7UML

Structure of vesicular stomatitis virus (local reconstruction, 3.5 A resolution)


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
  • Resolution: 3.50 Å
  • Aggregation State: PARTICLE 
  • Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE 

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Literature

Visualizing molecular interactions that determine assembly of a bullet-shaped vesicular stomatitis virus particle.

Jenni, S.Horwitz, J.A.Bloyet, L.M.Whelan, S.P.J.Harrison, S.C.

(2022) Nat Commun 13: 4802-4802

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32223-1
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    7UMK, 7UML

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) is a negative-strand RNA virus with a non-segmented genome, closely related to rabies virus. Both have characteristic bullet-like shapes. We report the structure of intact, infectious VSV particles determined by cryogenic electron microscopy. By compensating for polymorphism among viral particles with computational classification, we obtained a reconstruction of the shaft ("trunk") at 3.5 Å resolution, with lower resolution for the rounded tip. The ribonucleoprotein (RNP), genomic RNA complexed with nucleoprotein (N), curls into a dome-like structure with about eight gradually expanding turns before transitioning into the regular helical trunk. Two layers of matrix (M) protein link the RNP with the membrane. Radial inter-layer subunit contacts are fixed within single RNA-N-M1-M2 modules, but flexible lateral and axial interactions allow assembly of polymorphic virions. Together with published structures of recombinant N in various states, our results suggest a mechanism for membrane-coupled self-assembly of VSV and its relatives.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA. jenni@crystal.harvard.edu.


Macromolecules

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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Nucleoprotein
A, D, E
422Vesicular stomatitis Indiana virusMutation(s): 0 
UniProt
Find proteins for P03521 (Vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus (strain San Juan))
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UniProt GroupP03521
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Entity ID: 2
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Matrix protein
B, C, F
229Vesicular stomatitis Indiana virusMutation(s): 1 
UniProt
Find proteins for P03519 (Vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus (strain San Juan))
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Entity ID: 3
MoleculeChains LengthOrganismImage
RNA (5'-R(P*UP*UP*UP*UP*UP*UP*UP*UP*UP*UP*UP*UP*U)-3')G [auth R]13Vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
  • Resolution: 3.50 Å
  • Aggregation State: PARTICLE 
  • Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE 

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Entry History & Funding Information

Deposition Data


Funding OrganizationLocationGrant Number
National Institutes of Health/National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM)United StatesAI1059371
National Institutes of Health/National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM)United StatesCA13202

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2022-04-20
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2022-08-31
    Changes: Database references
  • Version 1.2: 2024-02-14
    Changes: Data collection, Database references