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ArticleeLife2017

Rift Valley fever phlebovirus NSs protein core domain structure suggests molecular basis for nuclear filaments.

Michal Barski, Benjamin Brennan, Ona K Miller, Jane A Potter, Swetha Vijayakrishnan, David Bhella, James H Naismith, Richard M Elliott, Ulrich Schwarz-Linek

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Article in eLife, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 34 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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Michal BarskiBiomedical Sciences Research Complex, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-4663-6915
Benjamin BrennanMRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-4707-726X
Ona K MillerBiomedical Sciences Research Complex, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-2486-7680
Jane A PotterBiomedical Sciences Research Complex, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom.
Swetha VijayakrishnanMRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, London, United Kingdom.
David BhellaMRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, London, United Kingdom.
James H NaismithBiomedical Sciences Research Complex, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom.
Richard M ElliottMRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, London, United Kingdom.
Ulrich Schwarz-LinekBiomedical Sciences Research Complex, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-0526-223X
University of St Andrews · GBMRC University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council G0801822Medical Research Council MC_UU_12014/7Medical Research Council MC_UU_12014/8Medical Research Council MR/J500343/1Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 099220/Z/12/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rift Valley fever phlebovirus (RVFV) is a clinically and economically important pathogen increasingly likely to cause widespread epidemics. RVFV virulence depends on the interferon antagonist non-structural protein (NSs), which remains poorly characterized. We identified a stable core domain of RVFV NSs (residues 83-248), and solved its crystal structure, a novel all-helical fold organized into highly ordered fibrils. A hallmark of RVFV pathology is NSs filament formation in infected cell nuclei. Recombinant virus encoding the NSs core domain induced intranuclear filaments, suggesting it contains all essential determinants for nuclear translocation and filament formation. Mutations of key crystal fibril interface residues in viruses encoding full-length NSs completely abrogated intranuclear filament formation in infected cells. We propose the fibrillar arrangement of the NSs core domain in crystals reveals the molecular basis of assembly of this key virulence factor in cell nuclei. Our findings have important implications for fundamental understanding of RVFV virulence.

Indexed as

Active Transport, Cell NucleusAnimalsCell LineCell NucleusCrystallography, X-RayDNA Mutational AnalysisModels, MolecularProtein ConformationProtein MultimerizationRift Valley fever virusViral Nonstructural ProteinsVirulence FactorsViral Nonstructural ProteinsVirulence Factorsbiophysicsinfectious diseasemicrobiologyRift valley fever virusstructural biologyvirulence factorvirusX-ray crystallography

Identifiers

PMID28915104
PMCPMC5601994
OpenAlexW2756458633

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