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ArticlePLoS pathogens2017

Crystal structure of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus helicase.

Wei Hao, Justyna Aleksandra Wojdyla, Rong Zhao, Ruiyun Han, Rajat Das, Ivan Zlatev, Muthiah Manoharan, Meitian Wang, Sheng Cui

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Article in PLoS pathogens, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 69 papers.

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69citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

69 citing papers in PubMed, 152 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Wei HaoMOH key Laboratory of Systems Biology of Pathogens, Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, No.9 Dong Dan San Tiao, Beijing, China.
Justyna Aleksandra WojdylaSwiss Light Source at Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland.
Rong ZhaoMOH key Laboratory of Systems Biology of Pathogens, Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, No.9 Dong Dan San Tiao, Beijing, China.
Ruiyun HanMOH key Laboratory of Systems Biology of Pathogens, Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, No.9 Dong Dan San Tiao, Beijing, China.
Rajat DasAlnylam Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, MA, United States of America.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3169-6218
Ivan ZlatevAlnylam Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, MA, United States of America.
Muthiah ManoharanAlnylam Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, MA, United States of America.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7931-1172
Meitian WangSwiss Light Source at Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland.
Sheng CuiMOH key Laboratory of Systems Biology of Pathogens, Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, No.9 Dong Dan San Tiao, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6329-3582
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CNAlnylam Pharmaceuticals (United States) · USPaul Scherrer Institute · CH

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) remains a threat to public health worldwide; however, effective vaccine or drug against CoVs remains unavailable. CoV helicase is one of the three evolutionary most conserved proteins in nidoviruses, thus making it an important target for drug development. We report here the first structure of full-length coronavirus helicase, MERS-CoV nsp13. MERS-CoV helicase has multiple domains, including an N-terminal Cys/His rich domain (CH) with three zinc atoms, a beta-barrel domain and a C-terminal SF1 helicase core with two RecA-like subdomains. Our structural analyses show that while the domain organization of nsp13 is conserved throughout nidoviruses, the individual domains of nsp13 are closely related to the equivalent eukaryotic domains of Upf1 helicases. The most distinctive feature differentiating CoV helicases from eukaryotic Upf1 helicases is the interaction between CH domain and helicase core.

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Coronavirus InfectionsDNA HelicasesHumansMiddle East Respiratory Syndrome CoronavirusModels, MolecularProtein Interaction Domains and MotifsProtein Structure, SecondaryDNA Helicases

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PMID28651017
PMCPMC5501694
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