Structural Insights into Bunyavirus Replication and Its Regulation by the vRNA Promoter

Autor: Stephen Cusack, Hélène Malet, Piotr Gerlach, Juan Reguera
Přispěvatelé: European Molecular Biology Laboratory [Heidelberg] (EMBL), Unit for Virus Host-Cell Interactions [Grenoble] (UVHCI), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-European Molecular Biology Laboratory [Grenoble] (EMBL)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF), European Molecular Biology Laboratory [Grenoble] (EMBL), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-European Molecular Biology Laboratory [Grenoble] (EMBL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Rok vydání: 2015
Předmět:
Models
Molecular

Orthobunyavirus
viruses
MESH: Sequence Alignment
MESH: Catalytic Domain
MESH: Orthobunyavirus
RNA-dependent RNA polymerase
Sequence alignment
MESH: Amino Acid Sequence
Crystallography
X-Ray

Article
General Biochemistry
Genetics and Molecular Biology

03 medical and health sciences
Catalytic Domain
MESH: Promoter Regions
Genetic

Amino Acid Sequence
Promoter Regions
Genetic

Peptide sequence
Polymerase
030304 developmental biology
Genetics
0303 health sciences
[SDV.BBM.BS]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biochemistry
Molecular Biology/Structural Biology [q-bio.BM]

biology
030306 microbiology
Biochemistry
Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)

Ribonucleoprotein particle
RNA
RNA virus
MESH: Crystallography
X-Ray

RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase
biology.organism_classification
3. Good health
MESH: Ribonucleoproteins
[SDV.BBM.BS]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biochemistry
Molecular Biology/Biomolecules [q-bio.BM]

Ribonucleoproteins
MESH: RNA
Viral

biology.protein
RNA
Viral

MESH: RNA Replicase
Sequence Alignment
MESH: Models
Molecular
Zdroj: Cell
Cell, Elsevier, 2015, 161 (6), pp.1267-1279. ⟨10.1016/j.cell.2015.05.006⟩
Cell, 2015, 161 (6), pp.1267-1279. ⟨10.1016/j.cell.2015.05.006⟩
ISSN: 0092-8674
1097-4172
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2015.05.006
Popis: Summary Segmented negative-strand RNA virus (sNSV) polymerases transcribe and replicate the viral RNA (vRNA) within a ribonucleoprotein particle (RNP). We present cryo-EM and X-ray structures of, respectively, apo- and vRNA bound La Crosse orthobunyavirus (LACV) polymerase that give atomic-resolution insight into how such RNPs perform RNA synthesis. The complementary 3′ and 5′ vRNA extremities are sequence specifically bound in separate sites on the polymerase. The 5′ end binds as a stem-loop, allosterically structuring functionally important polymerase active site loops. Identification of distinct template and product exit tunnels allows proposal of a detailed model for template-directed replication with minimal disruption to the circularised RNP. The similar overall architecture and vRNA binding of monomeric LACV to heterotrimeric influenza polymerase, despite high sequence divergence, suggests that all sNSV polymerases have a common evolutionary origin and mechanism of RNA synthesis. These results will aid development of replication inhibitors of diverse, serious human pathogenic viruses.
Graphical Abstract
Highlights • Bunyavirus polymerase binds its complementary 3′ and 5′ vRNA ends in distinct sites • 5′ vRNA binding allosterically structures and activates the polymerase catalytic site • Distinct template/product exit tunnels explain RNA synthesis in a circularized RNP • Monomeric bunyavirus and trimeric influenza polymerases are structurally similar
The structure of the monomeric bunyavirus polymerase reveals that divergent segmented negative-strand RNA virus polymerases have a common overall architecture, explains how viral RNA binding allosterically regulates polymerase activity, and suggests a replication model that could apply to all related RNA viruses.
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