Pan, Yue, Chandrashekaran, Indu R., Tennant, Luke, Rossjohn, Jamie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2020-7522 and Littler, Dene R. 2023. Inside-out: antibody-binding reveals potential folding hinge-points within the SARS-CoV-2 replication co-factor nsp9. PLoS ONE 18 (4) , e0283194. 10.1371/journal.pone.0283194 |
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Abstract
Nsp9 is a conserved accessory component of the coronaviral replication and transcription complex. It is the predominant substrate of nsp12’s nucleotidylation activity while also serving to recruit proteins required for viral 5’-capping. Anti-nsp9 specific nanobodies have been isolated previously. We confirm that their binding mode is centred upon Trp-53 within SARS-CoV-2 nsp9. Antibody binding at this site surprisingly results in large-scale changes to the overall topology of this coronaviral unique fold. We further characterise the antibody-induced structural dynamism within nsp9, identifying a number of potentially flexible regions. A large expansion of the cavity between the s2-s3 and s4-s5 loops is particularly noteworthy. As is the potential for large-scale movements in the C-terminal GxxxG helix.
Item Type: | Article |
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Date Type: | Published Online |
Status: | Published |
Schools: | Medicine |
Additional Information: | License information from Publisher: LICENSE 1: URL: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
Publisher: | Public Library of Science |
Date of First Compliant Deposit: | 11 April 2023 |
Date of Acceptance: | 3 March 2023 |
Last Modified: | 28 May 2023 03:09 |
URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/158525 |
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