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ArticleJournal of virology2013

Low-resolution structure of vaccinia virus DNA replication machinery.

Céleste Sèle, Frank Gabel, Irina Gutsche, Ivan Ivanov, Wim P Burmeister, Frédéric Iseni, Nicolas Tarbouriech

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Article in Journal of virology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27 citing papers in PubMed, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Céleste SèleUJF Grenoble 1-EMBL-CNRS UMI 3265, Unit for Virus Host-Cell Interactions, Grenoble, France.
Frank Gabel
Irina Gutsche
Ivan Ivanov
Wim P Burmeister
Frédéric Iseni
Nicolas Tarbouriech
Unit of Virus Host Cell Interactions · FRUniversité Joseph Fourier · FRCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRUniversité Grenoble Alpes · FR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Smallpox caused by the poxvirus variola virus is a highly lethal disease that marked human history and was eradicated in 1979 thanks to a worldwide mass vaccination campaign. This virus remains a significant threat for public health due to its potential use as a bioterrorism agent and requires further development of antiviral drugs. The viral genome replication machinery appears to be an ideal target, although very little is known about its structure. Vaccinia virus is the prototypic virus of the Orthopoxvirus genus and shares more than 97% amino acid sequence identity with variola virus. Here we studied four essential viral proteins of the replication machinery: the DNA polymerase E9, the processivity factor A20, the uracil-DNA glycosylase D4, and the helicase-primase D5. We present the recombinant expression and biochemical and biophysical characterizations of these proteins and the complexes they form. We show that the A20D4 polymerase cofactor binds to E9 with high affinity, leading to the formation of the A20D4E9 holoenzyme. Small-angle X-ray scattering yielded envelopes for E9, A20D4, and A20D4E9. They showed the elongated shape of the A20D4 cofactor, leading to a 150-Å separation between the polymerase active site of E9 and the DNA-binding site of D4. Electron microscopy showed a 6-fold rotational symmetry of the helicase-primase D5, as observed for other SF3 helicases. These results favor a rolling-circle mechanism of vaccinia virus genome replication similar to the one suggested for tailed bacteriophages.

Indexed as

DNA ReplicationVirus ReplicationMacromolecular SubstancesMicroscopy, ElectronProtein Interaction MappingScattering, Small AngleVaccinia virusViral ProteinsMacromolecular SubstancesViral Proteins

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PMID23175373
PMCPMC3554141
OpenAlexW2035528550

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