infecting these bacteria have evolved several specific molecular mechanisms, not yet known in other bacteria, that manifest from the phage-driven alliance to negative effects on the host. We anticipate that the relationships between phages and endospore-formers outlined here will inspire studies on phage ecology and evolution, and could facilitate important advances in the development of phage therapies against pathogenic spore-formers.
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- Matej Butala
- Department of Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Microbiology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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The Development of Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy: From Polymer Biophysics to Molecular Machines. Q Rev Biophys 2022; 55:e9. [PMID: 35916314 DOI: 10.1017/s0033583522000087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Wang C, Hu HX, Zhou YL, Zhao B, Luo MB. Translocation of a Self-propelled Polymer through a Narrow Pore. CHINESE JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s10118-022-2768-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Zhuo B, Ou X, Li J. Structure and Mechanical Stabilities of the Three-Way Junction Motifs in Prohead RNA. J Phys Chem B 2021; 125:12125-12134. [PMID: 34719230 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c04681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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The core structure of phi29 prohead RNA (pRNA) is composed of three major helices organized into three-way junction pRNA (3WJ-pRNA) and has stout structural rigidity along the coaxial helices. Prohead RNAs of the other Bacillus subtilis bacteriophages such as GA1 and SF5 share similar secondary structure and function with phi29; whether these pRNAs have similar mechanical rigidity remains to be elucidated. In this study, we constructed the tertiary structures of GA1 and SF5 3WJ-pRNAs by comparative modeling. Both GA1 and SF5 3WJ-pRNAs adopt a similar structure, in which three helices are organized as the three-way junction and two of the three helices are stacked coaxially. Moreover, detailed structural features of GA1 and SF5 3WJ-pRNAs are also similar to those of phi29 3WJ-pRNA: all of the bases of the coaxial helices are paired, and all of the adenines in the junction region are paired, which eliminates the interference of A-minor tertiary interactions. Hence, the coaxial helices tightly join to each other, and the major groove between them is very narrow. Two Mg2+ ions can thus fit into this major groove and form double Mg clamps. A steered molecular dynamics simulation was used to study the mechanical properties of these 3WJ-pRNAs. Both GA1 and SF5 3WJ-pRNAs show strong resistance to applied force in the direction of their coaxial helices. Such mechanical stability can be attributed to the Mg clamps.
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- Boyang Zhuo
- Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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Park CB, Sung BJ. Effects of Packaging History on the Ejection of a Polymer Chain from a Small Confinement. Macromolecules 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c00857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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- Chung Bin Park
- Department of Chemistry and Research Institute for Basic Science, Sogang University, Seoul 04107, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Research Institute for Basic Science, Sogang University, Seoul 04107, Republic of Korea
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A DNA packaging motor inchworms along one strand allowing it to adapt to alternative double-helical structures. Nat Commun 2021; 12:3439. [PMID: 34103515 PMCID: PMC8187434 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-23725-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2020] [Accepted: 04/22/2021] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Ring ATPases that translocate disordered polymers possess lock-washer architectures that they impose on their substrates during transport via a hand-over-hand mechanism. Here, we investigate the operation of ring motors that transport ordered, helical substrates, such as the bacteriophage ϕ29 dsDNA packaging motor. This pentameric motor alternates between an ATP loading dwell and a hydrolysis burst wherein it packages one turn of DNA in four steps. When challenged with DNA-RNA hybrids and dsRNA, the motor matches its burst to the shorter helical pitches, keeping three power strokes invariant while shortening the fourth. Intermittently, the motor loses grip on the RNA-containing substrates, indicating that it makes optimal load-bearing contacts with dsDNA. To rationalize these observations, we propose a helical inchworm translocation mechanism in which, during each cycle, the motor increasingly adopts a lock-washer structure during the ATP loading dwell and successively regains its planar form with each power stroke during the burst. Ring ATPase translocases that operate on disordered substrates adopt lockwasher architectures and use a hand-over-hand mechanism. By challenging the dsDNA packaging motor of bacteriophage ϕ29 with hybrid and dsRNA, the authors propose that the motor cycles between planar and lock-washer structures.
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The PLB measurement for the connector in Phi29 bacteriophage reveals the function of its channel loop. Biophys J 2021; 120:1650-1664. [PMID: 33684350 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2021.02.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2020] [Revised: 02/09/2021] [Accepted: 02/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The connector protein, also known as the portal protein, located at the portal vertex in the Phi29 bacteriophage has been found to play a key role in the genome DNA packaging motor. There is a disordered region, composed of 12 sets of 18-residue loops N229-N246, that has been assumed to serve as a "clamp" to retain the DNA within the pressurized capsid when DNA is fully packaged. However, the process remains undefined about how the clamping of DNA occurs and what signal is used to engage the channel loops to clamp the DNA near the end of DNA packaging. In this study, we use the planar lipid bilayer (PLB) membrane technique to study the connector with its loops cleaved. The channel properties are compared with those of the connector with corresponding wild-type loops at different membrane potentials. On the basis of the hypothesis of the Donnan effects in the flashing Brownian ratchet model, we associate the PLB experimental results with the outcomes from the relevant biochemical experiments on the proheads containing the connectors without the loops, which enables us to provide a clear picture about how the DNA clamping occurs. A mathematical relationship between the Donnan potential and the DNA packaging density is established, demonstrating that they are both in essence the same signal that is received and transmitted by the connector to dictate DNA clamping and the termination of DNA packaging. At the end of the study, the PLB technique is proposed as a viral research tool, and its potential use to study the functions of specific domains in a portal protein of the tailed bacteriophages is highlighted.
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Al-Naamani N, Ali I. Packing of semiflexible polymers into viral capsid in crowded environments. Phys Rev E 2019; 100:052412. [PMID: 31869914 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.100.052412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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We use coarse-grained Langevin dynamics simulations to study packing of semiflexible polymers into a spherical capsid, with and without a tail, inside a crowded cell. We use neutral and charged, but highly screened, polymers and compare packing rates of the two. Such packing conditions are relevant, for example, to λ DNA packing inside Escherichia coli bacterial cells, where the crowd particles are proteins, bacterial DNA, and salts. For a neutral polymer packing into a capsid with a tail, attractive interactions with the crowd particles make packing slightly harder at higher crowd densities, but repulsive interactions make it easier. Our results indicate that packing into a tailless capsid is less efficient at low crowd densities than into one with a long tail. However, this trend becomes opposite at higher densities. In addition, packing into a capsid with a long tail shows a highly variable waiting time before packing initiates, a feature absent for a tailless capsid. Electrical interactions at physiological conditions do not have much effect. Some bacterial cells, such as Pseudomonas chlororaphis, form a nucleuslike structure encapsulating the phage 201ϕ2-1 DNA. We also study here the packing dynamics with the nucleus present. We find packing is faster compared to the case of no-nucleus packing. We also observe knot formations but these knots untangle quickly while the polymer translocates. This knot formation is independent of polymer charge and presence of crowd particles.
