National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
31870743
China
Citation
Journal: Commun Biol / Year: 2021 Title: Structure and assembly of double-headed Sendai virus nucleocapsids. Authors: Na Zhang / Hong Shan / Mingdong Liu / Tianhao Li / Rui Luo / Liuyan Yang / Lei Qi / Xiaofeng Chu / Xin Su / Rui Wang / Yunhui Liu / Wenzhi Sun / Qing-Tao Shen / Abstract: Paramyxoviruses, including the mumps virus, measles virus, Nipah virus and Sendai virus (SeV), have non-segmented single-stranded negative-sense RNA genomes which are encapsidated by nucleoproteins ...Paramyxoviruses, including the mumps virus, measles virus, Nipah virus and Sendai virus (SeV), have non-segmented single-stranded negative-sense RNA genomes which are encapsidated by nucleoproteins into helical nucleocapsids. Here, we reported a double-headed SeV nucleocapsid assembled in a tail-to-tail manner, and resolved its helical stems and clam-shaped joint at the respective resolutions of 2.9 and 3.9 Å, via cryo-electron microscopy. Our structures offer important insights into the mechanism of the helical polymerization, in particular via an unnoticed exchange of a N-terminal hole formed by three loops of nucleoproteins, and unveil the clam-shaped joint in a hyper-closed state for nucleocapsid dimerization. Direct visualization of the loop from the disordered C-terminal tail provides structural evidence that C-terminal tail is correlated to the curvature of nucleocapsid and links nucleocapsid condensation and genome replication and transcription with different assembly forms.
History
Deposition
Feb 29, 2020
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Header (metadata) release
Mar 3, 2021
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Map release
Mar 3, 2021
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Mar 3, 2021
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Current status
Mar 3, 2021
Processing site: PDBj / Status: Released
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Structure visualization
Movie
Surface view with section colored by density value
Model: Quantifoil R2/1 / Material: COPPER / Mesh: 300 / Support film - Material: CARBON / Support film - topology: CONTINUOUS
Vitrification
Cryogen name: ETHANE / Chamber humidity: 100 % / Chamber temperature: 289 K / Instrument: FEI VITROBOT MARK IV
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Electron microscopy
Microscope
FEI TITAN KRIOS
Image recording
Film or detector model: GATAN K2 QUANTUM (4k x 4k) / Detector mode: SUPER-RESOLUTION / Average exposure time: 0.2 sec. / Average electron dose: 40.0 e/Å2
Electron beam
Acceleration voltage: 300 kV / Electron source: FIELD EMISSION GUN
Electron optics
Illumination mode: FLOOD BEAM / Imaging mode: BRIGHT FIELD
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