2022
How to correct relative voxel scale factors for calculations of vector-difference Fourier maps in cryo-EM
Wang J, Liu J, Gisriel CJ, Wu S, Maschietto F, Flesher DA, Lolis E, Lisi GP, Brudvig GW, Xiong Y, Batista VS. How to correct relative voxel scale factors for calculations of vector-difference Fourier maps in cryo-EM. Journal Of Structural Biology 2022, 214: 107902. PMID: 36202310, PMCID: PMC10226527, DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2022.107902.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCryo-EM mapsAmino acid residuesAcid residuesCryo-electron microscopy mapIndividual amino acid residuesCyanobacteria Synechocystis spPCC 6803Synechocystis spMicroscopy mapsThermosynechococcus elongatusSARS-CoV-2 spike proteinLocal structural changesResiduesSpike proteinAtomic coordinatesElongatusSubunitsSpeciesProteinSpSimilar structureStructural changesStructural Insights into Binding of Remdesivir Triphosphate within the Replication–Transcription Complex of SARS-CoV‑2
Wang J, Shi Y, Reiss K, Maschietto F, Lolis E, Konigsberg WH, Lisi GP, Batista VS. Structural Insights into Binding of Remdesivir Triphosphate within the Replication–Transcription Complex of SARS-CoV‑2. Biochemistry 2022, 61: 1966-1973. PMID: 36044776, PMCID: PMC9469760, DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.2c00341.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReplication-transcription complexStructural basisCryo-EM structureAdenosine monophosphateRemdesivir triphosphateStructural insightsDuplex productsPrimer extensionNucleotide selectivityBase pairsNucleotide incorporationIncoming substrateRibosyl moietyActive complexSARS-CoV-2 inhibitorsNew detailed informationTriphosphateComplexesMolecular dynamics simulationsAdenosine triphosphateInsights into Binding of Single-Stranded Viral RNA Template to the Replication–Transcription Complex of SARS-CoV‑2 for the Priming Reaction from Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Wang J, Shi Y, Reiss K, Allen B, Maschietto F, Lolis E, Konigsberg WH, Lisi GP, Batista VS. Insights into Binding of Single-Stranded Viral RNA Template to the Replication–Transcription Complex of SARS-CoV‑2 for the Priming Reaction from Molecular Dynamics Simulations. Biochemistry 2022, 61: 424-432. PMID: 35199520, PMCID: PMC8887646, DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.1c00755.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCOVID-19HumansMolecular Dynamics SimulationRNA, ViralSARS-CoV-2Viral Nonstructural ProteinsConceptsReplication-transcription complexPriming reactionRNA duplexesTemplate strandRNA templateHigher-order oligomerizationRNA-dependent RNA polymeraseCryo-EM structureRNA primaseViral RNA templateRNA polymerasePrimer synthesisViral transcriptionSecondary structureViral genomeSubunitsMolecular dynamics simulations
2021
Mechanism of Inhibition of the Reproduction of SARS-CoV‑2 and Ebola Viruses by Remdesivir
Wang J, Reiss K, Shi Y, Lolis E, Lisi GP, Batista VS. Mechanism of Inhibition of the Reproduction of SARS-CoV‑2 and Ebola Viruses by Remdesivir. Biochemistry 2021, 60: 1869-1875. PMID: 34110129, PMCID: PMC8204756, DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.1c00292.Peer-Reviewed Original Research