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- N Al-Naamani
- Department of Physics, College of Science, P.O. Box 36, Sultan Qaboos University, Al-Khod 123, Oman
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- Department of Physics, College of Science, P.O. Box 36, Sultan Qaboos University, Al-Khod 123, Oman
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Mohapatra S, Lin CT, Feng XA, Basu A, Ha T. Single-Molecule Analysis and Engineering of DNA Motors. Chem Rev 2019; 120:36-78. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.9b00361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, United States
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Park CB, Kwon S, Sung BJ. The effects of a knot and its conformational relaxation on the ejection of a single polymer chain from confinement. J Chem Phys 2019. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5110428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Chung Bin Park
- Department of Chemistry, Sogang University, Seoul 04107, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Sogang University, Seoul 04107, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Sogang University, Seoul 04107, South Korea
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Melkonyan L, Bercy M, Bizebard T, Bockelmann U. Overstretching Double-Stranded RNA, Double-Stranded DNA, and RNA-DNA Duplexes. Biophys J 2019; 117:509-519. [PMID: 31337545 PMCID: PMC6697464 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2019.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2018] [Revised: 06/17/2019] [Accepted: 07/03/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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Using single-molecule force measurements, we compare the overstretching transition of the four types of duplexes composed of DNA or RNA strands. Three of the four extremities of each double helix are attached to two microscopic beads, and a stretching force is applied with a dual-beam optical trapping interferometer. We find that overstretching occurs for all four duplexes with small differences between the plateau forces. Double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) exhibits a smooth transition in contrast to the other three duplexes that show sawtooth patterns, the latter being a characteristic signature of peeling. This difference is observed for a wide range of experimental conditions. We present a theoretical description that explains the difference and predicts that peeling and bubble formation do not occur in overstretching double-stranded RNA. Formation of S-RNA is proposed, an overstretching mechanism that contrary to the other two does not generate single strands. We suggest that this singular RNA property helps RNA structures to assemble and play their essential roles in the biological cell.
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- Lena Melkonyan
- Nanobiophysique, Ecole Supérieure de Physique et Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
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- Nanobiophysique, Ecole Supérieure de Physique et Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
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- Expression Génétique Microbienne, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Paris, France.
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- Nanobiophysique, Ecole Supérieure de Physique et Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France.
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Xu J, Wang D, Gui M, Xiang Y. Structural assembly of the tailed bacteriophage ϕ29. Nat Commun 2019; 10:2366. [PMID: 31147544 PMCID: PMC6542822 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-10272-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2018] [Accepted: 04/24/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The mature virion of the tailed bacteriophage ϕ29 is an ~33 MDa complex that contains more than 450 subunits of seven structural proteins assembling into a prolate head and a short non-contractile tail. Here, we report the near-atomic structures of the ϕ29 pre-genome packaging head (prohead), the mature virion and the genome-emptied virion. Structural comparisons suggest local rotation or oscillation of the head-tail connector upon DNA packaging and release. Termination of the DNA packaging occurs through pressure-dependent correlative positional and conformational changes in the connector. The funnel-shaped tail lower collar attaches the expanded narrow end of the connector and has a 180-Å long, 24-strand β barrel narrow stem tube that undergoes conformational changes upon genome release. The appendages form an interlocked assembly attaching the tail around the collar. The membrane active long loops at the distal end of the tail knob exit during the late stage of infection and form the cone-shaped tip of a largely hydrophobic helix barrel, prepared for membrane penetration. Mature particles of bacteriophage ϕ29 consist of a 33-MDa complex formed by over 450 subunits, assembled into a head and a short tail. Here, Xu et al. report the near-atomic structures of the ϕ29 prohead, the mature virion and the genome-emptied virion, providing insights into DNA packaging and release.
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- Jingwei Xu
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, Beijing Frontier Research Center for Biological Structure, Center for Infectious Disease Research, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, China.,Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, CH-8093, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, Beijing Frontier Research Center for Biological Structure, Center for Infectious Disease Research, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, Beijing Frontier Research Center for Biological Structure, Center for Infectious Disease Research, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, China.,Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, Beijing Frontier Research Center for Biological Structure, Center for Infectious Disease Research, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, China.
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Kwon S, Lee S, Cho HW, Kim J, Kim JS, Sung BJ. The breakdown of the local thermal equilibrium approximation for a polymer chain during packaging. J Chem Phys 2019; 150:204901. [PMID: 31153198 DOI: 10.1063/1.5093946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The conformational relaxation of a polymer chain often slows down in various biological and engineering processes. The polymer, then, may stay in nonequilibrium states throughout the process such that one may not invoke the local thermal equilibrium (LTE) approximation, which has been usually employed to describe the kinetics of various processes. In this work, motivated by recent single-molecule experiments on DNA packaging into a viral capsid, we investigate how the nonequilibrium conformations and the LTE approximation would affect the packaging of a polymer chain into small confinement. We employ a simple but generic coarse-grained model and Langevin dynamics simulations to investigate the packaging kinetics. The polymer segments (both inside and outside the confinement) stay away from equilibrium under strong external force. We devise a simulation scheme to invoke the LTE approximation during packaging and find that the relaxation of nonequilibrium conformations plays a critical role in regulating the packaging rate.
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- Seulki Kwon
- Department of Chemistry, Sogang University, Seoul 04107, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Sogang University, Seoul 04107, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Sogang University, Seoul 04107, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Sogang University, Seoul 04107, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Nano Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Sogang University, Seoul 04107, South Korea
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Ordyan M, Alam I, Mahalingam M, Rao VB, Smith DE. Nucleotide-dependent DNA gripping and an end-clamp mechanism regulate the bacteriophage T4 viral packaging motor. Nat Commun 2018; 9:5434. [PMID: 30575768 PMCID: PMC6303390 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-07834-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2018] [Accepted: 11/23/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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ATP-powered viral packaging motors are among the most powerful biomotors known. Motor subunits arranged in a ring repeatedly grip and translocate the DNA to package viral genomes into capsids. Here, we use single DNA manipulation and rapid solution exchange to quantify how nucleotide binding regulates interactions between the bacteriophage T4 motor and DNA substrate. With no nucleotides, there is virtually no gripping and rapid slipping occurs with only minimal friction resisting. In contrast, binding of an ATP analog engages nearly continuous gripping. Occasional slips occur due to dissociation of the analog from a gripping motor subunit, or force-induced rupture of grip, but multiple other analog-bound subunits exert high friction that limits slipping. ADP induces comparably infrequent gripping and variable friction. Independent of nucleotides, slipping arrests when the end of the DNA is about to exit the capsid. This end-clamp mechanism increases the efficiency of packaging by making it essentially irreversible. Packaging of viral DNA depends on strong molecular motors that are powered by ATP hydrolysis. Here, the authors develop a single-molecule assay to monitor how nucleotide binding regulates motor-DNA interactions and reveal a generic mechanism that prevents exit of the whole DNA from the viral capsid during packaging.
