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Ignatiou A, Brasilès S, El Sadek Fadel M, Bürger J, Mielke T, Topf M, Tavares P, Orlova EV. Structural transitions during the scaffolding-driven assembly of a viral capsid. Nat Commun 2019; 10:4840. [PMID: 31649265 PMCID: PMC6813328 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-12790-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2019] [Accepted: 09/25/2019] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Assembly of tailed bacteriophages and herpesviruses starts with formation of procapsids (virion precursors without DNA). Scaffolding proteins (SP) drive assembly by chaperoning the major capsid protein (MCP) to build an icosahedral lattice. Here we report near-atomic resolution cryo-EM structures of the bacteriophage SPP1 procapsid, the intermediate expanded procapsid with partially released SPs, and the mature capsid with DNA. In the intermediate state, SPs are bound only to MCP pentons and to adjacent subunits from hexons. SP departure results in the expanded state associated with unfolding of the MCP N-terminus and straightening of E-loops. The newly formed extensive inter-capsomere bonding appears to compensate for release of SPs that clasp MCP capsomeres together. Subsequent DNA packaging instigates bending of MCP A domain loops outwards, closing the hexons central opening and creating the capsid auxiliary protein binding interface. These findings provide a molecular basis for the sequential structural rearrangements during viral capsid maturation.
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Affiliation(s)
- Athanasios Ignatiou
- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Birkbeck College, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HX, UK
| | - Sandrine Brasilès
- Department of Virology, Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
| | - Mehdi El Sadek Fadel
- Department of Virology, Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
| | - Jörg Bürger
- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Genetik, Microscopy and Cryo-Electron Microscopy Group, Ihnestraße 63-73, 14195, Berlin, Germany
- Medizinische Physik und Biophysik, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany
| | - Thorsten Mielke
- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Genetik, Microscopy and Cryo-Electron Microscopy Group, Ihnestraße 63-73, 14195, Berlin, Germany
| | - Maya Topf
- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Birkbeck College, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HX, UK
| | - Paulo Tavares
- Department of Virology, Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
| | - Elena V Orlova
- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Birkbeck College, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HX, UK.
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