Arenaviruses are enveloped viruses containing a segmented, negative, and ambisense single-stranded RNA genome wrapped with a nucleoprotein (NP). The NP is the most abundant viral protein in infected cells and plays a critical role in both replication/transcription and virion assembly. The NP associates with RNA to form a ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complex, and this implies self-assembly while the exact structure of this polymer is not yet known. Here, we report a measurement of the full-length Mopeia virus NP by negative stain transmission electron microscopy. We observed RNP complex particles with diameter 15 ± 1 nm as well as symmetric circular heptamers of the same diameter, consistent with previous observations.

Observation of arenavirus nucleoprotein heptamer assembly / Papageorgiou, N.; Vaitsopoulou, A.; Diop, A.; Nguyen, T. H. V.; Canard, B.; Alvarez, K.; Ferron, F.. - (2021), pp. 1076-1083. [10.1002/2211-5463.13106].

Observation of arenavirus nucleoprotein heptamer assembly

Diop A.
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2021

Abstract

Arenaviruses are enveloped viruses containing a segmented, negative, and ambisense single-stranded RNA genome wrapped with a nucleoprotein (NP). The NP is the most abundant viral protein in infected cells and plays a critical role in both replication/transcription and virion assembly. The NP associates with RNA to form a ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complex, and this implies self-assembly while the exact structure of this polymer is not yet known. Here, we report a measurement of the full-length Mopeia virus NP by negative stain transmission electron microscopy. We observed RNP complex particles with diameter 15 ± 1 nm as well as symmetric circular heptamers of the same diameter, consistent with previous observations.
2021
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Arenaviridae; assembly; Bunyavirales; nucleoprotein
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Observation of arenavirus nucleoprotein heptamer assembly / Papageorgiou, N.; Vaitsopoulou, A.; Diop, A.; Nguyen, T. H. V.; Canard, B.; Alvarez, K.; Ferron, F.. - (2021), pp. 1076-1083. [10.1002/2211-5463.13106].
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