轮状病毒蛋白质溶解激活的结构决定因素
Dunia Asensio-Cob1, Carlos P Mata2, Josué Gómez-Blanco3
1Department of Molecular Medicine, Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning, The Hospital for Sick Children, 686 Bay Street, Toronto ON, M5G0A4, Canada.
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology
|April 8, 2025
概括
罗塔病毒 (RV) 传染性需要其VP4尖端蛋白的试类蛋白酶消化. 围绕尖端的环节约束了它的构造,在蛋白质分解时释放出来,使细胞膜能够透感染.
科学领域:
- 病毒学 病毒学
- 结构生物学 结构生物学
- 感染的分子机制.
背景情况:
- 罗塔病毒 (RV) 是导致儿童严重腹的主要原因.
- RV感染性取决于宿主蛋白酶对其VP4尖端蛋白的蛋白质分解.
- 通过蛋白质分解激活VP4的精确结构基础仍然不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 阐明VP4蛋白质溶解由素样蛋白酶激活轮状病毒进入细胞的结构机制.
- 了解结构约束在调节VP4激活中的作用.
主要方法:
- 使用冷电子显微镜 (cryo-EM) 可视化未切割和切割的RV病毒.
- 使用先进的图像处理技术来分析结构差异.
主要成果:
- 非蛋白化VP4尖端蛋白的构造受到周围环节的限制.
- 这些环将尖头的学蛋白域与它的身体连接起来.
- 蛋白质溶解消除了这些环,释放了结构约束,并允许穿透膜所需的形状变化.
结论:
- 已识别的循环作为VP4激活的调节元素.
- 蛋白质溶解精确地定时和定位VP4激活,以有效地感染轮状病毒.
- 这种机制确保病毒激活只发生在宿主肠道光膜内.
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