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Title | Cryo-electron tomography of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus capsids reveals dynamic scaffolding structures essential to capsid assembly and maturation. |
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Journal, issue, pages | J Struct Biol, Vol. 161, Issue 3, Page 419-427, Year 2008 |
Publish date | Nov 17, 2007 |
Authors | Binbin Deng / Christine M O'Connor / Dean H Kedes / Z Hong Zhou / |
PubMed Abstract | Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is a recently discovered DNA tumor virus that belongs to the gamma-herpesvirus subfamily. Though numerous studies on KSHV and other herpesviruses, in ...Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is a recently discovered DNA tumor virus that belongs to the gamma-herpesvirus subfamily. Though numerous studies on KSHV and other herpesviruses, in general, have revealed much about their multilayered organization and capsid structure, the herpesvirus capsid assembly and maturation pathway remains poorly understood. Structural variability or irregularity of the capsid internal scaffolding core and the lack of adequate tools to study such structures have presented major hurdles to earlier investigations employing more traditional cryo-electron microscopy (cryoEM) single particle reconstruction. In this study, we used cryo-electron tomography (cryoET) to obtain 3D reconstructions of individual KSHV capsids, allowing direct visualization of the capsid internal structures and systematic comparison of the scaffolding cores for the first time. We show that B-capsids are not a structurally homogenous group; rather, they represent an ensemble of "B-capsid-like" particles whose inner scaffolding is highly variable, possibly representing different intermediates existing during the KSHV capsid assembly and maturation. This information, taken together with previous observations, has allowed us to propose a detailed pathway of herpesvirus capsid assembly and maturation. |
External links | J Struct Biol / PubMed:18164626 / PubMed Central |
Methods | EM (subtomogram averaging) |
Resolution | 40.0 Å |
Structure data | EMDB-1445: EMDB-1446: EMDB-1447: |