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ArticleProtein & cell2016

In vitro assembly of Ebola virus nucleocapsid-like complex expressed in E. coli.

Ruchao Peng, Tengfei Zhu, Babayemi Olawale Oladejo, Abednego Moki Musyoki, Yingzi Cui, Yi Shi, Peiyi Wang, George Fu Gao

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Article in Protein & cell, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Ruchao PengCAS Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
Tengfei ZhuUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 101408, China.
Babayemi Olawale OladejoCAS Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
Abednego Moki MusyokiCAS Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
Yingzi CuiCAS Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
Yi ShiCAS Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
Peiyi WangFaculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK. fbspw@leeds.ac.uk.
George Fu GaoCAS Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China. gaof@im.ac.cn.
Institute of Microbiology · CNUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences · CNChinese Academy of Sciences · CNUniversity of Leeds · GB

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ebola virus (EBOV) harbors an RNA genome encapsidated by nucleoprotein (NP) along with other viral proteins to form a nucleocapsid complex. Previous Cryo-eletron tomography and biochemical studies have shown the helical structure of EBOV nucleocapsid at nanometer resolution and the first 450 amino-acid of NP (NPΔ451-739) alone is capable of forming a helical nucleocapsid-like complex (NLC). However, the structural basis for NP-NP interaction and the dynamic procedure of the nucleocapsid assembly is yet poorly understood. In this work, we, by using an E. coli expression system, captured a series of images of NPΔ451-739 conformers at different stages of NLC assembly by negative-stain electron microscopy, which allowed us to picture the dynamic procedure of EBOV nucleocapsid assembly. Along with further biochemical studies, we showed the assembly of NLC is salt-sensitive, and also established an indispensible role of RNA in this process. We propose the diverse modes of NLC elongation might be the key determinants shaping the plasticity of EBOV virions. Our findings provide a new model for characterizing the self-oligomerization of viral nucleoproteins and studying the dynamic assembly process of viral nucleocapsid in vitro.

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Virus AssemblyEbolavirusEscherichia coliGene ExpressionNucleocapsidRecombinant ProteinsRNA, ViralRecombinant ProteinsRNA, Viral

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PMID27650953
PMCPMC5205660
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