Article: Variant mutation in SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid enhances viral infection via altered genomic encapsidation.
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology
2024
Abstract: The evolution of SARS-CoV-2 variants and their respective phenotypes represents an important set of tools to understand basic coronavirus biology as well as the public health implications of individual mutations in variants of concern. While mutations ... ...
Abstract | The evolution of SARS-CoV-2 variants and their respective phenotypes represents an important set of tools to understand basic coronavirus biology as well as the public health implications of individual mutations in variants of concern. While mutations outside of Spike are not well studied, the entire viral genome is undergoing evolutionary selection, particularly the central disordered linker region of the nucleocapsid (N) protein. Here, we identify a mutation (G215C), characteristic of the Delta variant, that introduces a novel cysteine into this linker domain, which results in the formation of a disulfide bond and a stable N-N dimer. Using reverse genetics, we determined that this cysteine residue is necessary and sufficient for stable dimer formation in a WA1 SARS-CoV-2 background, where it results in significantly increased viral growth both |
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Language | English |
Publishing date | 2024-03-11 |
Publishing country | United States |
Document type | Preprint |
DOI | 10.1101/2024.03.08.584120 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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