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ArticleBiochemical and biophysical research communications2022

ATP enhances the error-prone ribonucleotide incorporation by the SARS-CoV-2 RNA polymerase.

Yasin Pourfarjam, Zhijun Ma, In-Kwon Kim

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Article in Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yasin PourfarjamDepartment of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, 301 Clifton Ct, Cincinnati, OH, 45221, USA.
Zhijun MaDepartment of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, 301 Clifton Ct, Cincinnati, OH, 45221, USA.
In-Kwon KimDepartment of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, 301 Clifton Ct, Cincinnati, OH, 45221, USA. Electronic address: kimiw@ucmail.uc.edu.
University of Cincinnati · US

Funding

Reversal of residue-specific ADP-ribosylations by ADP-ribosyl-acceptor hydrolasesR01GM141226 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI KIM, IN-KWON · 2021 to 2024
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NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM141226
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The novel Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19) has caused a global pandemic. The SARS-CoV-2 RNA genome is replicated by a conserved "core" replication-transcription complex (RTC) containing an error-prone RNA-dependent RNA polymerase holoenzyme (holo-RdRp, nsp12-nsp7-nsp8) and a RNA proofreading nuclease (nsp14-nsp10). Although structures and functions of SARS-CoV-2 holo-RdRp have been extensively studied and ribonucleotide-analog inhibitors, such as Remdesivir, have been treated for COVID-19 patients, the substrate and nucleotide specificity of SARS-CoV-2 holo-RdRp remain unknown. Here, our biochemical analysis of SARS-CoV-2 holo-RdRp reveals that it has a robust DNA-dependent RNA polymerase activity, in addition to its intrinsic RNA-dependent RNA polymerase activity. Strikingly, SARS-CoV-2 holo-RdRp fully extends RNAs with a low-fidelity even when only ATP and pyrimidine nucleotides, in particular CTP, are provided. This ATP-dependent error-prone ribonucleotide incorporation by SARS-CoV-2 holo-RdRp resists excision by the RNA proofreading nuclease in vitro. Our collective results suggest that a physiological concentration of ATP likely contributes to promoting the error-prone incorporation of ribonucleotides and ribonucleotide-analogs by SARS-CoV-2 holo-RdRp and provide a useful foundation to develop ribonucleotide analogs as an effective therapeutic strategy to combat coronavirus-mediated outbreak.

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COVID-19SARS-CoV-2Adenosine TriphosphateAntiviral AgentsDNA-Directed RNA PolymerasesHumansRibonucleotidesRNA-Dependent RNA PolymeraseRNA, ViralViral Nonstructural ProteinsAdenosine TriphosphateAntiviral AgentsDNA-Directed RNA PolymerasesRibonucleotidesRNA-Dependent RNA PolymeraseRNA, ViralViral Nonstructural ProteinsCOVID-19RNA-Dependent RNA polymeraseRNA proofreadingRNA replication-Transcription complexSARS-CoV-2

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PMID35947915
PMCPMC9344795
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