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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2022

Computational Study of Helicase from SARS-CoV-2 in RNA-Free and Engaged Form.

Francesca Di Matteo, Giorgia Frumenzio, Balasubramanian Chandramouli, Alessandro Grottesi, Andrew Emerson, Francesco Musiani

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Francesca Di MatteoLaboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry, Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, Viale G. Fanin 40, 40127 Bologna, Italy.
Giorgia FrumenzioSuper Computing Applications and Innovation, Department HPC, CINECA, via Magnanelli 6/3, 40033 Casalecchio di Reno, Italy.
Balasubramanian ChandramouliSuper Computing Applications and Innovation, Department HPC, CINECA, via Magnanelli 6/3, 40033 Casalecchio di Reno, Italy.
Alessandro GrottesiDepartment HPC, CINECA, via dei Tizii 6, 00185 Roma, Italy.
Andrew EmersonSuper Computing Applications and Innovation, Department HPC, CINECA, via Magnanelli 6/3, 40033 Casalecchio di Reno, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9382-1868
Francesco MusianiLaboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry, Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, Viale G. Fanin 40, 40127 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0200-1712
Cineca · ITUniversity of Bologna · IT

Funding

Ministry of Education, Universities and Research RFO 2020
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the causative agent of the pandemic that broke out in 2020 and continues to be the cause of massive global upheaval. Coronaviruses are positive-strand RNA viruses with a genome of ~30 kb. The genome is replicated and transcribed by RNA-dependent RNA polymerase together with accessory factors. One of the latter is the protein helicase (NSP13), which is essential for viral replication. The recently solved helicase structure revealed a tertiary structure composed of five domains. Here, we investigated NSP13 from a structural point of view, comparing its RNA-free form with the RNA-engaged form by using atomistic molecular dynamics (MD) simulations at the microsecond timescale. Structural analyses revealed conformational changes that provide insights into the contribution of the different domains, identifying the residues responsible for domain-domain interactions in both observed forms. The RNA-free system appears to be more flexible than the RNA-engaged form. This result underlies the stabilizing role of the nucleic acid and the functional core role of these domains.

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RNA HelicasesSARS-CoV-2RNA, ViralViral Nonstructural ProteinsRNA HelicasesRNA, ViralViral Nonstructural ProteinshelicaseHPCmolecular dynamicsNSP13RNASARS-CoV-2

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PMID36499049
PMCPMC9738952
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