Resumen
Non-structural proteins (nsp) constitute the SARS-CoV-2 replication and transcription complex (RTC) to play a pivotal role in the virus life cycle. Here we determine the atomic structure of a SARS-CoV-2 mini RTC, assembled by viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp, nsp12) with a template-primer RNA, nsp7 and nsp8, and two helicase molecules (nsp13-1 and nsp13-2), by cryo-electron microscopy. Two groups of mini RTCs with different conformations of nsp13-1 are identified. In both of them, nsp13-1 stabilizes overall architecture of the mini RTC by contacting with nsp13-2, which anchors the 5′-extension of RNA template, as well as interacting with nsp7-nsp8-nsp12-RNA. Orientation shifts of nsp13-1 results in its variable interactions with other components in two forms of mini RTC. The mutations on nsp13-1:nsp12 and nsp13-1:nsp13-2 interfaces prohibit the enhancement of helicase activity achieved by mini RTCs. These results provide an insight into how helicase couples with polymerase to facilitate its function in virus replication and transcription.
Idioma original | English |
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Número de artículo | 5874 |
Publicación | Nature Communications |
Volumen | 11 |
N.º | 1 |
DOI | |
Estado | Published - dic. 2020 |
Publicado de forma externa | Sí |
Nota bibliográfica
Funding Information:We would like to thank the Bio-Electron Microscopy Facility of ShanghaiTech University for the data collection. This work was supported by the National Program on Key Research Project of China (2020YFA0707500 and 2017YFC0840300) and Tsinghua University Spring Breeze Fund.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, The Author(s).
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- General Chemistry
- General Biochemistry,Genetics and Molecular Biology
- General Physics and Astronomy
PubMed: MeSH publication types
- Journal Article
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't