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	The architecture of inactivated SARS-COV-2 with postfusion spikes revealed by cryo-EM and cryo-ET Chuang Liu , Luiza Mendonca , Yang Yang , Yuanzhu Gao , Chenguang Shen , Jiwei Liu , Tao Ni , Bin Ju , Congcong Liu , Xian Tang , Jinli Wei , Xiaomin Ma , Yanan Zhu , Weilong Liu , Shuman Xu , Yingxia Liu , Jing Yuan , Jing Wu , Zheng Liu , Zheng Zhang , Lei Li , Peiyi Wang , Peijun Zhang Structure DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2020.10.001 Open Access Show Abstract ▼ Abstract: The ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) resulted from the outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 in December 2019. Currently, multiple efforts are being made to rapidly develop vaccines and treatments to fight COVID-19. Current vaccine candidates use inactivated SARS-CoV-2 viruses; therefore, it is important to understand the architecture of inactivated SARS-CoV-2. We have genetically and structurally characterized β-propiolactone-inactivated viruses from a propagated and purified clinical strain of SARS-CoV-2. We observed that the virus particles are roughly spherical or moderately pleiomorphic. Although a small fraction of prefusion spikes are found, most spikes appear nail shaped, thus resembling a postfusion state, where the S1 protein of the spike has disassociated from S2. Cryoelectron tomography and subtomogram averaging of these spikes yielded a density map that closely matches the overall structure of the SARS-CoV postfusion spike and its corresponding glycosylation site. Our findings have major implications for SARS-CoV-2 vaccine design, especially those using inactivated viruses.	Oct 2020
Krios I-Titan Krios I at Diamond Krios IV-Titan Krios IV at Diamond	Intrinsic curvature of the HIV-1 CA hexamer underlies capsid topology and interaction with cyclophilin A Tao Ni , Samuel Gerard , Gongpu Zhao , Kyle Dent , Jiying Ning , Jing Zhou , Jiong Shi , Jordan Anderson-daniels , Wen Li , Sooin Jang , Alan N. Engelman , Christopher Aiken , Peijun Zhang Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 5 DOI: 10.1038/s41594-020-0467-8 Diamond Proposal Number(s): [14856, 21004] Show Abstract ▼ Abstract: The mature retrovirus capsid consists of a variably curved lattice of capsid protein (CA) hexamers and pentamers. High-resolution structures of the curved assembly, or in complex with host factors, have not been available. By devising cryo-EM methodologies for exceedingly flexible and pleomorphic assemblies, we have determined cryo-EM structures of apo-CA hexamers and in complex with cyclophilin A (CypA) at near-atomic resolutions. The CA hexamers are intrinsically curved, flexible and asymmetric, revealing the capsomere and not the previously touted dimer or trimer interfaces as the key contributor to capsid curvature. CypA recognizes specific geometries of the curved lattice, simultaneously interacting with three CA protomers from adjacent hexamers via two noncanonical interfaces, thus stabilizing the capsid. By determining multiple structures from various helical symmetries, we further revealed the essential plasticity of the CA molecule, which allows formation of continuously curved conical capsids and the mechanism of capsid pattern sensing by CypA.	Aug 2020
	Hand-foot-and-mouth disease virus receptor KREMEN1 binds the canyon of Coxsackie Virus A10 Yuguang Zhao , Daming Zhou , Tao Ni , Dimple Karia , Abhay Kotecha , Xiangxi Wang , Zihe Rao , E. Yvonne Jones , Elizabeth E. Fry , Jingshan Ren , David I. Stuart Nature Communications 11 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-13936-2 Open Access Show Abstract ▼ Abstract: Coxsackievirus A10 (CV-A10) is responsible for an escalating number of severe infections in children, but no prophylactics or therapeutics are currently available. KREMEN1 (KRM1) is the entry receptor for the largest receptor-group of hand-foot-and-mouth disease causing viruses, which includes CV-A10. We report here structures of CV-A10 mature virus alone and in complex with KRM1 as well as of the CV-A10 A-particle. The receptor spans the viral canyon with a large footprint on the virus surface. The footprint has some overlap with that seen for the neonatal Fc receptor complexed with enterovirus E6 but is larger and distinct from that of another enterovirus receptor SCARB2. Reduced occupancy of a particle-stabilising pocket factor in the complexed virus and the presence of both unbound and expanded virus particles suggests receptor binding initiates a cascade of conformational changes that produces expanded particles primed for viral uncoating.	Jan 2020
