1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
  2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

Self-capping of nucleoprotein filaments protects Newcastle Disease Virus genome

  1. Xiyong Song
  2. Hong Shan
  3. Yanping Zhu
  4. Shunlin Hu
  5. Ling Xue
  6. Yong Chen
  7. Wei Ding
  8. Tongxin Niu
  9. Jian Gu
  10. Songying Ouyang  Is a corresponding author
  11. Qing-Tao Shen  Is a corresponding author
  12. Zhi-Jie Liu  Is a corresponding author
  1. Kunming Medical University, China
  2. ShanghaiTech University, China
  3. Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
  4. Yangzhou University, China
  5. Fujian Normal University, China
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.45057
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  1. Xiyong Song
  2. Hong Shan
  3. Yanping Zhu
  4. Shunlin Hu
  5. Ling Xue
  6. Yong Chen
  7. Wei Ding
  8. Tongxin Niu
  9. Jian Gu
  10. Songying Ouyang
  11. Qing-Tao Shen
  12. Zhi-Jie Liu
(2019)
Self-capping of nucleoprotein filaments protects Newcastle Disease Virus genome
eLife 8:e45057.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.45057
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Abstract

Non-segmented negative-strand RNA viruses, such as Measles, Ebola and Newcastle disease viruses (NDV), encapsidate viral genomic RNAs into helical nucleocapsids which serve as the template for viral replication and transcription. Here, the clam-shaped nucleocapsid structure, where the NDV viral genome is sequestered, was determined at 4.8 Å resolution by cryo-electron microscopy. The clam-shaped structure is composed of two single-turn spirals packed in a back-to-back mode, and the tightly packed structure functions as a seed for nucleocapsid to assemble from both directions and grows into double-headed filaments with two separate RNA strings inside. Disruption of this structure by mutations on its loop interface yielded a single-headed unfunctional filament.

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The cryo-EM density map has been deposited in EMDB with the accession number EMD-9793. The atom coordinates of the structure have been deposited in PDB with the PDB ID 6JC3.

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  1. Xiyong Song

    Institute of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China
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  2. Hong Shan

    iHuman Institute, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China
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  3. Yanping Zhu

    National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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  4. Shunlin Hu

    College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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  5. Ling Xue

    College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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  6. Yong Chen

    National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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  7. Wei Ding

    Center for Biological Imaging, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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  8. Tongxin Niu

    Center for Biological Imaging, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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  9. Jian Gu

    College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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  10. Songying Ouyang

    College of Life Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China
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  11. Qing-Tao Shen

    iHuman Institute, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China
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  12. Zhi-Jie Liu

    Institute of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China
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Funding

National Nature Science Foundation of China grant (31330019)

  • Zhi-Jie Liu

National Nature Science Foundation of China grant (31770948)

  • Songying Ouyang

National Nature Science Foundation of China grant (31570875)

  • Songying Ouyang

National Natural Science Foundation of China grant (81590761)

  • Songying Ouyang

the National Key R&D program of China (2017YFA0504800)

  • Qing-Tao Shen

Yunnan Provincial Science and Technology Department Project (2016FC007)

  • Zhi-Jie Liu

The Pujiang Talent program (17PJ1406700)

  • Qing-Tao Shen

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

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  1. Xiyong Song
  2. Hong Shan
  3. Yanping Zhu
  4. Shunlin Hu
  5. Ling Xue
  6. Yong Chen
  7. Wei Ding
  8. Tongxin Niu
  9. Jian Gu
  10. Songying Ouyang
  11. Qing-Tao Shen
  12. Zhi-Jie Liu
(2019)
Self-capping of nucleoprotein filaments protects Newcastle Disease Virus genome
eLife 8:e45057.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.45057

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