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NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
卷 11, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
NATURE RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-18243-9
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- MRC [NR18477-18]
- BBSRC [NR18477-18]
- UK Medical Research Council [MR/N00065X/1]
- Wellcome [NR18477-18, 090532/Z/09/Z]
- National Institutes of Health [GM082251]
- UK Wellcome Investigator Award [206422/Z/17/Z]
- NIH [P41-GM103311]
- Wellcome Trust [206422/Z/17/Z] Funding Source: Wellcome Trust
- BBSRC [BB/S003339/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- MRC [MR/N00065X/1] Funding Source: UKRI
Traditionally, molecular assembly pathways for viruses are inferred from high resolution structures of purified stable intermediates, low resolution images of cell sections and genetic approaches. Here, we directly visualise an unsuspected 'single shelled' intermediate for a mammalian orthoreovirus in cryo-preserved infected cells, by cryo-electron tomography of cellular lamellae. Particle classification and averaging yields structures to 5.6 angstrom resolution, sufficient to identify secondary structural elements and produce an atomic model of the intermediate, comprising 120 copies each of protein lambda 1 and sigma 2. This lambda 1 shell is 'collapsed' compared to the mature virions, with molecules pushed inwards at the icosahedral fivefolds by similar to 100 angstrom, reminiscent of the first assembly intermediate of certain prokaryotic dsRNA viruses. This supports the supposition that these viruses share a common ancestor, and suggests mechanisms for the assembly of viruses of the Reoviridae. Such methodology holds promise for dissecting the replication cycle of many viruses.
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