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ArticlePNAS nexus2023

Cryoelectron microscopic structure of the nucleoprotein-RNA complex of the European filovirus, Lloviu virus.

Shangfan Hu, Yoko Fujita-Fujiharu, Yukihiko Sugita, Lisa Wendt, Yukiko Muramoto, Masahiro Nakano, Thomas Hoenen, Takeshi Noda

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Article in PNAS nexus, 2023. 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
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Shangfan HuLaboratory of Ultrastructural Virology, Institute for Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, 53 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5671-8319
Yoko Fujita-FujiharuLaboratory of Ultrastructural Virology, Institute for Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, 53 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2411-5473
Yukihiko SugitaLaboratory of Ultrastructural Virology, Institute for Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, 53 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6861-4840
Lisa WendtLaboratory for Integrative Cell and Infection Biology, Institute of Molecular Virology and Cell Biology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Insel Riems, Greifswald 17493, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0390-5820
Yukiko MuramotoLaboratory of Ultrastructural Virology, Institute for Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, 53 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8706-3113
Masahiro NakanoLaboratory of Ultrastructural Virology, Institute for Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, 53 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4247-9008
Thomas HoenenLaboratory for Integrative Cell and Infection Biology, Institute of Molecular Virology and Cell Biology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Insel Riems, Greifswald 17493, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5829-6305
Takeshi NodaLaboratory of Ultrastructural Virology, Institute for Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, 53 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0658-4663
Kyoto University · JPFriedrich-Loeffler-Institut · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lloviu virus (LLOV) is a novel filovirus detected in Schreiber's bats in Europe. The isolation of the infectious LLOV from bats has raised public health concerns. However, the virological and molecular characteristics of LLOV remain largely unknown. The nucleoprotein (NP) of LLOV encapsidates the viral genomic RNA to form a helical NP-RNA complex, which acts as a scaffold for nucleocapsid formation and de novo viral RNA synthesis. In this study, using single-particle cryoelectron microscopy, we determined two structures of the LLOV NP-RNA helical complex, comprising a full-length and a C-terminally truncated NP. The two helical structures were identical, demonstrating that the N-terminal region determines the helical arrangement of the NP. The LLOV NP-RNA protomers displayed a structure similar to that in the Ebola and Marburg virus, but the spatial arrangements in the helix differed. Structure-based mutational analysis identified amino acids involved in the helical assembly and viral RNA synthesis. These structures advance our understanding of the filovirus nucleocapsid formation and provide a structural basis for the development of antifiloviral therapeutics.

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cryo-EMfilovirusLloviu virusnucleocapsid

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PMCPMC10139700
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