9E9Q
SARS-CoV-2 SL5 crystal structure native
Summary for 9E9Q
| Entry DOI | 10.2210/pdb9e9q/pdb |
| EMDB information | 47501 |
| Descriptor | RNA (101-MER), MAGNESIUM ION (3 entities in total) |
| Functional Keywords | utr, virus, coronavirus, 5' utr, untranslated region, translation, control, rna |
| Biological source | Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2, 2019-nCoV, COVID-19 virus) |
| Total number of polymer chains | 1 |
| Total formula weight | 32653.78 |
| Authors | |
| Primary citation | Jones, C.P.,Ferre-D'Amare, A.R. Crystallographic and cryoEM analyses reveal SARS-CoV-2 SL5 is a mobile T-shaped four-way junction with deep pockets. Rna, 31:949-960, 2025 Cited by PubMed Abstract: Stem-loop 5 (SL5) is a structural element that is conserved across coronavirus genomic RNAs. It spans the start codon from which the long ORF1 is translated in full-length viral RNA. Phylogenetic conservation indicates that it is comprised of four paired elements, but the specific 3D arrangement of these helices has remained unknown. Now, we have solved the crystal structure of SL5 from SARS-CoV-2 at 3.3 Å resolution, finding that the RNA adopts a T-shaped four-way junction fold in which two coaxial stacks of two helices each pack orthogonally. This arrangement results in deep pockets at the helical junction, where cations bind. Except for limited interactions in this region, the structure is remarkable for the paucity of tertiary contacts. We confirmed the stability of this fold in solution by FRET and carried out single-particle cryogenic-sample electron microscopy (cryoEM). The resulting ∼5 Å resolution cryoEM map, and 3D variability analysis, suggest conformational flexibility at the junction. In vitro translation of structure-guided mutants demonstrated that SL5 inhibits protein synthesis. Thus, it is likely that SL5 recruits additional factors in vivo. This, and its characteristic clefts at the four-way junction, make SL5 an attractive target for the discovery of RNA-targeted antiviral small molecules. PubMed: 40527531DOI: 10.1261/rna.080413.125 PDB entries with the same primary citation |
| Experimental method | X-RAY DIFFRACTION (3.33 Å) |
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