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タイトル | Apple latent spherical virus structure with stable capsid frame supports quasi-stable protrusions expediting genome release. |
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ジャーナル・号・ページ | Commun Biol, Vol. 3, Issue 1, Page 488, Year 2020 |
掲載日 | 2020年9月4日 |
著者 | Hisashi Naitow / Tasuku Hamaguchi / Saori Maki-Yonekura / Masamichi Isogai / Nobuyuki Yoshikawa / Koji Yonekura / |
PubMed 要旨 | Picorna-like plant viruses are non-enveloped RNA spherical viruses of ~30 nm. Part of the survival of these viruses depends on their capsid being stable enough to harbour the viral genome and yet ...Picorna-like plant viruses are non-enveloped RNA spherical viruses of ~30 nm. Part of the survival of these viruses depends on their capsid being stable enough to harbour the viral genome and yet malleable enough to allow its release. However, molecular mechanisms remain obscure. Here, we report a structure of a picorna-like plant virus, apple latent spherical virus, at 2.87 Å resolution by single-particle cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) with a cold-field emission beam. The cryo-EM map reveals a unique structure composed of three capsid proteins Vp25, Vp20, and Vp24. Strikingly Vp25 has a long N-terminal extension, which substantially stabilises the capsid frame of Vp25 and Vp20 subunits. Cryo-EM images also resolve RNA genome leaking from a pentameric protrusion of Vp24 subunits. The structures and observations suggest that genome release occurs through occasional opening of the Vp24 subunits, possibly suppressed to a low frequency by the rigid frame of the other subunits. |
リンク | Commun Biol / PubMed:32887929 / PubMed Central |
手法 | EM (単粒子) |
解像度 | 2.87 Å |
構造データ | EMDB-30375, PDB-7chk: |
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キーワード | STRUCTURAL PROTEIN / Cheravirus / capsid stabilization / genome release / single particle cryo-EM |