Journal: Nature / Year: 2022 Title: Structure and receptor recognition by the Lassa virus spike complex. Authors: Michael Katz / Jonathan Weinstein / Maayan Eilon-Ashkenazy / Katrin Gehring / Hadas Cohen-Dvashi / Nadav Elad / Sarel J Fleishman / Ron Diskin / Abstract: Lassa virus (LASV) is a human pathogen, causing substantial morbidity and mortality. Similar to other Arenaviridae, it presents a class-I spike complex on its surface that facilitates cell entry. The ...Lassa virus (LASV) is a human pathogen, causing substantial morbidity and mortality. Similar to other Arenaviridae, it presents a class-I spike complex on its surface that facilitates cell entry. The virus's cellular receptor is matriglycan, a linear carbohydrate that is present on α-dystroglycan, but the molecular mechanism that LASV uses to recognize this glycan is unknown. In addition, LASV and other arenaviruses have a unique signal peptide that forms an integral and functionally important part of the mature spike; yet the structure, function and topology of the signal peptide in the membrane remain uncertain. Here we solve the structure of a complete native LASV spike complex, finding that the signal peptide crosses the membrane once and that its amino terminus is located in the extracellular region. Together with a double-sided domain-switching mechanism, the signal peptide helps to stabilize the spike complex in its native conformation. This structure reveals that the LASV spike complex is preloaded with matriglycan, suggesting the mechanism of binding and rationalizing receptor recognition by α-dystroglycan-tropic arenaviruses. This discovery further informs us about the mechanism of viral egress and may facilitate the rational design of novel therapeutics that exploit this binding site.
History
Deposition
Oct 2, 2021
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Header (metadata) release
Dec 15, 2021
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Map release
Dec 15, 2021
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Update
Mar 23, 2022
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Current status
Mar 23, 2022
Processing site: PDBe / Status: Released
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Structure visualization
Movie
Surface view with section colored by density value
Film or detector model: GATAN K3 (6k x 4k) / Average electron dose: 73.0 e/Å2
Electron beam
Acceleration voltage: 300 kV / Electron source: FIELD EMISSION GUN
Electron optics
Illumination mode: FLOOD BEAM / Imaging mode: BRIGHT FIELD
Experimental equipment
Model: Titan Krios / Image courtesy: FEI Company
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Image processing
Startup model
Type of model: OTHER / Details: Ab-initio
Final reconstruction
Applied symmetry - Point group: C3 (3 fold cyclic) / Resolution.type: BY AUTHOR / Resolution: 2.3 Å / Resolution method: FSC 0.143 CUT-OFF Details: Focused reconstruction on the ectodomain of the spike Number images used: 221927
Initial angle assignment
Type: ANGULAR RECONSTITUTION
Final angle assignment
Type: ANGULAR RECONSTITUTION
FSC plot (resolution estimation)
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