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ArticleNanoscale2021

Microchip-based structure determination of low-molecular weight proteins using cryo-electron microscopy.

Michael A Casasanta, G M Jonaid, Liam Kaylor, William Y Luqiu, Maria J Solares, Mariah L Schroen, William J Dearnaley, Jarad Wilson, Madeline J Dukes, Deborah F Kelly

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Article in Nanoscale, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Cited by 7 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Michael A CasasantaDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA. Debkelly@psu.edu.
G M Jonaid
Liam Kaylor
William Y Luqiu
Maria J Solares
Mariah L Schroen
William J Dearnaley
Jarad Wilson
Madeline J Dukes
Deborah F Kelly

Funding

Multi-scale imaging of breast cancer proteins during DNA repairR01CA219700 · NCI · VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV · PI KELLY, DEBORAH F · 2018 to 2022
$2.1M
Hot Spot Analysis of the Breast Cancer Susceptibility ProteinR01CA227261 · NCI · VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV · PI KELLY, DEBORAH F · 2018 to 2022
$2.0M
Tunable Microchip Sorting of BRCA1 Nuclear AssembliesR01CA193578 · NCI · VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV · PI KELLY, DEBORAH F · 2015 to 2020
$1.8M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA193578NCI NIH HHS R01 CA219700NCI NIH HHS R01 CA227261
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interest in cryo-Electron Microscopy (EM) imaging has skyrocketed in recent years due to its pristine views of macromolecules and materials. As advances in instrumentation and computing algorithms spurred this progress, there is renewed focus to address specimen-related challenges. Here we contribute a microchip-based toolkit to perform complementary structural and biochemical analysis on low-molecular weight proteins. As a model system, we used the SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid (N) protein (48 kDa) due to its stability and important role in therapeutic development. Cryo-EM structures of the N protein monomer revealed a flexible N-terminal "top hat" motif and a helical-rich C-terminal domain. To complement our structural findings, we engineered microchip-based immunoprecipitation assays that led to the discovery of the first antibody binding site on the N protein. The data also facilitated molecular modeling of a variety of pandemic and common cold-related coronavirus proteins. Such insights may guide future pandemic-preparedness protocols through immuno-engineering strategies to mitigate viral outbreaks.

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Cryoelectron MicroscopyCoronavirus Nucleocapsid ProteinsMolecular WeightPhosphoproteinsProtein Structure, SecondarySARS-CoV-2Coronavirus Nucleocapsid Proteinsnucleocapsid phosphoprotein, SARS-CoV-2Phosphoproteins

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PMID33889923
PMCPMC8135184

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