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- Mariam Ordyan
- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, Mail Code 0379, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0379, USA
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- Department of Biology, The Catholic University of America, 620 Michigan Ave. NE, Washington, DC, 20064, USA
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- Department of Biology, The Catholic University of America, 620 Michigan Ave. NE, Washington, DC, 20064, USA
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- Department of Biology, The Catholic University of America, 620 Michigan Ave. NE, Washington, DC, 20064, USA.
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, Mail Code 0379, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0379, USA.
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Nie X, Zhang Z, Wang CH, Fan YS, Meng QY, You YZ. Interactions in DNA Condensation: An Important Factor for Improving the Efficacy of Gene Transfection. Bioconjug Chem 2018; 30:284-292. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.8b00805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Xuan Nie
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China
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Liu J, Li Z. Controlled Mechanical Motions of Microparticles in Optical Tweezers. MICROMACHINES 2018; 9:E232. [PMID: 30424165 PMCID: PMC6187602 DOI: 10.3390/mi9050232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2018] [Revised: 05/05/2018] [Accepted: 05/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Optical tweezers, formed by a highly focused laser beam, have intriguing applications in biology and physics. Inspired by molecular rotors, numerous optical beams and artificial particles have been proposed to build optical tweezers trapping microparticles, and extensive experiences have been learned towards constructing precise, stable, flexible and controllable micromachines. The mechanism of interaction between particles and localized light fields is quite different for different types of particles, such as metal particles, dielectric particles and Janus particles. In this article, we present a comprehensive overview of the latest development on the fundamental and application of optical trapping. The emphasis is placed on controllable mechanical motions of particles, including rotation, translation and their mutual coupling under the optical forces and torques created by a wide variety of optical tweezers operating on different particles. Finally, we conclude by proposing promising directions for future research.
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- Jing Liu
- Institute of Laser and Intelligent Manufacturing Technology, South-Central University for Nationalities, Wuhan 430074, China.
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- School of Physics and Optoelectronics, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China.
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The past decade has seen an explosion in the use of single-molecule approaches to study complex biological processes. One such approach-optical trapping-is particularly well suited for investigating molecular motors, a diverse group of macromolecular complexes that convert chemical energy into mechanical work, thus playing key roles in virtually every aspect of cellular life. Here we describe how to use high-resolution optical tweezers to investigate the mechanism of the bacteriophage φ29 DNA packaging motor, a ring-shaped ATPase responsible for genome packing during viral assembly. This system illustrates how to use single-molecule techniques to uncover novel, often unexpected, principles of motor operation.
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Keller N, delToro DJ, Smith DE. Single-Molecule Measurements of Motor-Driven Viral DNA Packaging in Bacteriophages Phi29, Lambda, and T4 with Optical Tweezers. Methods Mol Biol 2018; 1805:393-422. [PMID: 29971729 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-8556-2_20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Viral DNA packaging is a required step in the assembly of many dsDNA viruses. A molecular motor fueled by ATP hydrolysis packages the viral genome to near crystalline density inside a preformed prohead shell in ~5 min at room temperature. We describe procedures for measuring the packaging of single DNA molecules into single viral proheads with optical tweezers. Three viral packaging systems are described in detail: bacteriophages phi29 (φ29), lambda (λ), and T4. Two different approaches are described: (1) With φ29 and T4, prohead-motor complexes can be preassembled in bulk and packaging can be initiated in the optical tweezers by "feeding" a single DNA molecule to one of the complexes; (2) With φ29 and λ, packaging can be initiated in bulk then stalled, and a single prohead-motor-DNA complex can then be captured with optical tweezers and restarted. In both cases, the prohead is ultimately attached to one trapped microsphere and the end of the DNA being packaged is attached to a second trapped microsphere such that packaging of the DNA pulls the two microspheres together and the rate of packaging and force generated by the motor is directly measured in real time. These protocols allow for the effect of many experimental parameters on packaging dynamics to be studied such as temperature, ATP concentration, ionic conditions, structural changes to the DNA substrate, and mutations in the motor proteins. Procedures for capturing microspheres with the optical traps and different measurement modes are also described.
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- Nicholas Keller
- Department of Physics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
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Salna B, Benabbas A, Russo D, Champion PM. Tunneling Kinetics and Nonadiabatic Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer in Proteins: The Effect of Electric Fields and Anharmonic Donor–Acceptor Interactions. J Phys Chem B 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b05570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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- Bridget Salna
- Department of Physics and Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Complex Systems, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Department of Physics and Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Complex Systems, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Department of Physics and Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Complex Systems, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Department of Physics and Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Complex Systems, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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Jing P, Burris B, Zhang R. Forces from the Portal Govern the Late-Stage DNA Transport in a Viral DNA Packaging Nanomotor. Biophys J 2017; 111:162-77. [PMID: 27410744 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2016.05.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2016] [Revised: 05/08/2016] [Accepted: 05/10/2016] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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In the Phi29 bacteriophage, the DNA packaging nanomotor packs its double-stranded DNA genome into the virus capsid. At the late stage of DNA packaging, the negatively charged genome is increasingly compacted at a higher density in the capsid with a higher internal pressure. During the process, two Donnan effects, osmotic pressure and Donnan equilibrium potentials, are significantly amplified, which, in turn, affect the channel activity of the portal protein, GP10, embedded in the semipermeable capsid shell. In the research, planar lipid bilayer experiments were used to study the channel activities of the viral protein. The Donnan effect on the conformational changes of the viral protein was discovered, indicating GP10 may not be a static channel at the late stage of DNA packaging. Due to the conformational changes, GP10 may generate electrostatic forces that govern the DNA transport. For the section of the genome DNA that remains outside of the connector channel, a strong repulsive force from the viral protein would be generated against the DNA entry; however, for the section of the genome DNA within the channel, the portal protein would become a Brownian motor, which adopts the flash Brownian ratchet mechanism to pump the DNA against the increasingly built-up internal pressure (up to 20 atm) in the capsid. Therefore, the DNA transport in the nanoscale viral channel at the late stage of DNA packaging could be a consequence of Brownian movement of the genomic DNA, which would be rectified and harnessed by the forces from the interior wall of the viral channel under the influence of the Donnan effect.
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- Peng Jing
- Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, Indiana
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- Division of Endocrinology, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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The bacteriophage ϕ29 infects Gram-positive Bacillus subtilis with a short noncontractile tail. Recent studies showed that the ϕ29 tail protein gp9 forms a hexameric tube with six long loops of membrane-active peptides blocking in the tube at the distal end of the tail. The long loops exit on genome release and form a membrane pore for passage of the genome. The membrane penetration mechanism of the ϕ29 tail might be common among tailed bacteriophages.
