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ArticleMolecular biomedicine2020

Structural characterization of the C-terminal domain of SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein.

Renjie Zhou, Rui Zeng, Albrecht von Brunn, Jian Lei

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Article in Molecular biomedicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 66 papers.

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66 citing papers in PubMed, 119 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Renjie ZhouNational Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No.17, Block 3, Southern Renmin Road, Chengdu, 610041 Sichuan China.
Rui ZengNational Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No.17, Block 3, Southern Renmin Road, Chengdu, 610041 Sichuan China.
Albrecht von BrunnMax von Pettenkofer-Institute, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich and German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Munich, 80336 Munich, Germany.
Jian LeiNational Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No.17, Block 3, Southern Renmin Road, Chengdu, 610041 Sichuan China.
Sichuan University · CNLudwig-Maximilians-Universität München · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The newly emerging severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has resulted in a global human health crisis. The CoV nucleocapsid (N) protein plays essential roles both in the viral genomic RNA packaging and the regulation of host cellular machinery. Here, to contribute to the structural information of the N protein, we describe the 2.0 Å crystal structure of the SARS-CoV-2 N protein C-terminal domain (N-CTD). The structure indicates an extensive interaction dimer in a domain-swapped manner. The interface of this dimer was first thoroughly illustrated. Also, the SARS-CoV-2 N-CTD dimerization form was verified in solution using size-exclusion chromatography. Based on the structural comparison of the N-CTDs from

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