Visualizing molecular interactions that determine assembly of a bullet-shaped vesicular stomatitis virus particle

Autor: Simon Jenni, Joshua A. Horwitz, Louis-Marie Bloyet, Sean P. J. Whelan, Stephen C. Harrison
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
Předmět:
Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-32223-1
Popis: Vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) is the most widely studied prototype for negative-sense RNA viruses. Structure determination of VSV particles is particularly challenging because they are polymorphic with different helical symmetries. Here, Jenni et al. apply computational classification approaches to sort different morphologies, and obtain CryoEM reconstructions at 3.5–4.1 A resolution. They show that the matrix protein (M) is present in the virion in two layers, of which the inner layer associates with N protein of vRNPs.
Databáze: Directory of Open Access Journals