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ArticlePloS one2024

Assessing nanobody interaction with SARS-CoV-2 Nsp9.

Gennaro Esposito, Yamanappa Hunashal, Mathias Percipalle, Federico Fogolari, Tomas Venit, Ainars Leonchiks, Kristin C Gunsalus, Fabio Piano, Piergiorgio Percipalle

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  1. How does NMR support SARS-CoV-2 protein-ligand interaction studies?Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry · 2026
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9 authors.

Gennaro EspositoDivision of Science, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE.ORCID 0000-0001-9353-5423
Yamanappa HunashalDivision of Science, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Mathias PercipalleDivision of Science, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Federico FogolariIstituto Nazionale Biostrutture e Biosistemi, Roma, Italy.
Tomas VenitDivision of Science, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Ainars LeonchiksASLA Biotech AB, Riga, Latvia.
Kristin C GunsalusDepartment of Biology and Center Genomics System Biology, NYU, New York, New York, United States of America.
Fabio PianoDepartment of Biology and Center Genomics System Biology, NYU, New York, New York, United States of America.
Piergiorgio PercipalleDivision of Science, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The interaction between SARS-CoV-2 non-structural protein Nsp9 and the nanobody 2NSP90 was investigated by NMR spectroscopy using the paramagnetic perturbation methodology PENELOP (Paramagnetic Equilibrium vs Nonequilibrium magnetization Enhancement or LOss Perturbation). The Nsp9 monomer is an essential component of the replication and transcription complex (RTC) that reproduces the viral gRNA for subsequent propagation. Therefore preventing Nsp9 recruitment in RTC would represent an efficient antiviral strategy that could be applied to different coronaviruses, given the Nsp9 relative invariance. The NMR results were consistent with a previous characterization suggesting a 4:4 Nsp9-to-nanobody stoichiometry with the occurrence of two epitope pairs on each of the Nsp9 units that establish the inter-dimer contacts of Nsp9 tetramer. The oligomerization state of Nsp9 was also analyzed by molecular dynamics simulations and both dimers and tetramers resulted plausible. A different distribution of the mapped epitopes on the tetramer surface with respect to the former 4:4 complex could also be possible, as well as different stoichiometries of the Nsp9-nanobody assemblies such as the 2:2 stoichiometry suggested by the recent crystal structure of the Nsp9 complex with 2NSP23 (PDB ID: 8dqu), a nanobody exhibiting essentially the same affinity as 2NSP90. The experimental NMR evidence, however, ruled out the occurrence in liquid state of the relevant Nsp9 conformational change observed in the same crystal structure.

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EpitopesMolecular Dynamics SimulationSARS-CoV-2Single-Domain AntibodiesViral Nonstructural ProteinsCOVID-19HumansMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyProtein BindingProtein MultimerizationRNA-Binding ProteinsEpitopesORF1ab polyprotein, SARS-CoV-2RNA-Binding ProteinsSingle-Domain AntibodiesViral Nonstructural Proteins

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PMID38758765
PMCPMC11101046

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