Cryo-EM structure of the Ebola virus nucleoprotein-RNA complex.
Kirchdoerfer, R.N., Saphire, E.O., Ward, A.B.(2019) Acta Crystallogr F Struct Biol Commun 75: 340-347
- PubMed: 31045563 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S2053230X19004424
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
6NUT - PubMed Abstract: 
Ebola virus is an emerging virus that is capable of causing a deadly disease in humans. Replication, transcription and packaging of the viral genome are carried out by the viral nucleocapsid. The nucleocapsid is a complex of the viral nucleoprotein, RNA and several other viral proteins. The nucleoprotein forms large, RNA-bound, helical filaments and acts as a scaffold for additional viral proteins. The 3.1 Å resolution single-particle cryo-electron microscopy structure of the nucleoprotein-RNA helical filament presented here resembles previous structures determined at lower resolution, while providing improved molecular details of protein-protein and protein-RNA interactions. The higher resolution of the structure presented here will facilitate the design and characterization of novel and specific Ebola virus therapeutics targeting the nucleocapsid.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.