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ArticleCommunications biology2021

Structure and assembly of double-headed Sendai virus nucleocapsids.

Na Zhang, Hong Shan, Mingdong Liu, Tianhao Li, Rui Luo, Liuyan Yang, Lei Qi, Xiaofeng Chu, Xin Su, Rui Wang and 3 more

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Article in Communications biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Na Zhang *iHuman Institute, School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China.
Hong Shan *iHuman Institute, School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China.
Mingdong Liu *iHuman Institute, School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China.
Tianhao Li *iHuman Institute, School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China.
Rui LuoState Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China.
Liuyan YangState Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Marine Biotechnology Research Center, Shandong University, Qingdao, China.
Lei QiLaboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China.
Xiaofeng ChuiHuman Institute, School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China.
Xin SuiHuman Institute, School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China.
Rui WangiHuman Institute, School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China.
Yunhui LiuiHuman Institute, School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China.
Wenzhi SunChinese Institute for Brain Research, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9282-9526
Qing-Tao SheniHuman Institute, School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China. shenqt@shanghaitech.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-1672-6300
ShanghaiTech University · CNCapital Medical University · CNHuazhong Agricultural University · CNQingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology · CNShandong University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Paramyxoviruses, including the mumps virus, measles virus, Nipah virus and Sendai virus (SeV), have non-segmented single-stranded negative-sense RNA genomes which are encapsidated by nucleoproteins into helical nucleocapsids. Here, we reported a double-headed SeV nucleocapsid assembled in a tail-to-tail manner, and resolved its helical stems and clam-shaped joint at the respective resolutions of 2.9 and 3.9 Å, via cryo-electron microscopy. Our structures offer important insights into the mechanism of the helical polymerization, in particular via an unnoticed exchange of a N-terminal hole formed by three loops of nucleoproteins, and unveil the clam-shaped joint in a hyper-closed state for nucleocapsid dimerization. Direct visualization of the loop from the disordered C-terminal tail provides structural evidence that C-terminal tail is correlated to the curvature of nucleocapsid and links nucleocapsid condensation and genome replication and transcription with different assembly forms.

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Cryoelectron MicroscopyNucleocapsidNucleoproteinsSendai virusViral ProteinsNucleoproteinsViral Proteins

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PMID33888861
PMCPMC8062630
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