I03-Macromolecular Crystallography I24-Microfocus Macromolecular Crystallography	Structure and mechanism of bactericidal mammalian perforin-2, an ancient agent of innate immunity Tao Ni , Fang Jiao , Xiulian Yu , Saša Aden , Lucy Ginger , Sophie I. Williams , Fangfang Bai , Vojtech Prazak , Dimple Karia , Phillip Stansfeld , Peijun Zhang , George Munson , Gregor Anderluh , Simon Scheuring , Robert J. C. Gilbert Science Advances 6 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aax8286 Show Abstract ▼ Abstract: Perforin-2 (MPEG1) is thought to enable the killing of invading microbes engulfed by macrophages and other phagocytes, forming pores in their membranes. Loss of perforin-2 renders individual phagocytes and whole organisms significantly more susceptible to bacterial pathogens. Here, we reveal the mechanism of perforin-2 activation and activity using atomic structures of pre-pore and pore assemblies, high-speed atomic force microscopy, and functional assays. Perforin-2 forms a pre-pore assembly in which its pore-forming domain points in the opposite direction to its membrane-targeting domain. Acidification then triggers pore formation, via a 180° conformational change. This novel and unexpected mechanism prevents premature bactericidal attack and may have played a key role in the evolution of all perforin family proteins.	Jan 2020
I04-Macromolecular Crystallography I24-Microfocus Macromolecular Crystallography	Structures of monomeric and oligomeric forms of the Toxoplasma gondii perforin-like protein 1 Tao Ni , Sophie I. Williams , Saša Rezelj , Gregor Anderluh , Karl Harlos , Phillip J. Stansfeld , Robert J. C. Gilbert Science Advances 4 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaq0762 Diamond Proposal Number(s): [10627] Open Access Show Abstract ▼ Abstract: Toxoplasma and Plasmodium are the parasitic agents of toxoplasmosis and malaria, respectively, and use perforin-like proteins (PLPs) to invade host organisms and complete their life cycles. The Toxoplasma gondii PLP1 (TgPLP1) is required for efficient exit from parasitophorous vacuoles in which proliferation occurs. We report structures of the membrane attack complex/perforin (MACPF) and Apicomplexan PLP C-terminal β-pleated sheet (APCβ) domains of TgPLP1. The MACPF domain forms hexameric assemblies, with ring and helix geometries, and the APCβ domain has a novel β-prism fold joined to the MACPF domain by a short linker. Molecular dynamics simulations suggest that the helical MACPF oligomer preserves a biologically important interface, whereas the APCβ domain binds preferentially through a hydrophobic loop to membrane phosphatidylethanolamine, enhanced by the additional presence of inositol phosphate lipids. This mode of membrane binding is supported by site-directed mutagenesis data from a liposome-based assay. Together, these structural and biophysical findings provide insights into the molecular mechanism of membrane targeting by TgPLP1.	Mar 2018
I24-Microfocus Macromolecular Crystallography	Structure and lipid binding properties of the kindlin-3 pleckstrin homology domain Tao Ni , Antreas Kalli , Fiona Naughton , Luke Yates , Omar Naneh , Mirijam Kozorog , Gregor Anderluh , Mark Sansom , Robert Gilbert Biochemical Journal DOI: 10.1042/BCJ20160791 Show Abstract ▼ Abstract: Kindlins co-activate integrins alongside talin. They possess, like talin, a FERM domain comprising F0-F3 subdomains, but with a pleckstrin homology (PH) domain inserted in the F2 subdomain that enables membrane association. We present the crystal structure of murine kindlin-3 PH domain determined at 2.23Å resolution and characterise its lipid binding using biophysical and computational approaches. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations suggest flexibility in the PH domain loops connecting β-strands forming the putative phosphatidylinositol phosphate (PtdInsP) binding site. Simulations with PtdInsP-containing bilayers reveal that the PH domain associates with PtdInsP molecules mainly via the positively charged surface presented by the β1-β2 loop and that it binds with somewhat higher affinity to PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 compared to PtdIns(4,5)P2. Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) with lipid headgroups immobilised and the PH domain as analyte indicate affinities of 300 μM for PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 and 1mM for PtdIns(4,5)P2. In contrast, SPR studies with immobilised PH domain and lipid nanodiscs as analyte show affinities of 0.40 µM for PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 and no affinity for PtdIns(4,5)P2 when the inositol phosphate constitutes 5% of the total lipids (~5 molecules per nanodisc). Reducing the PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 composition to 1% abolishes nanodisc binding to the PH domain, as does site-directed mutagenesis of two lysines within the β1-β2 loop. Binding of PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 by a canonical PH domain, Grp1, is not similarly influenced by SPR experimental design. These data suggest a role for PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 clustering in the binding of some PH domains and not others, highlighting the importance lipid mobility and clustering for the biophysical assessment of protein-membrane interactions.	Dec 2016
I02-Macromolecular Crystallography I03-Macromolecular Crystallography I04-1-Macromolecular Crystallography (fixed wavelength) I04-Macromolecular Crystallography I24-Microfocus Macromolecular Crystallography	Structural Basis for Plexin Activation and Regulation Youxin Kong , Bert J. C. Janssen , Tomas Malinauskas , Vamshidhar r. Vangoor , Charlotte Coles , Rainer Kaufmann , Tao Ni , Robert J. C. Gilbert , Sergi Padilla-parra , R. jeroen Pasterkamp , E. yvonne Jones Neuron 91, 548 - 560 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2016.06.018 Diamond Proposal Number(s): [8423, 10627] Open Access Show Abstract ▼ Abstract: Class A plexins (PlxnAs) act as semaphorin receptors and control diverse aspects of nervous system development and plasticity, ranging from axon guidance and neuron migration to synaptic organization. PlxnA signaling requires cytoplasmic domain dimerization, but extracellular regulation and activation mechanisms remain unclear. Here we present crystal structures of PlxnA (PlxnA1, PlxnA2, and PlxnA4) full ectodomains. Domains 1–9 form a ring-like conformation from which the C-terminal domain 10 points away. All our PlxnA ectodomain structures show autoinhibitory, intermolecular “head-to-stalk” (domain 1 to domain 4-5) interactions, which are confirmed by biophysical assays, live cell fluorescence microscopy, and cell-based and neuronal growth cone collapse assays. This work reveals a 2-fold role of the PlxnA ectodomains: imposing a pre-signaling autoinhibitory separation for the cytoplasmic domains via intermolecular head-to-stalk interactions and supporting dimerization-based PlxnA activation upon ligand binding. More generally, our data identify a novel molecular mechanism for preventing premature activation of axon guidance receptors.	Aug 2016
B21-High Throughput SAXS I02-Macromolecular Crystallography I03-Macromolecular Crystallography I04-1-Macromolecular Crystallography (fixed wavelength) I04-Macromolecular Crystallography I24-Microfocus Macromolecular Crystallography	Structure of astrotactin-2: a conserved vertebrate-specific and perforin-like membrane protein involved in neuronal development Tao Ni , Karl Harlos , Robert J C Gilbert Open Biology 6 DOI: 10.1098/rsob.160053 Open Access Show Abstract ▼ Abstract: The vertebrate-specific proteins astrotactin-1 and 2 (ASTN-1 and ASTN-2) are integral membrane perforin-like proteins known to play critical roles in neurodevelopment, while ASTN-2 has been linked to the planar cell polarity pathway in hair cells. Genetic variations associated with them are linked to a variety of neurodevelopmental disorders and other neurological pathologies, including an advanced onset of Alzheimer's disease. Here we present the structure of the majority endosomal region of ASTN-2, showing it to consist of a unique combination of polypeptide folds: a perforin-like domain, a minimal epidermal growth factor-like module, a unique form of fibronectin type III domain and an annexin-like domain. The perforin-like domain differs from that of other members of the membrane attack complex-perforin (MACPF) protein family in ways that suggest ASTN-2 does not form pores. Structural and biophysical data show that ASTN-2 (but not ASTN-1) binds inositol triphosphates, suggesting a mechanism for membrane recognition or secondary messenger regulation of its activity. The annexin-like domain is closest in fold to repeat three of human annexin V and similarly binds calcium, and yet shares no sequence homology with it. Overall, our structure provides the first atomic-resolution description of a MACPF protein involved in development, while highlighting distinctive features of ASTN-2 responsible for its activity.	May 2016

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