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NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH
卷 49, 期 13, 页码 7695-7712出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkab571
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- Institut Pasteur (Paris, France)
- ANR
- internal resources of the involved laboratories originating from the Institut Pasteur, Institut Curie
- French national research institutions (CNRS, Inserm)
- Universite de Bordeaux
- Universite de Toulouse
- Universite Paris-Saclay
- Universite Sorbonne Paris-Nord
- Institut Polytechnique de Paris
The study revealed that the SARS-CoV-2 Nsp3 protein contains a SUD domain that interacts with G4s, which can be disrupted by preventing G4 structures from forming or using specific ligands. This opens up possibilities for further research on the role of SUD/G4 interactions in SARS-CoV-2 replication and the development of inhibitors as potential antiviral compounds.
The multidomain non-structural protein 3 (Nsp3) is the largest protein encoded by coronavirus (CoV) genomes and several regions of this protein are essential for viral replication. Of note, SARS-CoV Nsp3 contains a SARS-Unique Domain (SUD), which can bind Guanine-rich non-canonical nucleic acid structures called G-quadruplexes (G4) and is essential for SARS-CoV replication. We show herein that the SARS-CoV-2 Nsp3 protein also contains a SUD domain that interacts with G4s. Indeed, interactions between SUD proteins and both DNA and RNA G4s were evidenced by G4 pull-down, Surface Plasmon Resonance and Homogenous Time Resolved Fluorescence. These interactions can be disrupted by mutations that prevent oligonucleotides from folding into G4 structures and, interestingly, by molecules known as specific ligands of these G4s. Structural models for these interactions are proposed and re veal significant differences with the crystallographic and modeled 3D structures of the SARS-CoV SUD-NM/G4 interaction. Altogether, our results pave the way for further studies on the role of SUD/G4 interactions during SARS-CoV-2 replication and the use of inhibitors of these interactions as potential antiviral compounds.
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