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ArticleCell2015

Structural Insights into Bunyavirus Replication and Its Regulation by the vRNA Promoter.

Piotr Gerlach, Hélène Malet, Stephen Cusack, Juan Reguera

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Article in Cell, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 125 papers.

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125citing papers in PubMed
10.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

125 citing papers in PubMed, 185 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Piotr GerlachEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, Grenoble Outstation, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, CS90181, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France; Unit of Virus Host-Cell Interactions (UMI 3265), University Grenoble Alpes-EMBL-CNRS, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, CS90181, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France.
Hélène MaletEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, Grenoble Outstation, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, CS90181, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France; Unit of Virus Host-Cell Interactions (UMI 3265), University Grenoble Alpes-EMBL-CNRS, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, CS90181, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France.
Stephen CusackEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, Grenoble Outstation, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, CS90181, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France; Unit of Virus Host-Cell Interactions (UMI 3265), University Grenoble Alpes-EMBL-CNRS, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, CS90181, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France. Electronic address: cusack@embl.fr.
Juan RegueraEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, Grenoble Outstation, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, CS90181, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France; Unit of Virus Host-Cell Interactions (UMI 3265), University Grenoble Alpes-EMBL-CNRS, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, CS90181, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France. Electronic address: jreguera@embl.fr.
Université Grenoble Alpes · FRUnit of Virus Host Cell Interactions · FR

Funding

European Research Council 322586
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Segmented negative-strand RNA virus (sNSV) polymerases transcribe and replicate the viral RNA (vRNA) within a ribonucleoprotein particle (RNP). We present cryo-EM and X-ray structures of, respectively, apo- and vRNA bound La Crosse orthobunyavirus (LACV) polymerase that give atomic-resolution insight into how such RNPs perform RNA synthesis. The complementary 3' and 5' vRNA extremities are sequence specifically bound in separate sites on the polymerase. The 5' end binds as a stem-loop, allosterically structuring functionally important polymerase active site loops. Identification of distinct template and product exit tunnels allows proposal of a detailed model for template-directed replication with minimal disruption to the circularised RNP. The similar overall architecture and vRNA binding of monomeric LACV to heterotrimeric influenza polymerase, despite high sequence divergence, suggests that all sNSV polymerases have a common evolutionary origin and mechanism of RNA synthesis. These results will aid development of replication inhibitors of diverse, serious human pathogenic viruses.

Indexed as

Amino Acid SequenceCatalytic DomainCrystallography, X-RayModels, MolecularOrthobunyavirusPromoter Regions, GeneticRibonucleoproteinsRNA-Dependent RNA PolymeraseRNA, ViralSequence AlignmentRibonucleoproteinsRNA-Dependent RNA PolymeraseRNA, Viral

Identifiers

PMID26004069
PMCPMC4459711
OpenAlexW1857763546

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