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Keller N, Berndsen ZT, Jardine PJ, Smith DE. Experimental comparison of forces resisting viral DNA packaging and driving DNA ejection. Phys Rev E 2017; 95:052408. [PMID: 28618627 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.95.052408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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We compare forces resisting DNA packaging and forces driving DNA ejection in bacteriophage phi29 with theoretical predictions. Ejection of DNA from prohead-motor complexes is triggered by heating complexes after in vitro packaging and force is inferred from the suppression of ejection by applied osmotic pressure. Ejection force from 0% to 80% filling is found to be in quantitative agreement with predictions of a continuum mechanics model that assumes a repulsive DNA-DNA interaction potential based on DNA condensation studies and predicts an inverse-spool conformation. Force resisting DNA packaging from ∼80% to 100% filling inferred from optical tweezers studies is also consistent with the predictions of this model. The striking agreement with these two different measurements suggests that the overall energetics of DNA packaging is well described by the model. However, since electron microscopy studies of phi29 do not reveal a spool conformation, our findings suggest that the spool model overestimates the role of bending rigidity and underestimates the role of intrastrand repulsion. Below ∼80% filling the inferred forces resisting packaging are unexpectedly lower than the inferred ejection forces, suggesting that in this filling range the forces are less accurately determined or strongly temperature dependent.
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- Nicholas Keller
- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093, USA.,Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, California 92093, USA
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- Department of Diagnostic and Biological Sciences and Institute for Molecular Virology, University of Minnesota, 515 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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Xu Z, Sun Y, Weber JK, Cao Y, Wang W, Jasinski D, Guo P, Zhou R, Li J. Directional mechanical stability of Bacteriophage φ29 motor's 3WJ-pRNA: Extraordinary robustness along portal axis. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2017; 3:e1601684. [PMID: 28560321 PMCID: PMC5446216 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1601684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2016] [Accepted: 04/07/2017] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The molecular motor exploited by bacteriophage φ29 to pack DNA into its capsid is regarded as one of the most powerful mechanical devices present in viral, bacterial, and eukaryotic systems alike. Acting as a linker element, a prohead RNA (pRNA) effectively joins the connector and ATPase (adenosine triphosphatase) components of the φ29 motor. During DNA packing, this pRNA needs to withstand enormous strain along the capsid's portal axis-how this remarkable stability is achieved remains to be elucidated. We investigate the mechanical properties of the φ29 motor's three-way junction (3WJ)-pRNA using a combined steered molecular dynamics and atomic force spectroscopy approach. The 3WJ exhibits strong resistance to stretching along its coaxial helices, demonstrating its super structural robustness. This resistance disappears, however, when external forces are applied to the transverse directions. From a molecular standpoint, we demonstrate that this direction-dependent stability can be attributed to two Mg clamps that cooperate and generate mechanical resistance in the pRNA's coaxial direction. Our results suggest that the asymmetric nature of the 3WJ's mechanical stability is entwined with its biological function: Enhanced rigidity along the portal axis is likely essential to withstand the strain caused by DNA condensation, and flexibility in other directions should aid in the assembly of the pRNA and its association with other motor components.
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- Zhonghe Xu
- Institute of Quantitative Biology and Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310027, China
- Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructure, Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210093, China
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- IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructure, Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210093, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructure, Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210093, China
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- Center for RNA Nanobiotechnology and Nanomedicine, College of Pharmacy, Division of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry; College of Medicine/Department of Physiology & Cell Biology; Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Center for RNA Nanobiotechnology and Nanomedicine, College of Pharmacy, Division of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry; College of Medicine/Department of Physiology & Cell Biology; Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Institute of Quantitative Biology and Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310027, China
- IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
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- Institute of Quantitative Biology and Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310027, China
- Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Hanhijärvi KJ, Ziedaite G, Bamford DH, Hæggström E, Poranen MM. Single-molecule measurements of viral ssRNA packaging. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2017; 23:119-129. [PMID: 27803153 PMCID: PMC5159644 DOI: 10.1261/rna.057471.116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2016] [Accepted: 10/27/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Genome packaging of double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) phages has been widely studied using biochemical and molecular biology methods. We adapted the existing in vitro packaging system of one such phage for single-molecule experimentation. To our knowledge, this is the first attempt to study the details of viral RNA packaging using optical tweezers. Pseudomonas phage φ6 is a dsRNA virus with a tripartite genome. Positive-sense (+) single-stranded RNA (ssRNA) genome precursors are packaged into a preformed procapsid (PC), where negative strands are synthesized. We present single-molecule measurements of the viral ssRNA packaging by the φ6 PC. Our data show that packaging proceeds intermittently in slow and fast phases, which likely reflects differences in the unfolding of the RNA secondary structures of the ssRNA being packaged. Although the mean packaging velocity was relatively low (0.07-0.54 nm/sec), packaging could reach 4.62 nm/sec during the fast packaging phase.
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
- Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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Kumar R, Grubmüller H. Phi29 Connector-DNA Interactions Govern DNA Crunching and Rotation, Supporting the Check-Valve Model. Biophys J 2016; 110:455-469. [PMID: 26789768 PMCID: PMC4724654 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2015.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2015] [Revised: 12/08/2015] [Accepted: 12/09/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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During replication of the ϕ29 bacteriophage inside a bacterial host cell, a DNA packaging motor transports the viral DNA into the procapsid against a pressure difference of up to 40 ± 20 atm. Several models have been proposed for the underlying molecular mechanism. Here we have used molecular dynamics simulations to examine the role of the connector part of the motor, and specifically the one-way revolution and the push-roll model. We have focused at the structure and intermolecular interactions between the DNA and the connector, for which a near-complete structure is available. The connector is found to induce considerable DNA deformations with respect to its canonical B-form. We further assessed by force-probe simulations to which extent the connector is able to prevent DNA leakage and found that the connector can act as a partial one-way valve by a check-valve mechanism via its mobile loops. Analysis of the geometry, flexibility, and energetics of channel lysine residues suggested that this arrangement of residues is incompatible with the observed DNA packaging step-size of ∼2.5 bp, such that the step-size is probably determined by the other components of the motor. Previously proposed DNA revolution and rolling motions inside the connector channel are both found implausible due to structural entanglement between the DNA and connector loops that have not been resolved in the crystal structure. Rather, in the simulations, the connector facilitates minor DNA rotation during the packaging process compatible with recent optical-tweezers experiments. Combined with the available experimental data, our simulation results suggest that the connector acts as a check-valve that prevents DNA leakage and induces DNA compression and rotation during DNA packaging.
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- Rajendra Kumar
- Department of Theoretical and Computational Biophysics, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Theoretical and Computational Biophysics, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany.
