In Situ Structures of Rotavirus Polymerase in Action and Mechanism of MRNA Transcription and Release

Overview

Journal Nat Commun

Specialty Biology

Date 2019 May 19

PMID 31101900

Citations 45

Authors

Ke Ding

Cristina C Celma

Xing Zhang

Thomas Chang

Wesley Shen

Ivo Atanasov

Polly Roy

Z Hong Zhou

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Abstract

Transcribing and replicating a double-stranded genome require protein modules to unwind, transcribe/replicate nucleic acid substrates, and release products. Here we present in situ cryo-electron microscopy structures of rotavirus dsRNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) in two states pertaining to transcription. In addition to the previously discovered universal "hand-shaped" polymerase core domain shared by DNA polymerases and telomerases, our results show the function of N- and C-terminal domains of RdRp: the former opens the genome duplex to isolate the template strand; the latter splits the emerging template-transcript hybrid, guides genome reannealing to form a transcription bubble, and opens a capsid shell protein (CSP) to release the transcript. These two "helicase" domains also extensively interact with CSP, which has a switchable N-terminal helix that, like cellular transcriptional factors, either inhibits or promotes RdRp activity. The in situ structures of RdRp, CSP, and RNA in action inform mechanisms of not only transcription, but also replication.

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