Structure of the Vesicular Stomatitis Virus L Protein in Complex with Its Phosphoprotein Cofactor
Structure of the Vesicular Stomatitis Virus L Protein in Complex with Its Phosphoprotein Cofactor
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DOI:
10.1016/j.celrep.2019.12.024
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发表时间:
2020-01-07
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影响因子:
8.8
通讯作者:
Harrison, Stephen C.
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作者:
Jenni, Simon;Bloyet, Louis-Marie;Harrison, Stephen C.
The large (L) proteins of non-segmented, negative-strand RNA viruses are multifunctional enzymes that produce capped, methylated, and polyadenylated mRNA and replicate the viral genome. A phosphoprotein (P), required for efficient RNA-dependent RNA polymerization from the viral ribonucleoprotein (RNP) template, regulates the function and conformation of the L protein. We report the structure of vesicular stomatitis virus L in complex with its P cofactor determined by electron cryomicroscopy at 3.0 angstrom resolution, enabling us to visualize bound segments of P. The contacts of three P segments with multiple L domains show how P induces a closed, compact, initiation-competent conformation. Binding of P to L positions its N-terminal domain adjacent to a putative RNA exit channel for efficient encapsidation of newly synthesized genomes with the nucleoprotein and orients its C-terminal domain to interact with an RNP template. The model shows that a conserved tryptophan in the priming loop can support the initiating 5' nucleotide.