ジャーナル: Nature / 年: 2020 タイトル: Structures and distributions of SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins on intact virions. 著者: Zunlong Ke / Joaquin Oton / Kun Qu / Mirko Cortese / Vojtech Zila / Lesley McKeane / Takanori Nakane / Jasenko Zivanov / Christopher J Neufeldt / Berati Cerikan / John M Lu / Julia Peukes / ...著者: Zunlong Ke / Joaquin Oton / Kun Qu / Mirko Cortese / Vojtech Zila / Lesley McKeane / Takanori Nakane / Jasenko Zivanov / Christopher J Neufeldt / Berati Cerikan / John M Lu / Julia Peukes / Xiaoli Xiong / Hans-Georg Kräusslich / Sjors H W Scheres / Ralf Bartenschlager / John A G Briggs / 要旨: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virions are surrounded by a lipid bilayer from which spike (S) protein trimers protrude. Heavily glycosylated S trimers bind to the ...Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virions are surrounded by a lipid bilayer from which spike (S) protein trimers protrude. Heavily glycosylated S trimers bind to the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 receptor and mediate entry of virions into target cells. S exhibits extensive conformational flexibility: it modulates exposure of its receptor-binding site and subsequently undergoes complete structural rearrangement to drive fusion of viral and cellular membranes. The structures and conformations of soluble, overexpressed, purified S proteins have been studied in detail using cryo-electron microscopy, but the structure and distribution of S on the virion surface remain unknown. Here we applied cryo-electron microscopy and tomography to image intact SARS-CoV-2 virions and determine the high-resolution structure, conformational flexibility and distribution of S trimers in situ on the virion surface. These results reveal the conformations of S on the virion, and provide a basis from which to understand interactions between S and neutralizing antibodies during infection or vaccination.
EMPIAR-10492 (タイトル: Cryo-EM structure of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Proteins on intact virions Data size: 2.1 TB / Data #1: Unaligned movies [micrographs - multiframe])