Structure insights, thermodynamic profiles, dsDNA melting activity, and liquid-liquid phase separation of the SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid N-terminal domain binding to DNA
ABSTRACT The SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein (N) is a multifunctional promiscuous nucleic acid-binding protein, which plays a major role in nucleocapsid assembly and discontinuous RNA transcription, facilitating the template switch of transcriptional regulatory sequences (TRS). Here, we dissect the structural features of the N protein N-terminal domain (N-NTD), either with or without the SR-rich motif (SR), upon binding to single and double-stranded TRS DNA, as well as their activities for dsTRS melting and TRS-induced liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS). Our study gives insights on specificity for N-NTD/N-NTD-SR interaction with TRS, including an unfavorable energetic contribution to binding along with hydrogen bonds between the triple-thymidine (TTT) motif in the dsTRS and β-sheet II due to the defined position and orientation of the DNA duplex, a well-defined pattern (ΔH > 0 and ΔS > 0 for ssTRS, and ΔH < 0 and ΔS < 0 for dsTRS) for the thermodynamic profile of binding, and a preference for TRS in the formation of liquid condensates when compared to a non-specific sequence. Moreover, our results on DNA binding may serve as a starting point for the design of inhibitors, including aptamers, against N, a possible therapeutic target essential for the virus infectivity..
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bioRxiv.org - (2021) vom: 24. Juli Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2021 |
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