Crystal structure of the potato leafroll virus coat protein and implications for viral assembly.

Publication Type:

Journal Article

Source:

J Struct Biol, Volume 214, Issue 1, p.107811 (2021)

Abstract:

<p>Luteoviruses, poleroviruses, and enamoviruses are insect-transmitted, agricultural pathogens that infect a wide array of plants, including staple food crops. Previous cryo-electron microscopy studies of virus-like particles show that luteovirid viral capsids are built from a structural coat protein that organizes with T&nbsp;=&nbsp;3 icosahedral symmetry. Here, we present the crystal structure of a truncated version of the coat protein monomer from potato leafroll virus at 1.80-Å resolution. In the crystal lattice, monomers pack into flat sheets that preserve the two-fold and three-fold axes of icosahedral symmetry and show minimal structural deviations when compared to the full-length subunits of the assembled virus-like particle. These observations have important implications in viral assembly and maturation and suggest that the CP N-terminus and its interactions with RNA play an important role in generating capsid curvature.</p>

PDB: 
7RLM
Detector: 
PILATUS
Beamline: 
24-ID-C