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Title | Pre-initiation and elongation structures of full-length La Crosse virus polymerase reveal functionally important conformational changes. |
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Journal, issue, pages | Nat Commun, Vol. 11, Issue 1, Page 3590, Year 2020 |
Publish date | Jul 17, 2020 |
Authors | Benoît Arragain / Grégory Effantin / Piotr Gerlach / Juan Reguera / Guy Schoehn / Stephen Cusack / Hélène Malet / |
PubMed Abstract | Bunyavirales is an order of segmented negative-strand RNA viruses comprising several life-threatening pathogens against which no effective treatment is currently available. Replication and ...Bunyavirales is an order of segmented negative-strand RNA viruses comprising several life-threatening pathogens against which no effective treatment is currently available. Replication and transcription of the RNA genome constitute essential processes performed by the virally encoded multi-domain RNA-dependent RNA polymerase. Here, we describe the complete high-resolution cryo-EM structure of La Crosse virus polymerase. It reveals the presence of key protruding C-terminal domains, notably the cap-binding domain, which undergoes large movements related to its role in transcription initiation, and a zinc-binding domain that displays a fold not previously observed. We capture the polymerase structure at pre-initiation and elongation states, uncovering the coordinated movement of the priming loop, mid-thumb ring linker and lid domain required for the establishment of a ten-base-pair template-product RNA duplex before strand separation into respective exit tunnels. These structural details and the observed dynamics of key functional elements will be instrumental for structure-based development of polymerase inhibitors. |
External links | Nat Commun / PubMed:32681014 / PubMed Central |
Methods | EM (single particle) / X-ray diffraction |
Resolution | 3.02 - 3.961 Å |
Structure data | EMDB-11093: Cryo-EM map of La Crosse virus polymerase at pre-initiation stage EMDB-11095: EMDB-11107: EMDB-11118, PDB-6z8k: PDB-6z6b: |
Chemicals | ChemComp-ZN: ChemComp-MG: |
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Keywords | VIRAL PROTEIN / RNA-dependent RNA polymerase / REPLICATION / viral polymerase / transcription / polymerase / La Crosse virus |