The temperature-dependent conformational ensemble of SARS-CoV-2 main protease (Mpro)

© Ali Ebrahim et al. 2022..

The COVID-19 pandemic, instigated by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, continues to plague the globe. The SARS-CoV-2 main protease, or Mpro, is a promising target for the development of novel antiviral therapeutics. Previous X-ray crystal structures of Mpro were obtained at cryogenic tem-per-ature or room tem-per-ature only. Here we report a series of high-resolution crystal structures of unliganded Mpro across multiple tem-per-atures from cryogenic to physiological, and another at high humidity. We inter-rogate these data sets with parsimonious multiconformer models, multi-copy ensemble models, and isomorphous difference density maps. Our analysis reveals a perturbation-dependent conformational landscape for Mpro, including a mobile zinc ion inter-leaved between the catalytic dyad, mercurial conformational heterogeneity at various sites including a key substrate-binding loop, and a far-reaching intra-molecular network bridging the active site and dimer inter-face. Our results may inspire new strategies for antiviral drug development to aid preparation for future coronavirus pandemics.

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UpdateOf: bioRxiv. 2021 Nov 07;:. - PMID 33972941

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

IUCrJ - 9(2022), Pt 5 vom: 01. Sept., Seite 682-694

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ebrahim, Ali [VerfasserIn]
Riley, Blake T [VerfasserIn]
Kumaran, Desigan [VerfasserIn]
Andi, Babak [VerfasserIn]
Fuchs, Martin R [VerfasserIn]
McSweeney, Sean [VerfasserIn]
Keedy, Daniel A [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Allostery
COVID-19
Journal Article
Protein flexibility
Protein structure
SARS-CoV-2 main protease
Temperature-dependent
X-ray crystallography

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Date Revised 31.08.2023

published: Electronic-eCollection

UpdateOf: bioRxiv. 2021 Nov 07;:. - PMID 33972941

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1107/S2052252522007497

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM345889150