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ArticleNature communications2019

Enterovirus particles expel capsid pentamers to enable genome release.

David Buchta, Tibor Füzik, Dominik Hrebík, Yevgen Levdansky, Lukáš Sukeník, Liya Mukhamedova, Jana Moravcová, Robert Vácha, Pavel Plevka

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Article in Nature communications, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers.

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39citing papers in PubMed
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

39 citing papers in PubMed, 56 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 1 institution in 2 countries.

David BuchtaCentral European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, Brno, 625 00, Czech Republic.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6787-6355
Tibor FüzikCentral European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, Brno, 625 00, Czech Republic.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1190-0210
Dominik HrebíkCentral European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, Brno, 625 00, Czech Republic.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4568-0196
Yevgen LevdanskyCentral European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, Brno, 625 00, Czech Republic.
Lukáš SukeníkCentral European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, Brno, 625 00, Czech Republic.
Liya MukhamedovaCentral European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, Brno, 625 00, Czech Republic.
Jana MoravcováCentral European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, Brno, 625 00, Czech Republic.
Robert VáchaCentral European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, Brno, 625 00, Czech Republic.
Pavel PlevkaCentral European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, Brno, 625 00, Czech Republic. pavel.plevka@ceitec.muni.cz.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4215-3315
Central European Institute of Technology · CZ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Viruses from the genus Enterovirus are important human pathogens. Receptor binding or exposure to acidic pH in endosomes converts enterovirus particles to an activated state that is required for genome release. However, the mechanism of enterovirus uncoating is not well understood. Here, we use cryo-electron microscopy to visualize virions of human echovirus 18 in the process of genome release. We discover that the exit of the RNA from the particle of echovirus 18 results in a loss of one, two, or three adjacent capsid-protein pentamers. The opening in the capsid, which is more than 120 Å in diameter, enables the release of the genome without the need to unwind its putative double-stranded RNA segments. We also detect capsids lacking pentamers during genome release from echovirus 30. Thus, our findings uncover a mechanism of enterovirus genome release that could become target for antiviral drugs.

Indexed as

Genome, ViralAnimalsCapsidChlorocebus aethiopsCryoelectron MicroscopyEnterovirus B, HumanEpithelial CellsHumansHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationMolecular Dynamics SimulationRNA, Double-StrandedRNA, ViralVirionVirus UncoatingRNA, Double-StrandedRNA, Viral

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PMID30850609
PMCPMC6408523
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