拡張されたSARS-CoV-2複製と転写複合体の冷凍-EM構造は,キャップ合成における中間状態を明らかにする
Liming Yan1, Ji Ge2, Litao Zheng2
1MOE Key Laboratory of Protein Science, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Cell
|November 24, 2020
まとめ
研究者はmRNAキャップ合成中にSARS-CoV-2の複製および転写複合体 (RTC) 構造を明らかにした. Nsp9タンパク質はウイルスのRNAポリメラーゼ活性を抑制し,nsp12はウイルスの複製に不可欠なグアニルトランスフェラーゼ機能を発揮する.
科学分野:
- ウイルス学
- 構造生物学
- 分子生物学
背景:
- SARS-CoV-2 mRNAの転写は複製と転写複合体 (RTC) に依存しています.
- RTCの構造を理解することは ウイルスの複製を抑制する鍵です
研究 の 目的:
- mRNAキャップ構造合成におけるSARS-CoV-2 RTCの構造的基礎を解明する.
- 抗ウイルス薬の開発のための潜在的な標的を特定する.
主な方法:
- 拡張RTCの原子構造を決定するための冷凍電子顕微鏡 (冷凍EM).
- タンパク質とRNAの相互作用と酵素の活動を特徴付ける生化学的測定.
主要な成果:
- nsp9で拡張されたSARS-CoV-2 RTC (nsp7-nsp82-nsp12-nsp132-RNA) の冷凍-EM構造を決定した.
- Nsp9は,nsp12 (RdRp) NiRANと結合し,その触媒的活動を抑制する.
- Nsp12 NiRANは,GpppAキャップコア構造を形成する,ガニリルトランスフェラーゼ活性を示しています.
- Nsp13は構造変化を起こし,その亜鉛指をテンプレートプライマーRNAに挿入する.
結論:
- この研究は,mRNA合成に不可欠なRTCの中間状態を明らかにした.
- この発見は,RTCアーキテクチャと潜在的な抗ウイルス標的に関する洞察を提供します.
- Nsp9の抑制作用とnsp12の酵素活性により,治療への介入が可能です.
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