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- Title
Near-atomic, non-icosahedrally averaged structure of giant virus Paramecium bursaria chlorella virus 1.
- Authors
Shao, Qianqian; Agarkova, Irina V.; Noel, Eric A.; Dunigan, David D.; Liu, Yunshu; Wang, Aohan; Guo, Mingcheng; Xie, Linlin; Zhao, Xinyue; Rossmann, Michael G.; Van Etten, James L.; Klose, Thomas; Fang, Qianglin
- Abstract
Giant viruses are a large group of viruses that infect many eukaryotes. Although components that do not obey the overall icosahedral symmetry of their capsids have been observed and found to play critical roles in the viral life cycles, identities and high-resolution structures of these components remain unknown. Here, by determining a near-atomic-resolution, five-fold averaged structure of Paramecium bursaria chlorella virus 1, we unexpectedly found the viral capsid possesses up to five major capsid protein variants and a penton protein variant. These variants create varied capsid microenvironments for the associations of fibers, a vesicle, and previously unresolved minor capsid proteins. Our structure reveals the identities and atomic models of the capsid components that do not obey the overall icosahedral symmetry and leads to a model for how these components are assembled and initiate capsid assembly, and this model might be applicable to many other giant viruses. Giant viruses are large DNA viruses with capsid diameters up to 500 nm. Given technical challenges only few high-resolution structures of viral capsids exist. Here, Shao et al. provide a nearatomic structure of giant virus PBCV-1 capsid and resolve the previously unknown asymmetric capsid components. The local capsid microenvironments created by these components provide insights into the mechanism of capsid assembly of giant viruses.
- Subjects
PARAMECIUM; CHLORELLA; LIFE cycles (Biology); ATOMIC models; DNA viruses; CAPSIDS
- Publication
Nature Communications, 2022, Vol 13, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2041-1723
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41467-022-34218-4