SARS-CoV-2 Nsp1 binds the ribosomal mRNA channel to inhibit translation

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    Table 1: Rigor

    Institutional Review Board Statementnot detected.
    Randomizationnot detected.
    Blindingnot detected.
    Power Analysisnot detected.
    Sex as a biological variablenot detected.
    Cell Line Authenticationnot detected.

    Table 2: Resources

    Antibodies
    SentencesResources
    Fractions were precipitated with trichloroacetic acid (TCA) and subjected to Western blot analysis (anti-His antibody, Clontech).
    anti-His
    suggested: None
    Experimental Models: Cell Lines
    SentencesResources
    Preparation of viral 5’-UTR mRNA and reporter RLuc mRNA: Preparation of HeLa translation-competent lysates: HeLa S3 lysates were prepared similarly as described before15.
    HeLa
    suggested: None
    For this, frozen HEK293E cells were thawed and resuspended in 2x excess of lysis buffer (25 mM HEPES-KOH pH 7.6, 5 mM MgCl2, 50 mM KCl, cOmplete protease inhibitor cocktail (Roche), 1 mM PMSF, 0.2 U/µl RiboLock).
    HEK293E
    suggested: None
    Micrographs (10’104 for the in vitro binding experiment, 16’887 for the HEK cell extract) were carefully inspected based on CTF estimations for drift and ice quality.
    HEK
    suggested: CLS Cat# 300192/p777_HEK293, RRID:CVCL_0045)
    Software and Algorithms
    SentencesResources
    The plate was incubated at 30 °C for 10 min and the luminescence signal was measured three times using the TECAN infinite M100 Pro plate reader and plotted on GraphPad after performing three independent biological replicates.
    GraphPad
    suggested: (GraphPad Prism, RRID:SCR_002798)
    The super-resolution micrographs collected with the K3 camera were additionally binned 2 times during the MotionCor2 procedure.
    MotionCor2
    suggested: (MotionCor2, RRID:SCR_016499)
    Zenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3576630 (2019)).
    Zenodo
    suggested: (ZENODO, RRID:SCR_004129)
    The coordinates were subjected to 5 cycles of real space refinement using PHENIX 1.1827.
    PHENIX
    suggested: (Phenix, RRID:SCR_014224)

    Results from OddPub: Thank you for sharing your data.


    Results from LimitationRecognizer: An explicit section about the limitations of the techniques employed in this study was not found. We encourage authors to address study limitations.

    Results from TrialIdentifier: No clinical trial numbers were referenced.


    Results from Barzooka: We found bar graphs of continuous data. We recommend replacing bar graphs with more informative graphics, as many different datasets can lead to the same bar graph. The actual data may suggest different conclusions from the summary statistics. For more information, please see Weissgerber et al (2015).


    Results from JetFighter: We did not find any issues relating to colormaps.


    Results from rtransparent:
    • Thank you for including a conflict of interest statement. Authors are encouraged to include this statement when submitting to a journal.
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    • No protocol registration statement was detected.

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