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delToro D, Ortiz D, Ordyan M, Sippy J, Oh CS, Keller N, Feiss M, Catalano CE, Smith DE. Walker-A Motif Acts to Coordinate ATP Hydrolysis with Motor Output in Viral DNA Packaging. J Mol Biol 2016; 428:2709-29. [PMID: 27139643 PMCID: PMC4905814 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2016.04.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2016] [Revised: 04/15/2016] [Accepted: 04/23/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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During the assembly of many viruses, a powerful ATP-driven motor translocates DNA into a preformed procapsid. A Walker-A "P-loop" motif is proposed to coordinate ATP binding and hydrolysis with DNA translocation. We use genetic, biochemical, and biophysical techniques to survey the roles of P-loop residues in bacteriophage lambda motor function. We identify 55 point mutations that reduce virus yield to below detectable levels in a highly sensitive genetic complementation assay and 33 that cause varying reductions in yield. Most changes in the predicted conserved residues K76, R79, G81, and S83 produce no detectable yield. Biochemical analyses show that R79A and S83A mutant proteins fold, assemble, and display genome maturation activity similar to wild-type (WT) but exhibit little ATPase or DNA packaging activity. Kinetic DNA cleavage and ATPase measurements implicate R79 in motor ring assembly on DNA, supporting recent structural models that locate the P-loop at the interface between motor subunits. Single-molecule measurements detect no translocation for K76A and K76R, while G81A and S83A exhibit strong impairments, consistent with their predicted roles in ATP binding. We identify eight residue changes spanning A78-K84 that yield impaired translocation phenotypes and show that Walker-A residues play important roles in determining motor velocity, pausing, and processivity. The efficiency of initiation of packaging correlates strongly with motor velocity. Frequent pausing and slipping caused by changes A78V and R79K suggest that these residues are important for ATP alignment and coupling of ATP binding to DNA gripping. Our findings support recent structural models implicating the P-loop arginine in ATP hydrolysis and mechanochemical coupling.
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- Damian delToro
- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
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Odriozola G, Lozada-Cassou M. Entropy Driven Self-Assembly in Charged Lock–Key Particles. J Phys Chem B 2016; 120:5966-74. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b01805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Gerardo Odriozola
- Área
de Física de Procesos Irreversibles, División de Ciencias
Básicas e Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Av. San Pablo 180 Col. Reynosa, 02200 México (Distrito Federal), México
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- Instituto
de Energías Renovables, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), 62580 Temixco, Morelos, México
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Mao H, Saha M, Reyes-Aldrete E, Sherman MB, Woodson M, Atz R, Grimes S, Jardine PJ, Morais MC. Structural and Molecular Basis for Coordination in a Viral DNA Packaging Motor. Cell Rep 2016; 14:2017-2029. [PMID: 26904950 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.01.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2015] [Revised: 01/04/2016] [Accepted: 01/17/2016] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Ring NTPases are a class of ubiquitous molecular motors involved in basic biological partitioning processes. dsDNA viruses encode ring ATPases that translocate their genomes to near-crystalline densities within pre-assembled viral capsids. Here, X-ray crystallography, cryoEM, and biochemical analyses of the dsDNA packaging motor in bacteriophage phi29 show how individual subunits are arranged in a pentameric ATPase ring and suggest how their activities are coordinated to translocate dsDNA. The resulting pseudo-atomic structure of the motor and accompanying functional analyses show how ATP is bound in the ATPase active site; identify two DNA contacts, including a potential DNA translocating loop; demonstrate that a trans-acting arginine finger is involved in coordinating hydrolysis around the ring; and suggest a functional coupling between the arginine finger and the DNA translocating loop. The ability to visualize the motor in action illuminates how the different motor components interact with each other and with their DNA substrate.
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- Huzhang Mao
- Sealy Center for Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA
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- Sealy Center for Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA
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- Sealy Center for Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA
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- Sealy Center for Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA
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- Sealy Center for Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA
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- Department of Diagnostic and Biological Sciences, School of Dentistry, and Institute for Molecular Virology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Diagnostic and Biological Sciences, School of Dentistry, and Institute for Molecular Virology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Diagnostic and Biological Sciences, School of Dentistry, and Institute for Molecular Virology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Sealy Center for Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA
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Berndsen ZT, Keller N, Smith DE. Continuous allosteric regulation of a viral packaging motor by a sensor that detects the density and conformation of packaged DNA. Biophys J 2015; 108:315-24. [PMID: 25606680 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2014.11.3469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2014] [Revised: 10/31/2014] [Accepted: 11/24/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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We report evidence for an unconventional type of allosteric regulation of a biomotor. We show that the genome-packaging motor of phage ϕ29 is regulated by a sensor that detects the density and conformation of the DNA packaged inside the viral capsid, and slows the motor by a mechanism distinct from the effect of a direct load force on the motor. Specifically, we show that motor-ATP interactions are regulated by a signal that is propagated allosterically from inside the viral shell to the motor mounted on the outside. This signal continuously regulates the motor speed and pausing in response to changes in either density or conformation of the packaged DNA, and slows the motor before the buildup of large forces resisting DNA confinement. Analysis of motor slipping reveals that the force resisting packaging remains low (<1 pN) until ∼ 70% and then rises sharply to ∼ 23 pN at high filling, which is a several-fold lower value than was previously estimated under the assumption that force alone slows the motor. These findings are consistent with recent studies of the stepping kinetics of the motor. The allosteric regulatory mechanism we report allows double-stranded DNA viruses to achieve rapid, high-density packing of their genomes by limiting the buildup of nonequilibrium load forces on the motor.
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- Zachary T Berndsen
- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California.
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Human Cytomegalovirus pUL93 Is Required for Viral Genome Cleavage and Packaging. J Virol 2015; 89:12221-5. [PMID: 26401033 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02382-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2015] [Accepted: 09/16/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) pUL93 is essential for virus growth, but its precise function in the virus life cycle is unknown. Here, we characterize a UL93 stop mutant virus (UL93st-TB40/E-BAC) to demonstrate that the absence of this protein does not restrict viral gene expression; however, cleavage of viral DNA into unit-length genomes as well as genome packaging is abolished. Thus, pUL93 is required for viral genome cleavage and packaging.
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Ben-Shaul A, Gelbart WM. Viral ssRNAs are indeed compact. Biophys J 2015; 108:14-6. [PMID: 25564845 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2014.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2014] [Revised: 11/06/2014] [Accepted: 11/07/2014] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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- A Ben-Shaul
- Institute of Chemistry and Fritz Haber Research Center, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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Travers A, Muskhelishvili G. DNA structure and function. FEBS J 2015; 282:2279-95. [PMID: 25903461 DOI: 10.1111/febs.13307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2014] [Revised: 02/26/2015] [Accepted: 04/21/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The proposal of a double-helical structure for DNA over 60 years ago provided an eminently satisfying explanation for the heritability of genetic information. But why is DNA, and not RNA, now the dominant biological information store? We argue that, in addition to its coding function, the ability of DNA, unlike RNA, to adopt a B-DNA structure confers advantages both for information accessibility and for packaging. The information encoded by DNA is both digital - the precise base specifying, for example, amino acid sequences - and analogue. The latter determines the sequence-dependent physicochemical properties of DNA, for example, its stiffness and susceptibility to strand separation. Most importantly, DNA chirality enables the formation of supercoiling under torsional stress. We review recent evidence suggesting that DNA supercoiling, particularly that generated by DNA translocases, is a major driver of gene regulation and patterns of chromosomal gene organization, and in its guise as a promoter of DNA packaging enables DNA to act as an energy store to facilitate the passage of translocating enzymes such as RNA polymerase.
