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Entry | Database: EMDB / ID: EMD-3874 | ||||||||||||
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Title | Cryo-electron tomogram of Ebola virus | ||||||||||||
![]() | A 4x binned representative tomogram of intact Ebola virus virions | ||||||||||||
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Method | electron tomography / cryo EM | ||||||||||||
![]() | Wan W / Kolesnikova L / Clarke M / Koehler A / Noda T / Becker S / Briggs JAG | ||||||||||||
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![]() | ![]() Title: Structure and assembly of the Ebola virus nucleocapsid. Authors: William Wan / Larissa Kolesnikova / Mairi Clarke / Alexander Koehler / Takeshi Noda / Stephan Becker / John A G Briggs / ![]() ![]() ![]() Abstract: Ebola and Marburg viruses are filoviruses: filamentous, enveloped viruses that cause haemorrhagic fever. Filoviruses are within the order Mononegavirales, which also includes rabies virus, measles ...Ebola and Marburg viruses are filoviruses: filamentous, enveloped viruses that cause haemorrhagic fever. Filoviruses are within the order Mononegavirales, which also includes rabies virus, measles virus, and respiratory syncytial virus. Mononegaviruses have non-segmented, single-stranded negative-sense RNA genomes that are encapsidated by nucleoprotein and other viral proteins to form a helical nucleocapsid. The nucleocapsid acts as a scaffold for virus assembly and as a template for genome transcription and replication. Insights into nucleoprotein-nucleoprotein interactions have been derived from structural studies of oligomerized, RNA-encapsidating nucleoprotein, and cryo-electron microscopy of nucleocapsid or nucleocapsid-like structures. There have been no high-resolution reconstructions of complete mononegavirus nucleocapsids. Here we apply cryo-electron tomography and subtomogram averaging to determine the structure of Ebola virus nucleocapsid within intact viruses and recombinant nucleocapsid-like assemblies. These structures reveal the identity and arrangement of the nucleocapsid components, and suggest that the formation of an extended α-helix from the disordered carboxy-terminal region of nucleoprotein-core links nucleoprotein oligomerization, nucleocapsid condensation, RNA encapsidation, and accessory protein recruitment. | ||||||||||||
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Structure visualization
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Structure viewer | EM map: ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Images | ![]() | 224.4 KB | ||
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-Validation report
Summary document | ![]() | 200.2 KB | Display | ![]() |
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Full document | ![]() | 199.3 KB | Display | |
Data in XML | ![]() | 3.2 KB | Display | |
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-Related structure data
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Annotation | A 4x binned representative tomogram of intact Ebola virus virions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Projections & slices | Image control
Images are generated by Spider. generated in cubic-lattice coordinate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Voxel size | X=Y=Z: 7.12 Å | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Symmetry | Space group: 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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-Supplemental data
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Sample components
-Entire : Ebola virus - Mayinga, Zaire, 1976
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-Supramolecule #1: Ebola virus - Mayinga, Zaire, 1976
Supramolecule | Name: Ebola virus - Mayinga, Zaire, 1976 / type: virus / ID: 1 / Parent: 0 / Macromolecule list: #1-#3 Details: Virus was isolated from infected VeroE6 cells. Purified viruses were fixed with paraformaldehyde. NCBI-ID: 128952 / Sci species name: Ebola virus - Mayinga, Zaire, 1976 / Virus type: VIRION / Virus isolate: STRAIN / Virus enveloped: Yes / Virus empty: No |
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Virus shell | Shell ID: 1 / Name: Nucleocapsid / Diameter: 280.0 Å |
-Experimental details
-Structure determination
Method | cryo EM |
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![]() | electron tomography |
Aggregation state | helical array |
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Sample preparation
Buffer | pH: 7.4 Details: Virus was purified into Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium (DMEM) with 4% paraformaldehyde |
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Grid | Model: C-flat 2/1 3C / Material: COPPER / Mesh: 300 / Support film - Material: CARBON / Support film - topology: HOLEY / Support film - Film thickness: 20.0 nm / Pretreatment - Type: GLOW DISCHARGE / Pretreatment - Atmosphere: AIR / Pretreatment - Pressure: 0.039 kPa |
Vitrification | Cryogen name: ETHANE / Chamber humidity: 95 % / Instrument: FEI VITROBOT MARK II |
Sectioning | Other: NO SECTIONING |
Fiducial marker | Manufacturer: UMC Utrecht / Diameter: 10 nm |
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Electron microscopy
Microscope | FEI TITAN KRIOS |
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Specialist optics | Energy filter - Name: GIF Quantum LS / Energy filter - Lower energy threshold: -10 eV / Energy filter - Upper energy threshold: 10 eV |
Image recording | Film or detector model: GATAN K2 QUANTUM (4k x 4k) / Detector mode: SUPER-RESOLUTION / Digitization - Dimensions - Width: 3708 pixel / Digitization - Dimensions - Height: 3708 pixel / Digitization - Frames/image: 1-5 / Average exposure time: 2.0 sec. / Average electron dose: 2.9 e/Å2 |
Electron beam | Acceleration voltage: 300 kV / Electron source: ![]() |
Electron optics | C2 aperture diameter: 50.0 µm / Illumination mode: FLOOD BEAM / Imaging mode: BRIGHT FIELD / Cs: 2.7 mm / Nominal defocus max: 4.5 µm / Nominal defocus min: 2.0 µm / Nominal magnification: 81000 |
Sample stage | Specimen holder model: FEI TITAN KRIOS AUTOGRID HOLDER / Cooling holder cryogen: NITROGEN |
Experimental equipment | ![]() Model: Titan Krios / Image courtesy: FEI Company |
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Image processing
Details | Frames were aligned using K2Align software, based off the MotionCorr algorithm. Tomograms were reconstructed with IMOD, using stripwise CTF-correction and weighted back projection. | ||||||
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Final reconstruction | Algorithm: BACK PROJECTION / Software - Name: ![]() | ||||||
CTF correction | Software:
Details: CTF amplitude correction was performed during the wedge-weighted subtomogram averaging step. |