Biochemical and structural insights into SARS-CoV-2 polyprotein processing by Mpro
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SARS-CoV-2, a human coronavirus, is the causative agent of the COVID-19 pandemic. Its genome is translated into two large polyproteins subsequently cleaved by viral papain-like protease and main protease (Mpro). Polyprotein processing is essential yet incompletely understood. We studied Mpro-mediated processing of the nsp7-11 polyprotein, whose mature products include cofactors of the viral replicase, and identified the order of cleavages. Integrative modeling based on mass spectrometry (including hydrogen-deuterium exchange and cross-linking) and x-ray scattering yielded a nsp7-11 structural ensemble, demonstrating shared secondary structural elements with individual nsps. The pattern of cross-links and HDX footprint of the C145A Mpro and nsp7-11 complex demonstrate preferential binding of the enzyme active site to the polyprotein junction sites and additional transient contacts to help orient the enzyme on its substrate for cleavage. Last, proteolysis assays were used to characterize the effect of inhibitors/binders on Mpro processing/inhibition using the nsp7-11 polyprotein as substrate.
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Recombinant DNA Sentences Resources The pGEX-6P-1-nsp5 (or Mpro) plasmid was a kind gift from Dr. Martin Walsh, Diamond Light Source. pGBWm4046979 (coding for full-length nsp7, NCBI Reference Sequence: YP_009725303.1, codon-optimized, with an initial Met and a cleavable C- terminal TEV 6x-His tag was a gift from Ginkgo Bioworks (Addgene plasmid 145611; http://n2t.net/ addgene:145611; RRID: Addgene_145611). pGEX-6P-1-nsp5suggested: NonepGBWm4046979suggested: Nonedetected: RRID:Addgene_145611)pGBWm4046852 (coding for full- length nsp8, NCBI Reference Sequence: YP_009725304.1, codon-optimized, with an initial Met and a cleavable … SciScore for 10.1101/2022.05.27.493767: (What is this?)
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Recombinant DNA Sentences Resources The pGEX-6P-1-nsp5 (or Mpro) plasmid was a kind gift from Dr. Martin Walsh, Diamond Light Source. pGBWm4046979 (coding for full-length nsp7, NCBI Reference Sequence: YP_009725303.1, codon-optimized, with an initial Met and a cleavable C- terminal TEV 6x-His tag was a gift from Ginkgo Bioworks (Addgene plasmid 145611; http://n2t.net/ addgene:145611; RRID: Addgene_145611). pGEX-6P-1-nsp5suggested: NonepGBWm4046979suggested: Nonedetected: RRID:Addgene_145611)pGBWm4046852 (coding for full- length nsp8, NCBI Reference Sequence: YP_009725304.1, codon-optimized, with an initial Met and a cleavable C-terminal TEV 6x-His tag) was a gift from Ginkgo Bioworks (Addgene plasmid 145584; http://n2t.net/ addgene:145584; RRID: Addgene_145584). pGBWm4046852suggested: Nonedetected: RRID:Addgene_145584)The gene encoding SARS-CoV-2 nsp10 was cloned into the pGEX-6P-1 vector to generate an expression construct containing an N-terminal GST tag and an HRV 3C protease cleavage site (GST3CNsp10). pGEX-6P-1suggested: NonePlasmids for codon-optimized pET-28a- His6-nsp7-8 and pET-28a-His6-nsp7-11 (with an HRV 3C protease cleavage site between the 6x- His tag and the coding sequence) were obtained from GenScript (Piscataway, NJ). pET-28a-suggested: NonepET-28a-His6-nsp7-11suggested: NoneThe pGEX- 6P-1-nsp5 expression plasmid was transformed into E. coli Rosetta gami competent cells and cultured in LB media at 37 °C with 100 μg/mL ampicillin. pGEX-suggested: None6P-1-nsp5suggested: NoneSoftware and Algorithms Sentences Resources The gene encoding SARS-CoV-2 nsp10 was cloned into the pGEX-6P-1 vector to generate an expression construct containing an N-terminal GST tag and an HRV 3C protease cleavage site (GST3CNsp10). SARS-CoV-2suggested: (Active Motif Cat# 91351, RRID:AB_2847848)The gel band intensity for nsp7-11 was calculated using ImageJ software (https://imagej.nih.gov/ij/index.html) and plotted against the concentration of binders using the GraphPad Prism Version 9.3.1 (GraphPad Software, La Jolla California USA, www.graphpad.com). ImageJsuggested: (ImageJ, RRID:SCR_003070)GraphPadsuggested: (GraphPad Prism, RRID:SCR_002798)Crosslink spectral matches found in Proteome Discoverer were exported and converted to sequence spectrum list format using Excel (Microsoft). Proteome Discoverersuggested: (Proteome Discoverer, RRID:SCR_014477)Excelsuggested: NoneThe data was reduced using BioXTAS RAW 2.0.3 (81). BioXTASsuggested: NoneThey are also provided in the SM as PyMOL sessions. PyMOLsuggested: (PyMOL, RRID:SCR_000305)Results from OddPub: Thank you for sharing your data.
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