Journal:Acta Cryst F:S2053230X19004424
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Ebola virus is capable of causing a deadly hemorrhagic fever. After entering host cells, the virus must replicate and transcribe its RNA genome to replicate and produce viral proteins to form new viruses. Ebola virus uses a large protein-RNA complex called the nucleocapsid to carry out these replication and transcription functions. The nucleocapsid contains the viral RNA genome which is completely covered in viral proteins forming large helical filaments. The Ebola virus nucleoprotein is responsible for binding to the RNA, forming these large filamentous structures and presenting binding sites for additional viral proteins. Here we used cryo-electron microscopy to determine a high-resolution structure of the Ebola virus nucleoprotein bound to RNA. In addition to showing detailed contacts between nucleoprotein and RNA, this structure also shows how contacts between individual nucleoproteins create the large helical structure of the nucleocapsid. | Ebola virus is capable of causing a deadly hemorrhagic fever. After entering host cells, the virus must replicate and transcribe its RNA genome to replicate and produce viral proteins to form new viruses. Ebola virus uses a large protein-RNA complex called the nucleocapsid to carry out these replication and transcription functions. The nucleocapsid contains the viral RNA genome which is completely covered in viral proteins forming large helical filaments. The Ebola virus nucleoprotein is responsible for binding to the RNA, forming these large filamentous structures and presenting binding sites for additional viral proteins. Here we used cryo-electron microscopy to determine a high-resolution structure of the Ebola virus nucleoprotein bound to RNA. In addition to showing detailed contacts between nucleoprotein and RNA, this structure also shows how contacts between individual nucleoproteins create the large helical structure of the nucleocapsid. | ||
| - | *<scene name='81/813412/Cv/4'>NP 9mer</scene>, RNA is shown in yellow. | + | *<scene name='81/813412/Cv/4'>NP 9mer</scene>, the central monomer is in dark green, RNA is shown in yellow. |
*<scene name='81/813412/Cv/5'>Coordinate model of the NP-RNA complex viewed from the exterior of the filament</scene>. | *<scene name='81/813412/Cv/5'>Coordinate model of the NP-RNA complex viewed from the exterior of the filament</scene>. | ||
*<scene name='81/813412/Cv/7'>Coordinate model of the NP-RNA complex viewed from the interior of the filament</scene>. Note how the N terminus of NP reaches over to contact the adjacent NP. | *<scene name='81/813412/Cv/7'>Coordinate model of the NP-RNA complex viewed from the interior of the filament</scene>. Note how the N terminus of NP reaches over to contact the adjacent NP. | ||
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