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ArticleCell2021

Cryo-EM Structure of an Extended SARS-CoV-2 Replication and Transcription Complex Reveals an Intermediate State in Cap Synthesis.

Liming Yan, Ji Ge, Litao Zheng, Ying Zhang, Yan Gao, Tao Wang, Yucen Huang, Yunxiang Yang, Shan Gao, Mingyu Li and 8 more

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Article in Cell, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 192 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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192 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors.

Liming YanMOE Key Laboratory of Protein Science, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Ji GeSchool of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Litao ZhengSchool of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Ying ZhangMOE Key Laboratory of Protein Science, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Yan GaoMOE Key Laboratory of Protein Science, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China; Shanghai Institute for Advanced Immunochemical Studies and School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China.
Tao WangMOE Key Laboratory of Protein Science, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Yucen HuangMOE Key Laboratory of Protein Science, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Yunxiang YangMOE Key Laboratory of Protein Science, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Shan GaoMOE Key Laboratory of Protein Science, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Mingyu LiMOE Key Laboratory of Protein Science, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Zhenyu LiuMOE Key Laboratory of Protein Science, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Haofeng WangShanghai Institute for Advanced Immunochemical Studies and School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China.
Yingjian LiState Key Laboratory of Virology, Modern Virology Research Center, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Yu ChenState Key Laboratory of Virology, Modern Virology Research Center, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Luke W GuddatSchool of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Quan WangShanghai Institute for Advanced Immunochemical Studies and School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China.
Zihe RaoMOE Key Laboratory of Protein Science, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China; School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China; Shanghai Institute for Advanced Immunochemical Studies and School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China. Electronic address: raozh@tsinghua.edu.cn.
Zhiyong LouMOE Key Laboratory of Protein Science, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. Electronic address: louzy@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transcription of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA requires sequential reactions facilitated by the replication and transcription complex (RTC). Here, we present a structural snapshot of SARS-CoV-2 RTC as it transitions toward cap structure synthesis. We determine the atomic cryo-EM structure of an extended RTC assembled by nsp7-nsp8

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Cryoelectron MicroscopyAmino Acid SequenceCoronavirusCoronavirus RNA-Dependent RNA PolymeraseMethyltransferasesModels, MolecularRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA HelicasesRNA, MessengerRNA, ViralSARS-CoV-2Sequence AlignmentTranscription, GeneticViral Nonstructural ProteinsViral Replicase Complex ProteinsVirus ReplicationCoronavirus RNA-Dependent RNA PolymeraseMethyltransferasesNSP12 protein, SARS-CoV-2Nsp13 protein, SARS-CoVORF1ab polyprotein, SARS-CoV-2RNA-Binding ProteinsRNA HelicasesRNA, MessengerRNA, ViralViral Nonstructural ProteinsViral Replicase Complex Proteinscapcryo-EMmRNA synthesisnsp9replication and transcription complexSARS-CoV-2

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PMID33232691
PMCPMC7666536

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