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Title | An in-solution snapshot of SARS-COV-2 main protease maturation process and inhibition. |
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Journal, issue, pages | Nat Commun, Vol. 14, Issue 1, Page 1545, Year 2023 |
Publish date | Mar 20, 2023 |
Authors | Gabriela Dias Noske / Yun Song / Rafaela Sachetto Fernandes / Rod Chalk / Haitem Elmassoudi / Lizbé Koekemoer / C David Owen / Tarick J El-Baba / Carol V Robinson / / Glaucius Oliva / Andre Schutzer Godoy / |
PubMed Abstract | The main protease from SARS-CoV-2 (M) is responsible for cleavage of the viral polyprotein. M self-processing is called maturation, and it is crucial for enzyme dimerization and activity. Here we use ...The main protease from SARS-CoV-2 (M) is responsible for cleavage of the viral polyprotein. M self-processing is called maturation, and it is crucial for enzyme dimerization and activity. Here we use C145S M to study the structure and dynamics of N-terminal cleavage in solution. Native mass spectroscopy analysis shows that mixed oligomeric states are composed of cleaved and uncleaved particles, indicating that N-terminal processing is not critical for dimerization. A 3.5 Å cryo-EM structure provides details of M N-terminal cleavage outside the constrains of crystal environment. We show that different classes of inhibitors shift the balance between oligomeric states. While non-covalent inhibitor MAT-POS-e194df51-1 prevents dimerization, the covalent inhibitor nirmatrelvir induces the conversion of monomers into dimers, even with intact N-termini. Our data indicates that the M dimerization is triggered by induced fit due to covalent linkage during substrate processing rather than the N-terminal processing. |
External links | Nat Commun / PubMed:36941262 / PubMed Central |
Methods | EM (single particle) / X-ray diffraction |
Resolution | 1.738 - 3.5 Å |
Structure data | EMDB-28666, PDB-8ey2: PDB-8eyj: |
Chemicals | ChemComp-4WI: ChemComp-HOH: |
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Keywords | VIRAL PROTEIN / covid19 / mpro / main protease / cryo-Em / 3cl / sars-cov-2 / complex / Nirmatrelvir |