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ArticleNature communications2015

Structure of Ljungan virus provides insight into genome packaging of this picornavirus.

Ling Zhu, Xiangxi Wang, Jingshan Ren, Claudine Porta, Hannah Wenham, Jens-Ola Ekström, Anusha Panjwani, Nick J Knowles, Abhay Kotecha, C Alistair Siebert and 5 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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37 citing papers in PubMed, 54 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Ling ZhuDivision of Structural Biology, University of Oxford, The Henry Wellcome Building for Genomic Medicine, Headington, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK.
Xiangxi WangNational Laboratory of Macromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100101, China.
Jingshan RenDivision of Structural Biology, University of Oxford, The Henry Wellcome Building for Genomic Medicine, Headington, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK.
Claudine PortaDivision of Structural Biology, University of Oxford, The Henry Wellcome Building for Genomic Medicine, Headington, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK.
Hannah WenhamThe Pirbright Institute, Pirbright, Surrey GU24 0NF, UK.
Jens-Ola EkströmDepartment of Chemistry and Biomedical Sciences, Linnaeus University, SE-391 82 Kalmar, Sweden.
Anusha PanjwaniThe Pirbright Institute, Pirbright, Surrey GU24 0NF, UK.
Nick J KnowlesThe Pirbright Institute, Pirbright, Surrey GU24 0NF, UK.
Abhay KotechaDivision of Structural Biology, University of Oxford, The Henry Wellcome Building for Genomic Medicine, Headington, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK.
C Alistair SiebertDivision of Structural Biology, University of Oxford, The Henry Wellcome Building for Genomic Medicine, Headington, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK.
A Michael LindbergDepartment of Chemistry and Biomedical Sciences, Linnaeus University, SE-391 82 Kalmar, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3841-4826
Elizabeth E FryDivision of Structural Biology, University of Oxford, The Henry Wellcome Building for Genomic Medicine, Headington, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK.
Zihe RaoNational Laboratory of Macromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100101, China.
Tobias J TuthillThe Pirbright Institute, Pirbright, Surrey GU24 0NF, UK.
David I StuartDivision of Structural Biology, University of Oxford, The Henry Wellcome Building for Genomic Medicine, Headington, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK.
The Pirbright Institute · GBCentre for Human Genetics · GBInstitute of Biophysics · CNLinnaeus University · SE

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research CouncilMedical Research Council G1000099Medical Research Council G100099Medical Research Council G1100525Medical Research Council MR/K020811/1Medical Research Council MR/N00065X/1Wellcome Trust 060208/Z/00/ZWellcome Trust 090532Wellcome Trust 09053/Z/09/ZWellcome Trust 093305/Z/10/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Picornaviruses are responsible for a range of human and animal diseases, but how their RNA genome is packaged remains poorly understood. A particularly poorly studied group within this family are those that lack the internal coat protein, VP4. Here we report the atomic structure of one such virus, Ljungan virus, the type member of the genus Parechovirus B, which has been linked to diabetes and myocarditis in humans. The 3.78-Å resolution cryo-electron microscopy structure shows remarkable features, including an extended VP1 C terminus, forming a major protuberance on the outer surface of the virus, and a basic motif at the N terminus of VP3, binding to which orders some 12% of the viral genome. This apparently charge-driven RNA attachment suggests that this branch of the picornaviruses uses a different mechanism of genome encapsidation, perhaps explored early in the evolution of picornaviruses.

Indexed as

Nucleic Acid ConformationAnimalsCell LineCryoelectron MicroscopyDNA, ComplementaryParechovirusRNA, ViralDNA, ComplementaryRNA, Viral

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PMID26446437
PMCPMC4633645
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