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ArticleEMBO reports2019

Long non-coding subgenomic flavivirus RNAs have extended 3D structures and are flexible in solution.

Yupeng Zhang, Yikan Zhang, Zhong-Yu Liu, Meng-Li Cheng, Junfeng Ma, Yan Wang, Cheng-Feng Qin, Xianyang Fang

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Article in EMBO reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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30 citing papers in PubMed, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yupeng ZhangBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Yikan ZhangBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Zhong-Yu LiuState Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, China.
Meng-Li ChengState Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, China.
Junfeng MaBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Yan WangBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Cheng-Feng QinState Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, China.
Xianyang FangBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9432-9736
Beijing Advanced Sciences and Innovation Center · CNInstitute of Microbiology · CNSun Yat-sen University · CN

Funding

Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural BiologyChina Youth 1000-Talent Program of the State Council of China, Tsinghua University Initiative Scientific Research ProgramNational Natural Science Foundation of China 31770190National Natural Science Foundation of China 81522025National Natural Science Foundation of China 81621005The National Key Research and Development Program of China 2016YFA0500700The National Key Research and Development Program of China 2016YFD0500304The National Key Research and Development Program of China 2017ZX09101005The National Key Research and Development Program of China 2018ZX09711003Tsinghua-Peking Joint Center for Life Sciences
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Most mosquito-borne flaviviruses, including Zika virus (ZIKV), Dengue virus (DENV), and West Nile virus (WNV), produce long non-coding subgenomic RNAs (sfRNAs) in infected cells that link to pathogenicity and immune evasion. Until now, the structural characterization of these lncRNAs remains limited. Here, we studied the 3D structures of individual and combined subdomains of sfRNAs, and visualized the accessible 3D conformational spaces of complete sfRNAs from DENV2, ZIKV, and WNV by small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and computational modeling. The individual xrRNA1s and xrRNA2s adopt similar structures in solution as the crystal structure of ZIKV xrRNA1, and all xrRNA1-2s form compact structures with reduced flexibility. While the DB12 of DENV2 is extended, the DB12s of ZIKV and WNV are compact due to the formation of intertwined double pseudoknots. All 3' stem-loops (3'SLs) share similar rod-like structures. Complete sfRNAs are extended and sample a large conformational space in solution. Our work not only provides structural insight into the function of flavivirus sfRNAs, but also highlights strategies of visualizing other lncRNAs in solution by SAXS and computational methods.

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Models, MolecularNucleic Acid ConformationAnimalsBase SequenceFlavivirusGenome, ViralHumansRNA, Long NoncodingRNA, ViralSolutionsWest Nile virusX-Ray DiffractionZika VirusRNA, Long NoncodingRNA, ViralSolutions3D structurecomputational modelinglong non-coding RNAsmall angle X-ray scatteringsubgenomic flavivirus RNA

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PMCPMC6832101
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