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ArticleCommunications biology2023

Structural insights into ribonucleoprotein dissociation by nucleocapsid protein interacting with non-structural protein 3 in SARS-CoV-2.

Xincheng Ni, Yinze Han, Renjie Zhou, Yanmei Zhou, Jian Lei

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Article in Communications biology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xincheng NiNational Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9723-4756
Yinze HanNational Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Renjie ZhouNational Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Yanmei ZhouNational Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Jian LeiNational Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China. leijian@scu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-9326-0554
Sichuan University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The coronavirus nucleocapsid (N) protein interacts with non-structural protein 3 (Nsp3) to facilitate viral RNA synthesis and stabilization. However, structural information on the N-Nsp3 complex is limited. Here, we report a 2.6 Å crystal structure of the N-terminal domain (NTD) of the N protein in complex with the ubiquitin-like domain 1 (Ubl1) of Nsp3 in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). One NTD and two Ubl1s formed a stable heterotrimer. We performed mutational analysis to reveal the key residues for this interaction. We confirmed the colocalization of SARS-CoV-2 N and Nsp3 in Huh-7 cells. N-Ubl1 interaction also exists in SARS-CoV and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus. We found that SARS-CoV-2 Ubl1 competes with RNA to bind N protein in a dose-dependent manner. Based on our results, we propose a model for viral ribonucleoprotein dissociation through N protein binding to Ubl1 of Nsp3.

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COVID-19Nucleocapsid ProteinsHumansRibonucleoproteinsRNA, ViralSARS-CoV-2Nucleocapsid ProteinsRibonucleoproteinsRNA, Viral

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PMID36806252
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