统治它们的RNA:拉萨病毒核子粒子组装和招募的关键步骤
Lennart Sänger1,2,3, Harry M Williams1,2, Dingquan Yu2,4
1Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Bernhard-Nocht-Straße 74, 20359 Hamburg, Germany.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|December 17, 2023
概括
研究了拉萨病毒核蛋白 (NP) 与RNA和Z蛋白的相互作用. RNA触发NP分解,而Z蛋白与NP的结合则取决于pH值,影响拉萨病毒组装.
科学领域:
- 病毒学
- 结构生物学
- 分子生物学
背景情况:
- 拉萨病毒是一种负链RNA病毒,在西非引起疫情.
- 核蛋白 (NP) 与病毒RNA和L蛋白形成核蛋白复合体 (RNP),这对复制和转录至关重要.
- Z蛋白调解RNP膜的招募,组装和芽,与L蛋白相互作用.
研究的目的:
- 描述拉萨病毒NP,Z蛋白和RNA之间的相互作用.
- 阐明RNA和pH在NP和Z蛋白质复合体形成中的作用.
主要方法:
- 使用结构质谱分析拉萨病毒NP,Z和RNA相互作用.
- 研究了RNA存在对NP结构和Z-NP结合的影响.
- 评估了Z-NP相互作用的pH依赖性.
主要成果:
- RNA的存在驱使NP三元体分解为单元体,从而促进高阶RNA结合的NP组件.
- 确定了Z蛋白和NP之间的相互作用部位.
- 但这种相互作用依赖于pH值.
结论:
- 诱导拉萨病毒NP的形状变化,这对RNA的形成至关重要.
- NP和Z蛋白之间的pH依赖相互作用会影响RNP的组合和释放.
- 这些发现提高了对Lassa病毒RNP动态和复制机制的理解.
相关概念视频
Protein Complex Assembly
10.6K
Proteins can form homomeric complexes with another unit of the same protein or heteromeric complexes with different types. Most protein complexes self-assemble spontaneously via ordered pathways, while some proteins need assembly factors that guide their proper assembly. Despite the crowded intracellular environment, proteins usually interact with their correct partners and form functional complexes.
Many viruses self-assemble into a fully functional unit using the infected host cell to...
Many viruses self-assemble into a fully functional unit using the infected host cell to...
10.6K
Coat Assembly and GTPases
3.5K
Vesicles incorporate different coat protein subunits in different cell locations, which changes the properties of the coat, such as the shape and geometry of the transport vesicles. Thus, vesicle coat proteins also play a significant role in cargo selection.
Coat assembly depends on the local availability of phosphatidylinositol phosphates or PIPs and GTP-binding proteins. Adaptor proteins, which link the coat proteins to the membrane, bind to these PIPs and play a crucial role in controlling...
Coat assembly depends on the local availability of phosphatidylinositol phosphates or PIPs and GTP-binding proteins. Adaptor proteins, which link the coat proteins to the membrane, bind to these PIPs and play a crucial role in controlling...
3.5K
Ribosomal RNA Synthesis
13.2K
Ribosome synthesis is a highly complex and coordinated process involving more than 200 assembly factors. The synthesis and processing of ribosomal components occurs not only in the nucleolus but also in the nucleoplasm and the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells.
Ribosome biogenesis begins with the synthesis of 5S and 45S pre-rRNAs by distinct RNA polymerases. The primary transcripts are extensively processed and modified before they are bound and folded by ribosomal proteins and assembly factors,...
Ribosome biogenesis begins with the synthesis of 5S and 45S pre-rRNAs by distinct RNA polymerases. The primary transcripts are extensively processed and modified before they are bound and folded by ribosomal proteins and assembly factors,...
13.2K


