KALYNYCH, Sergei, Tibor FÜZIK, Antonin PRIDAL, Joachim DE MIRANDA and Pavel PLEVKA. Cryo-EM study of slow bee paralysis virus at low pH reveals iflavirus genome release mechanism. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. WASHINGTON: National Academy of Sciences, 2017, vol. 114, No 3, p. 598-603. ISSN 0027-8424. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1616562114.
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Original name Cryo-EM study of slow bee paralysis virus at low pH reveals iflavirus genome release mechanism
Authors KALYNYCH, Sergei (124 Canada, belonging to the institution), Tibor FÜZIK (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), Antonin PRIDAL (203 Czech Republic), Joachim DE MIRANDA (752 Sweden) and Pavel PLEVKA (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
Edition Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, WASHINGTON, National Academy of Sciences, 2017, 0027-8424.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10600 1.6 Biological sciences
Country of publisher United States of America
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 9.504
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14740/17:00096214
Organization unit Central European Institute of Technology
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1616562114
UT WoS 000392095800054
Keywords in English electron microscopy; uncoating; honeybee; structure; virus
Tags CF CRYO, CF PROT, OA, rivok
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: Mgr. Pavla Foltynová, Ph.D., učo 106624. Changed: 23/2/2018 12:31.
Abstract
Viruses from the family Iflaviridae are insect pathogens. Many of them, including slow bee paralysis virus (SBPV), cause lethal diseases in honeybees and bumblebees, resulting in agricultural losses. Iflaviruses have nonenveloped icosahedral virions containing single-stranded RNA genomes. However, their genome release mechanism is unknown. Here, we show that low pH promotes SBPV genome release, indicating that the virus may use endosomes to enter host cells. We used cryo-EM to study a heterogeneous population of SBPV virions at pH 5.5. We determined the structures of SBPV particles before and after genome release to resolutions of 3.3 and 3.4 angstrom, respectively. The capsids of SBPV virions in low pH are not expanded. Thus, SBPV does not appear to form "altered" particles with pores in their capsids before genome release, as is the case in many related picornaviruses. The egress of the genome from SBPV virions is associated with a loss of interpentamer contacts mediated by N-terminal arms of VP2 capsid proteins, which result in the expansion of the capsid. Pores that are 7 angstrom an diameter form around icosahedral threefold symmetry axes. We speculate that they serve as channels for the genome release. Our findings provide an atomic-level characterization of the genome release mechanism of iflaviruses.
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