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- Andrew Travers
- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK.,Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, UK
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Quinn CM, Lu M, Suiter CL, Hou G, Zhang H, Polenova T. Magic angle spinning NMR of viruses. PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY 2015; 86-87:21-40. [PMID: 25919197 PMCID: PMC4413014 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnmrs.2015.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2014] [Revised: 01/27/2015] [Accepted: 02/08/2015] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Viruses, relatively simple pathogens, are able to replicate in many living organisms and to adapt to various environments. Conventional atomic-resolution structural biology techniques, X-ray crystallography and solution NMR spectroscopy provided abundant information on the structures of individual proteins and nucleic acids comprising viruses; however, viral assemblies are not amenable to analysis by these techniques because of their large size, insolubility, and inherent lack of long-range order. In this article, we review the recent advances in magic angle spinning NMR spectroscopy that enabled atomic-resolution analysis of structure and dynamics of large viral systems and give examples of several exciting case studies.
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- Caitlin M Quinn
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, United States; Pittsburgh Center for HIV Protein Interactions, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 1051 Biomedical Science Tower 3, 3501 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15261, United States.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, United States; Pittsburgh Center for HIV Protein Interactions, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 1051 Biomedical Science Tower 3, 3501 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15261, United States.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, United States; Pittsburgh Center for HIV Protein Interactions, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 1051 Biomedical Science Tower 3, 3501 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15261, United States.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, United States; Pittsburgh Center for HIV Protein Interactions, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 1051 Biomedical Science Tower 3, 3501 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15261, United States.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, United States.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, United States; Pittsburgh Center for HIV Protein Interactions, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 1051 Biomedical Science Tower 3, 3501 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15261, United States.
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Tandon R, Mocarski ES, Conway JF. The A, B, Cs of herpesvirus capsids. Viruses 2015; 7:899-914. [PMID: 25730559 PMCID: PMC4379554 DOI: 10.3390/v7030899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2014] [Revised: 02/09/2015] [Accepted: 02/17/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Assembly of herpesvirus nucleocapsids shares significant similarities with the assembly of tailed dsDNA bacteriophages; however, important differences exist. A unique feature of herpesviruses is the presence of different mature capsid forms in the host cell nucleus during infection. These capsid forms, referred to as A-, B-, and C-capsids, represent empty capsids, scaffold containing capsids and viral DNA containing capsids, respectively. The C-capsids are the closest in form to those encapsidated into mature virions and are considered precursors to infectious virus. The evidence supporting A- and B-capsids as either abortive forms or assembly intermediates has been lacking. Interaction of specific capsid forms with viral tegument proteins has been proposed to be a mechanism for quality control at the point of nuclear egress of mature particles. Here, we will review the available literature on these capsid forms and present data to debate whether A- and B-capsids play an important or an extraneous role in the herpesvirus life cycle.
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- Ritesh Tandon
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 North State Street, Jackson, MS 39216, USA.
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, 1462 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
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- Department of Structural Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Biomedical Science Tower 3, 3501 5th Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA.
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Hirsh AD, Perkins NC. DNA buckling in bacteriophage cavities as a mechanism to aid virus assembly. J Struct Biol 2015; 189:251-8. [PMID: 25613203 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2015.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2014] [Revised: 01/09/2015] [Accepted: 01/10/2015] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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While relatively simple biologically, bacteriophages are sophisticated biochemical machines that execute a precise sequence of events during virus assembly, DNA packaging, and ejection. These stages of the viral life cycle require intricate coordination of viral components whose structures are being revealed by single molecule experiments and high resolution (cryo-electron microscopy) reconstructions. For example, during packaging, bacteriophages employ some of the strongest known molecular motors to package DNA against increasing pressure within the viral capsid shell. Located upstream of the motor is an elaborate portal system through which DNA is threaded. A high resolution reconstruction of the portal system for bacteriophage ϕ29 reveals that DNA buckles inside a small cavity under large compressive forces. In this study, we demonstrate that DNA can also buckle in other bacteriophages including T7 and P22. Using a computational rod model for DNA, we demonstrate that a DNA buckle can initiate and grow within the small confines of a cavity under biologically-attainable force levels. The forces of DNA-cavity contact and DNA-DNA electrostatic repulsion ultimately limit cavity filling. Despite conforming to very different cavity geometries, the buckled DNA within T7 and P22 exhibits near equal volumetric energy density (∼1kT/nm(3)) and energetic cost of packaging (∼22kT). We hypothesize that a DNA buckle creates large forces on the cavity interior to signal the conformational changes to end packaging. In addition, a DNA buckle may help retain the genome prior to tail assembly through significantly increased contact area with the portal.
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- Andrew D Hirsh
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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Liu S, Chistol G, Bustamante C. Mechanical operation and intersubunit coordination of ring-shaped molecular motors: insights from single-molecule studies. Biophys J 2014; 106:1844-58. [PMID: 24806916 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2014.03.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2014] [Accepted: 03/19/2014] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Ring NTPases represent a large and diverse group of proteins that couple their nucleotide hydrolysis activity to a mechanical task involving force generation and some type of transport process in the cell. Because of their shape, these enzymes often operate as gates that separate distinct cellular compartments to control and regulate the passage of chemical species across them. In this manner, ions and small molecules are moved across membranes, biopolymer substrates are segregated between cells or moved into confined spaces, double-stranded nucleic acids are separated into single strands to provide access to the genetic information, and polypeptides are unfolded and processed for recycling. Here we review the recent advances in the characterization of these motors using single-molecule manipulation and detection approaches. We describe the various mechanisms by which ring motors convert chemical energy to mechanical force or torque and coordinate the activities of individual subunits that constitute the ring. We also examine how single-molecule studies have contributed to a better understanding of the structural elements involved in motor-substrate interaction, mechanochemical coupling, and intersubunit coordination. Finally, we discuss how these molecular motors tailor their operation-often through regulation by other cofactors-to suit their unique biological functions.
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- Shixin Liu
- Jason L. Choy Laboratory of Single-Molecule Biophysics, University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California; California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California
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- Jason L. Choy Laboratory of Single-Molecule Biophysics, University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California; Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California
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- Jason L. Choy Laboratory of Single-Molecule Biophysics, University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California; California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California; Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California; Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Department of Chemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and Kavli Energy NanoSciences Institute, University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California.
