4W2Q

Anti-Marburgvirus Nucleoprotein Single Domain Antibody C Complexed with Nucleoprotein C-terminal domain


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.70 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.274 
  • R-Value Work: 0.220 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.225 

Starting Model: experimental
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Literature

Unveiling a Drift Resistant Cryptotope withinMarburgvirusNucleoprotein Recognized by Llama Single-Domain Antibodies.

Garza, J.A.Taylor, A.B.Sherwood, L.J.Hart, P.J.Hayhurst, A.

(2017) Front Immunol 8: 1234-1234

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2017.01234
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    4W2O, 4W2P, 4W2Q, 6APO, 6APP, 6APQ

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Marburg virus (MARV) is a highly lethal hemorrhagic fever virus that is increasingly re-emerging in Africa, has been imported to both Europe and the US, and is also a Tier 1 bioterror threat. As a negative sense RNA virus, MARV has error prone replication which can yield progeny capable of evading countermeasures. To evaluate this vulnerability, we sought to determine the epitopes of 4 llama single-domain antibodies (sdAbs or VHH) specific for nucleoprotein (NP), each capable of forming MARV monoclonal affinity reagent sandwich assays. Here, we show that all sdAb bound the C-terminal region of NP, which was produced recombinantly to derive X-ray crystal structures of the three best performing antibody-antigen complexes. The common epitope is a trio of alpha helices that form a novel asymmetric basin-like depression that accommodates each sdAb paratope via substantial complementarity-determining region (CDR) restructuring. Shared core contacts were complemented by unique accessory contacts on the sides and overlooks of the basin yielding very different approach routes for each sdAb to bind the antigen. The C-terminal region of MARV NP was unable to be crystallized alone and required engagement with sdAb to form crystals suggesting the antibodies acted as crystallization chaperones. While gross structural homology is apparent between the two most conserved helices of MARV and Ebolavirus , the positions and morphologies of the resulting basins were markedly different. Naturally occurring amino acid variations occurring in bat and human Marburgvirus strains all mapped to surfaces distant from the predicted sdAb contacts suggesting a vital role for the NP interface in virus replication. As an essential internal structural component potentially interfacing with a partner protein it is likely the C-terminal epitope remains hidden or "cryptic" until virion disruption occurs. Conservation of this epitope over 50 years of Marburgvirus evolution should make these sdAb useful foundations for diagnostics and therapeutics resistant to drift.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Department of Virology and Immunology, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Anti-Marburgvirus Nucleoprotein Single Domain Antibody C
A, C, E, G
118Lama glamaMutation(s): 0 
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Entity ID: 2
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Nucleoprotein
B, D, F, H
76Marburg virus - Musoke, Kenya, 1980Mutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: NP
UniProt
Find proteins for P27588 (Lake Victoria marburgvirus (strain Musoke-80))
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Go to UniProtKB:  P27588
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UniProt GroupP27588
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.70 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.274 
  • R-Value Work: 0.220 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.225 
  • Space Group: P 1 21 1
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 57.664α = 90
b = 98.461β = 96.23
c = 68.498γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
PHENIXrefinement
XDSdata reduction
XDSdata scaling
PHASERphasing

Structure Validation

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Entry History 

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Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2017-10-11
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2018-05-16
    Changes: Data collection, Database references
  • Version 1.2: 2023-09-27
    Changes: Data collection, Database references, Refinement description