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Title | Intracellular Ebola virus nucleocapsid assembly revealed by in situ cryo-electron tomography. |
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Journal, issue, pages | Cell, Vol. 187, Issue 20, Page 5587-5603.e19, Year 2024 |
Publish date | Oct 3, 2024 |
Authors | Reika Watanabe / Dawid Zyla / Diptiben Parekh / Connor Hong / Ying Jones / Sharon L Schendel / William Wan / Guillaume Castillon / Erica Ollmann Saphire / |
PubMed Abstract | Filoviruses, including the Ebola and Marburg viruses, cause hemorrhagic fevers with up to 90% lethality. The viral nucleocapsid is assembled by polymerization of the nucleoprotein (NP) along the ...Filoviruses, including the Ebola and Marburg viruses, cause hemorrhagic fevers with up to 90% lethality. The viral nucleocapsid is assembled by polymerization of the nucleoprotein (NP) along the viral genome, together with the viral proteins VP24 and VP35. We employed cryo-electron tomography of cells transfected with viral proteins and infected with model Ebola virus to illuminate assembly intermediates, as well as a 9 Å map of the complete intracellular assembly. This structure reveals a previously unresolved third and outer layer of NP complexed with VP35. The intrinsically disordered region, together with the C-terminal domain of this outer layer of NP, provides the constant width between intracellular nucleocapsid bundles and likely functions as a flexible tether to the viral matrix protein in the virion. A comparison of intracellular nucleocapsids with prior in-virion nucleocapsid structures reveals that the nucleocapsid further condenses vertically in the virion. The interfaces responsible for nucleocapsid assembly are highly conserved and offer targets for broadly effective antivirals. |
External links | Cell / PubMed:39293445 / PubMed Central |
Methods | EM (subtomogram averaging) |
Resolution | 7.3 - 17.57 Å |
Structure data | EMDB-42509, PDB-8usn: EMDB-42515: Intracellular Ebola nucleocapsid-like structure obtained from cells expressing NP, VP24 and VP35 at 17.6 angstrom PDB-8ust: |
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Keywords | VIRAL PROTEIN / nucleoprotein / nucleocapsid / Ebola virus / EBOV / filovirus / subtomogram averaging / cryo-ET / FIB / intracellular / in situ / VIRAL PROTEIN/RNA / VIRAL PROTEIN-RNA complex |