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Harvey SC. The scrunchworm hypothesis: transitions between A-DNA and B-DNA provide the driving force for genome packaging in double-stranded DNA bacteriophages. J Struct Biol 2014; 189:1-8. [PMID: 25486612 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2014.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2014] [Revised: 11/14/2014] [Accepted: 11/30/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Double-stranded DNA bacteriophages have motors that drive the genome into preformed capsids, using the energy released by hydrolysis of ATP to overcome the forces opposing DNA packaging. Viral packaging motors are the strongest of all biological motors, but it is not known how they generate these forces. Several models for the process of mechanochemical force generation have been put forward, but there is no consensus on which, if any, of these is correct. All the existing models assume that protein-generated forces drive the DNA forward. The scrunchworm hypothesis proposes that the DNA molecule is the active force-generating core of the motor, not simply a substrate on which the motor operates. The protein components of the motor dehydrate a section of the DNA, converting it from the B form to the A form and shortening it by about 23%. The proteins then rehydrate the DNA, which converts back to the B form. Other regions of the motor grip and release the DNA to capture the shortening-lengthening motions of the B→A→B cycle ("scrunching"), so that DNA is pulled into the motor and pushed forward into the capsid. This DNA-centric mechanism provides a quantitative physical explanation for the magnitude of the forces generated by viral packaging motors. It also provides a simple explanation for the fact that each of the steps in the burst cycle advances the DNA by 2.5 base pairs. The scrunchworm hypothesis is consistent with a large body of published data, and it makes four experimentally testable predictions.
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- Stephen C Harvey
- School of Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0230, USA.
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Kumar R, Grubmüller H. Elastic properties and heterogeneous stiffness of the phi29 motor connector channel. Biophys J 2014; 106:1338-48. [PMID: 24655509 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2014.01.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2013] [Revised: 01/08/2014] [Accepted: 01/23/2014] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The DNA packaging motor of the bacteriophage ϕ29, comprising head-tail connector, ATPase, and pRNA, transports the viral DNA inside the procapsid against pressure differences of up to ∼60 atm during replication. Several models for the DNA packaging mechanism have been proposed, which attribute different roles to the connector, and require specific mechanical properties of the connector. To characterize these properties at the atomic level, and to understand how the connector withstands this large pressure, we have carried out molecular dynamics simulations of the whole connector both in equilibrium and under mechanical stress. The simulations revealed a quite heterogeneous distribution of stiff and soft regions, resembling that of typical composite materials that are also optimized to resist mechanical stress. In particular, the conserved middle α-helical region is found to be remarkably stiff, similar only to structural proteins forming viral shell, silk, or collagen. In contrast, large parts of the peripheral interface to the ϕ29 procapsid turned out to be rather soft. Force probe and umbrella sampling simulations showed that large connector deformations are remarkably reversible, and served to calculate the free energies required for these deformations. In particular, for an untwisting deformation by 12°, as postulated by the untwist-twist model, more than four times' larger energy is required than is available from hydrolysis of one ATP molecule. Combined with previous experiments, this result is incompatible with the untwist-twist model. In contrast, our simulations support the recently proposed one-way revolution model and suggest in structural terms how the connector blocks DNA leakage. In particular, conserved loops at the rim of the central channel, which are in direct contact with the DNA, are found to be rather flexible and tightly anchored to the rigid central region. These findings suggest a check-valve mechanism, with the flexible loops obstructing the channel by interacting with the viral DNA.
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- Rajendra Kumar
- Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Department of Theoretical and Computational Biophysics, Göttingen, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Department of Theoretical and Computational Biophysics, Göttingen, Germany.
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Migliori AD, Smith DE, Arya G. Molecular interactions and residues involved in force generation in the T4 viral DNA packaging motor. J Mol Biol 2014; 426:4002-4017. [PMID: 25311860 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2014.09.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2014] [Revised: 09/21/2014] [Accepted: 09/26/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Many viruses utilize molecular motors to package their genomes into preformed capsids. A striking feature of these motors is their ability to generate large forces to drive DNA translocation against entropic, electrostatic, and bending forces resisting DNA confinement. A model based on recently resolved structures of the bacteriophage T4 motor protein gp17 suggests that this motor generates large forces by undergoing a conformational change from an extended to a compact state. This transition is proposed to be driven by electrostatic interactions between complementarily charged residues across the interface between the N- and C-terminal domains of gp17. Here we use atomistic molecular dynamics simulations to investigate in detail the molecular interactions and residues involved in such a compaction transition of gp17. We find that although electrostatic interactions between charged residues contribute significantly to the overall free energy change of compaction, interactions mediated by the uncharged residues are equally if not more important. We identify five charged residues and six uncharged residues at the interface that play a dominant role in the compaction transition and also reveal salt bridging, van der Waals, and solvent hydrogen-bonding interactions mediated by these residues in stabilizing the compact form of gp17. The formation of a salt bridge between Glu309 and Arg494 is found to be particularly crucial, consistent with experiments showing complete abrogation in packaging upon Glu309Lys mutation. The computed contributions of several other residues are also found to correlate well with single-molecule measurements of impairments in DNA translocation activity caused by site-directed mutations.
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- Amy D Migliori
- Department of Physics, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
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- Department of NanoEngineering, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
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Revisiting the genome packaging in viruses with lessons from the "Giants". Virology 2014; 466-467:15-26. [PMID: 24998349 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2014.06.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2014] [Revised: 06/16/2014] [Accepted: 06/17/2014] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Genome encapsidation is an essential step in the life cycle of viruses. Viruses either use some of the most powerful ATP-dependent motors to compel the genetic material into the preformed capsid or make use of the positively charged proteins to bind and condense the negatively charged genome in an energy-independent manner. While the former is a hallmark of large DNA viruses, the latter is commonly seen in small DNA and RNA viruses. Discoveries of many complex giant viruses such as mimivirus, megavirus, pandoravirus, etc., belonging to the nucleo-cytoplasmic large DNA virus (NCLDV) superfamily have changed the perception of genome packaging in viruses. From what little we have understood so far, it seems that the genome packaging mechanism in NCLDVs has nothing in common with other well-characterized viral packaging systems such as the portal-terminase system or the energy-independent system. Recent findings suggest that in giant viruses, the genome segregation and packaging processes are more intricately coupled than those of other viral systems. Interestingly, giant viral packaging systems also seem to possess features that are analogous to bacterial and archaeal chromosome segregation. Although there is a lot of diversity in terms of host range, type of genome, and genome size among viruses, they all seem to use three major types of independent innovations to accomplish genome encapsidation. Here, we have made an attempt to comprehensively review all the known viral genome packaging systems, including the one that is operative in giant viruses, by proposing a simple and expanded classification system that divides the viral packaging systems into three large groups (types I-III) on the basis of the mechanism employed and the relatedness of the major packaging proteins. Known variants within each group have been further classified into subgroups to reflect their unique adaptations.
