Journal: Nat Struct Mol Biol / Year: 2024 Title: Multi-modal cryo-EM reveals trimers of protein A10 to form the palisade layer in poxvirus cores. Authors: Julia Datler / Jesse M Hansen / Andreas Thader / Alois Schlögl / Lukas W Bauer / Victor-Valentin Hodirnau / Florian K M Schur / Abstract: Poxviruses are among the largest double-stranded DNA viruses, with members such as variola virus, monkeypox virus and the vaccination strain vaccinia virus (VACV). Knowledge about the structural ...Poxviruses are among the largest double-stranded DNA viruses, with members such as variola virus, monkeypox virus and the vaccination strain vaccinia virus (VACV). Knowledge about the structural proteins that form the viral core has remained sparse. While major core proteins have been annotated via indirect experimental evidence, their structures have remained elusive and they could not be assigned to individual core features. Hence, which proteins constitute which layers of the core, such as the palisade layer and the inner core wall, has remained enigmatic. Here we show, using a multi-modal cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) approach in combination with AlphaFold molecular modeling, that trimers formed by the cleavage product of VACV protein A10 are the key component of the palisade layer. This allows us to place previously obtained descriptions of protein interactions within the core wall into perspective and to provide a detailed model of poxvirus core architecture. Importantly, we show that interactions within A10 trimers are likely generalizable over members of orthopox- and parapoxviruses.
Mass: 69068.242 Da / Num. of mol.: 3 / Source method: isolated from a natural source / Source: (natural) Vaccinia virus Western Reserve / References: UniProt: P16715
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Experiment
Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
EM experiment
Aggregation state: PARTICLE / 3D reconstruction method: single particle reconstruction
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Component
Name: Vaccinia virus Western Reserve / Type: VIRUS Details: Purified from HeLa cells infected with Vaccinia Virus Western Reserve. Entity ID: all / Source: NATURAL
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Experimental value: NO
Source (natural)
Organism: Vaccinia virus Western Reserve
Details of virus
Empty: NO / Enveloped: NO / Isolate: STRAIN / Type: VIRION
Buffer solution
pH: 9 Details: diluted 1:1 with 0.25% Trypsin (final concentration 0.125%) and 1:1 4% paraformaldehyde (final concentration 2%) in 1 mM Tris-HCl.
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Potassiumchloride
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1mM
Trishydrochloride
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Specimen
Embedding applied: NO / Shadowing applied: NO / Staining applied: NO / Vitrification applied: YES Details: Isolated viral cores with some detached soluble monodispersed particles.
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