Journal: bioRxiv / Year: 2021 Title: CryoEM and AI reveal a structure of SARS-CoV-2 Nsp2, a multifunctional protein involved in key host processes. Authors: Meghna Gupta / Caleigh M Azumaya / Michelle Moritz / Sergei Pourmal / Amy Diallo / Gregory E Merz / Gwendolyn Jang / Mehdi Bouhaddou / Andrea Fossati / Axel F Brilot / Devan Diwanji / Evelyn ...Authors: Meghna Gupta / Caleigh M Azumaya / Michelle Moritz / Sergei Pourmal / Amy Diallo / Gregory E Merz / Gwendolyn Jang / Mehdi Bouhaddou / Andrea Fossati / Axel F Brilot / Devan Diwanji / Evelyn Hernandez / Nadia Herrera / Huong T Kratochvil / Victor L Lam / Fei Li / Yang Li / Henry C Nguyen / Carlos Nowotny / Tristan W Owens / Jessica K Peters / Alexandrea N Rizo / Ursula Schulze-Gahmen / Amber M Smith / Iris D Young / Zanlin Yu / Daniel Asarnow / Christian Billesbølle / Melody G Campbell / Jen Chen / Kuei-Ho Chen / Un Seng Chio / Miles Sasha Dickinson / Loan Doan / Mingliang Jin / Kate Kim / Junrui Li / Yen-Li Li / Edmond Linossi / Yanxin Liu / Megan Lo / Jocelyne Lopez / Kyle E Lopez / Adamo Mancino / Frank R Moss / Michael D Paul / Komal Ishwar Pawar / Adrian Pelin / Thomas H Pospiech / Cristina Puchades / Soumya Govinda Remesh / Maliheh Safari / Kaitlin Schaefer / Ming Sun / Mariano C Tabios / Aye C Thwin / Erron W Titus / Raphael Trenker / Eric Tse / Tsz Kin Martin Tsui / Feng Wang / Kaihua Zhang / Yang Zhang / Jianhua Zhao / Fengbo Zhou / Yuan Zhou / Lorena Zuliani-Alvarez / / David A Agard / Yifan Cheng / James S Fraser / Natalia Jura / Tanja Kortemme / Aashish Manglik / Daniel R Southworth / Robert M Stroud / Danielle L Swaney / Nevan J Krogan / Adam Frost / Oren S Rosenberg / Kliment A Verba / Abstract: The SARS-CoV-2 protein Nsp2 has been implicated in a wide range of viral processes, but its exact functions, and the structural basis of those functions, remain unknown. Here, we report an atomic ...The SARS-CoV-2 protein Nsp2 has been implicated in a wide range of viral processes, but its exact functions, and the structural basis of those functions, remain unknown. Here, we report an atomic model for full-length Nsp2 obtained by combining cryo-electron microscopy with deep learning-based structure prediction from AlphaFold2. The resulting structure reveals a highly-conserved zinc ion-binding site, suggesting a role for Nsp2 in RNA binding. Mapping emerging mutations from variants of SARS-CoV-2 on the resulting structure shows potential host-Nsp2 interaction regions. Using structural analysis together with affinity tagged purification mass spectrometry experiments, we identify Nsp2 mutants that are unable to interact with the actin-nucleation-promoting WASH protein complex or with GIGYF2, an inhibitor of translation initiation and modulator of ribosome-associated quality control. Our work suggests a potential role of Nsp2 in linking viral transcription within the viral replication-transcription complexes (RTC) to the translation initiation of the viral message. Collectively, the structure reported here, combined with mutant interaction mapping, provides a foundation for functional studies of this evolutionary conserved coronavirus protein and may assist future drug design.
History
Deposition
May 12, 2021
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Header (metadata) release
May 26, 2021
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Map release
May 26, 2021
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Update
May 29, 2024
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Current status
May 29, 2024
Processing site: RCSB / Status: Released
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Structure visualization
Movie
Surface view with section colored by density value
Name: ZINC ION / type: ligand / ID: 2 / Number of copies: 3 / Formula: ZN
Molecular weight
Theoretical: 65.409 Da
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Experimental details
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Structure determination
Method
cryo EM
Processing
single particle reconstruction
Aggregation state
particle
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Sample preparation
Concentration
0.39 mg/mL
Buffer
pH: 8 Component:
Concentration
Formula
Name
250.0 mM
NaCl
sodium chloride
20.0 mM
C4H11NO3
Tris
0.5 mM
C9H15O6P
tris(2-carboxyethyl)phosphine
0.01 mM
ZnCl2
zinc chloride
Details: Filtered and degassed before running FPLC
Grid
Model: Quantifoil R1.2/1.3 / Material: GOLD / Mesh: 400 / Support film - Material: CARBON / Support film - topology: HOLEY / Pretreatment - Type: GLOW DISCHARGE
Vitrification
Cryogen name: ETHANE / Chamber humidity: 100 % / Chamber temperature: 277.15 K / Instrument: FEI VITROBOT MARK IV Details: Blot for 4 seconds before plunging into liquid ethane.
Details
This sample was monodisperse
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Electron microscopy
Microscope
FEI TITAN KRIOS
Image recording
Film or detector model: GATAN K3 (6k x 4k) / Number real images: 1920 / Average electron dose: 66.0 e/Å2 Details: Data was collected in two sessions; 804 and 1116 micrographs were combined for processing.
Electron beam
Acceleration voltage: 300 kV / Electron source: FIELD EMISSION GUN
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