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Keller N, delToro D, Grimes S, Jardine PJ, Smith DE. Repulsive DNA-DNA interactions accelerate viral DNA packaging in phage Phi29. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2014; 112:248101. [PMID: 24996111 PMCID: PMC5001848 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.112.248101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2014] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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We use optical tweezers to study the effect of attractive versus repulsive DNA-DNA interactions on motor-driven viral packaging. Screening of repulsive interactions accelerates packaging, but induction of attractive interactions by spermidine(3+) causes heterogeneous dynamics. Acceleration is observed in a fraction of complexes, but most exhibit slowing and stalling, suggesting that attractive interactions promote nonequilibrium DNA conformations that impede the motor. Thus, repulsive interactions facilitate packaging despite increasing the energy of the theoretical optimum spooled DNA conformation.
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- Nicholas Keller
- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Department of Diagnostic and Biological Sciences and Institute for Molecular Virology, University of Minnesota, 515 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- Department of Diagnostic and Biological Sciences and Institute for Molecular Virology, University of Minnesota, 515 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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Migliori AD, Keller N, Alam TI, Mahalingam M, Rao VB, Arya G, Smith DE. Evidence for an electrostatic mechanism of force generation by the bacteriophage T4 DNA packaging motor. Nat Commun 2014; 5:4173. [PMID: 24937091 PMCID: PMC4157569 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2013] [Accepted: 05/20/2014] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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How viral packaging motors generate enormous forces to translocate DNA into viral capsids remains unknown. Recent structural studies of the bacteriophage T4 packaging motor have led to a proposed mechanism wherein the gp17 motor protein translocates DNA by transitioning between extended and compact states, orchestrated by electrostatic interactions between complimentarily charged residues across the interface between the N- and C-terminal subdomains. Here we show that site-directed alterations in these residues cause force dependent impairments of motor function including lower translocation velocity, lower stall force and higher frequency of pauses and slips. We further show that the measured impairments correlate with computed changes in free-energy differences between the two states. These findings support the proposed structural mechanism and further suggest an energy landscape model of motor activity that couples the free-energy profile of motor conformational states with that of the ATP hydrolysis cycle.
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- Amy D. Migliori
- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0379
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0379
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- Department of Biology, The Catholic University of America, 620 Michigan Ave. NE, Washington, DC, 20064
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- Department of Biology, The Catholic University of America, 620 Michigan Ave. NE, Washington, DC, 20064
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- Department of Biology, The Catholic University of America, 620 Michigan Ave. NE, Washington, DC, 20064
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- Department of NanoEngineering, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093
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- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0379
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Nonequilibrium dynamics and ultraslow relaxation of confined DNA during viral packaging. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2014; 111:8345-50. [PMID: 24912187 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1405109111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Many viruses use molecular motors that generate large forces to package DNA to near-crystalline densities inside preformed viral proheads. Besides being a key step in viral assembly, this process is of interest as a model for understanding the physics of charged polymers under tight 3D confinement. A large number of theoretical studies have modeled DNA packaging, and the nature of the molecular dynamics and the forces resisting the tight confinement is a subject of wide debate. Here, we directly measure the packaging of single DNA molecules in bacteriophage phi29 with optical tweezers. Using a new technique in which we stall the motor and restart it after increasing waiting periods, we show that the DNA undergoes nonequilibrium conformational dynamics during packaging. We show that the relaxation time of the confined DNA is >10 min, which is longer than the time to package the viral genome and 60,000 times longer than that of the unconfined DNA in solution. Thus, the confined DNA molecule becomes kinetically constrained on the timescale of packaging, exhibiting glassy dynamics, which slows the motor, causes significant heterogeneity in packaging rates of individual viruses, and explains the frequent pausing observed in DNA translocation. These results support several recent hypotheses proposed based on polymer dynamics simulations and show that packaging cannot be fully understood by quasistatic thermodynamic models.
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Liu S, Chistol G, Hetherington CL, Tafoya S, Aathavan K, Schnitzbauer J, Grimes S, Jardine PJ, Bustamante C. A viral packaging motor varies its DNA rotation and step size to preserve subunit coordination as the capsid fills. Cell 2014; 157:702-713. [PMID: 24766813 PMCID: PMC4003460 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2014.02.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2013] [Revised: 01/05/2014] [Accepted: 02/15/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
Abstract
Multimeric, ring-shaped molecular motors rely on the coordinated action of their subunits to perform crucial biological functions. During these tasks, motors often change their operation in response to regulatory signals. Here, we investigate a viral packaging machine as it fills the capsid with DNA and encounters increasing internal pressure. We find that the motor rotates the DNA during packaging and that the rotation per base pair increases with filling. This change accompanies a reduction in the motor's step size. We propose that these adjustments preserve motor coordination by allowing one subunit to make periodic, specific, and regulatory contacts with the DNA. At high filling, we also observe the downregulation of the ATP-binding rate and the emergence of long-lived pauses, suggesting a throttling-down mechanism employed by the motor near the completion of packaging. This study illustrates how a biological motor adjusts its operation in response to changing conditions, while remaining highly coordinated.
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- Shixin Liu
- Jason L. Choy Laboratory of Single Molecule Biophysics University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Jason L. Choy Laboratory of Single Molecule Biophysics University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Department of Physics University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Jason L. Choy Laboratory of Single Molecule Biophysics University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Department of Physics University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Jason L. Choy Laboratory of Single Molecule Biophysics University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Biophysics Graduate Group University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Jason L. Choy Laboratory of Single Molecule Biophysics University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Biophysics Graduate Group University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Jason L. Choy Laboratory of Single Molecule Biophysics University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Diagnostic and Biological Sciences and Institute for Molecular Virology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Diagnostic and Biological Sciences and Institute for Molecular Virology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Jason L. Choy Laboratory of Single Molecule Biophysics University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Department of Physics University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Department of Chemistry, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Kavli Energy NanoSciences Institute at the University of California, Berkeley and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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May ER, Arora K, Brooks CL. pH-induced stability switching of the bacteriophage HK97 maturation pathway. J Am Chem Soc 2014; 136:3097-107. [PMID: 24495192 PMCID: PMC3985869 DOI: 10.1021/ja410860n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
Abstract
Many viruses undergo large-scale conformational changes during their life cycles. Blocking the transition from one stage of the life cycle to the next is an attractive strategy for the development of antiviral compounds. In this work, we have constructed an icosahedrally symmetric, low-energy pathway for the maturation transition of bacteriophage HK97. By conducting constant-pH molecular dynamics simulations on this pathway, we identify which residues are contributing most significantly to shifting the stability between the states along the pathway under differing pH conditions. We further analyze these data to establish the connection between critical residues and important structural motifs which undergo reorganization during maturation. We go on to show how DNA packaging can induce spontaneous reorganization of the capsid during maturation.
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- Eric R May
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut , Storrs, Connecticut 06269, United States
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