Assembly of SARS-CoV-2 ribonucleosomes by truncated N* variant of the nucleocapsid protein
A. Adly, M. Bi, C. Carlson, A. M. Syed, A. Ciling, J. Doudna, Y. Cheng, D. O. Morgan
This study shows that the truncated N* variant of SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein can assemble into vRNPs similar to full-length N, requiring the leucine-rich helix and inhibited by a phosphomimetic SR region.
bioRxiv · Aug 16, 2023Microbiology