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Title | Flipped over U: structural basis for dsRNA cleavage by the SARS-CoV-2 endoribonuclease. |
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Journal, issue, pages | Nucleic Acids Res, Vol. 50, Issue 14, Page 8290-8301, Year 2022 |
Publish date | Aug 12, 2022 |
Authors | Meredith N Frazier / Isha M Wilson / Juno M Krahn / Kevin John Butay / Lucas B Dillard / Mario J Borgnia / Robin E Stanley |
PubMed Abstract | Coronaviruses generate double-stranded (ds) RNA intermediates during viral replication that can activate host immune sensors. To evade activation of the host pattern recognition receptor MDA5, ...Coronaviruses generate double-stranded (ds) RNA intermediates during viral replication that can activate host immune sensors. To evade activation of the host pattern recognition receptor MDA5, coronaviruses employ Nsp15, which is a uridine-specific endoribonuclease. Nsp15 is proposed to associate with the coronavirus replication-transcription complex within double-membrane vesicles to cleave these dsRNA intermediates. How Nsp15 recognizes and processes dsRNA is poorly understood because previous structural studies of Nsp15 have been limited to small single-stranded (ss) RNA substrates. Here we present cryo-EM structures of SARS-CoV-2 Nsp15 bound to a 52nt dsRNA. We observed that the Nsp15 hexamer forms a platform for engaging dsRNA across multiple protomers. The structures, along with site-directed mutagenesis and RNA cleavage assays revealed critical insight into dsRNA recognition and processing. To process dsRNA Nsp15 utilizes a base-flipping mechanism to properly orient the uridine within the active site for cleavage. Our findings show that Nsp15 is a distinctive endoribonuclease that can cleave both ss- and dsRNA effectively. |
External links | Nucleic Acids Res / PubMed:35801916 / PubMed Central |
Methods | EM (single particle) |
Resolution | 3.2 - 3.43 Å |
Structure data | EMDB-25915, PDB-7tj2: EMDB-26073, PDB-7tqv: |
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Keywords | VIRAL PROTEIN/RNA / endoribonuclease / VIRAL PROTEIN / VIRAL PROTEIN-RNA complex |