ReviewThe Journal of biological chemistry2022
Phase separation by the SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein: Consensus and open questions.
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- Structural basis of a human antibody targeting SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein dimerization domain and interfering with RNA-binding.Communications biology · 2025Article
- SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein directly prevents cGAS-DNA recognition through competitive binding.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
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- Spatiotemporal protein interactome profiling through condensation-enhanced photocrosslinking.Nature chemistry · 2025Article
- ISGylation of the SARS-CoV-2 N protein by HERC5 impedes N oligomerization and thereby viral RNA synthesis.Journal of virology · 2024Article
- A specific phosphorylation-dependent conformational switch in SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein inhibits RNA binding.Science advances · 2024Article
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Abstract
In response to the recent SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, a number of labs across the world have reallocated their time and resources to better our understanding of the virus. For some viruses, including SARS-CoV-2, viral proteins can undergo phase separation: a biophysical process often related to the partitioning of protein and RNA into membraneless organelles in vivo. In this review, we discuss emerging observations of phase separation by the SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid (N) protein-an essential viral protein required for viral replication-and the possible in vivo functions that have been proposed for N-protein phase separation, including viral replication, viral genomic RNA packaging, and modulation of host-cell response to infection. Additionally, since a relatively large number of studies examining SARS-CoV-2 N-protein phase separation have been published in a short span of time, we take advantage of this situation to compare results from similar experiments across studies. Our evaluation highlights potential strengths and pitfalls of drawing conclusions from a single set of experiments, as well as the value of publishing overlapping scientific observations performed simultaneously by multiple labs.
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