Dynamic RNA stem-loops Drive dimerization-assisted higher-order assemblies of SARS-CoV-2 Nsp9

Jill Trewhella.

SASDYR6 – SARS-CoV-2 non-structural protein 9 (Nsp9) with the synthetic RNA 4.5Stet

synthetic RNA 4.5Stet
SARS-CoV-2 non-structural protein 9 (Nsp9)
MWexperimental 26357 kDa
MWexpected 29 kDa
VPorod 40 nm3
log I(s) 3.70×10-2 3.70×10-3 3.70×10-4 3.70×10-5
synthetic RNA 4.5Stet SARS-CoV-2 non-structural protein 9 (Nsp9) small angle scattering data  s, nm-1
ln I(s)
synthetic RNA 4.5Stet SARS-CoV-2 non-structural protein 9 (Nsp9) Guinier plot ln 3.71×10-2 Rg: 2.1 nm 0 (2.1 nm)-2 s2
(sRg)2I(s)/I(0)
synthetic RNA 4.5Stet SARS-CoV-2 non-structural protein 9 (Nsp9) Kratky plot 1.104 0 √3 sRg
p(r)
synthetic RNA 4.5Stet SARS-CoV-2 non-structural protein 9 (Nsp9) pair distance distribution function Rg: 2.1 nm 0 Dmax: 8.5 nm

Data validation


Fits and models


log I(s)
 s, nm-1
synthetic RNA 4.5Stet SARS-CoV-2 non-structural protein 9 (Nsp9) DAMMIN model
synthetic RNA 4.5Stet SARS-CoV-2 non-structural protein 9 (Nsp9) DAMMIN model

SAXS data for non-structural protein 9 (Nsp9) from SARS-CoV-2 with the synthetic 14-nucleotide tetraloop RNA fragment from E. coli 4.5S (4.5Stet) at 1:1 molar ratio in 25 mM sodium phosphate pH 6.0, 150 mM NaCl, 1 mM DTT with 5% glycerol as a stabilizer. Data were collected at the BioSAXS beamline of the Australian Synchrotron. The X-ray wavelength was 1.002 Å; the detector was a Dectris Pilatus3X-2M with in-vacuum movable detector system, 172 µm2 pixel size, 25 Hz frame rate, count rate per detector pixel was 39.95 counts/s; the sample-to-detector distance was 3150 mm to yield a measured q-range 0.0051–0.4768 Å-1; exposures were 1 second for 16 exposures and absolute scaling used water as a secondary standard. Samples were spun at 21,000 x g for 5 min and degassed in a vacuum chamber for 5 min just prior to loading onto a 96-well plate for measurement. Concentration values are for the nominal Nsp9 component prior to that procedure according to absorbance at 280 nm. Shown here are the Nsp9:4.5Stet data with 6 mg/mL Nsp9, where the protein alone would be fully dimeric. The small oscillations in the low-q residual difference plots and tails on the DAMMIN envelops are consistent with a dimeric Nsp9 with a weakly bound 4.5Stet with a population of free 4.5Stet present. A full concentration series (nominal Nsp9 concentration 0.025–6 mg/mL) was performed and data for all concentrations are available in zipped folders with this deposition.

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synthetic RNA 4.5Stet (4.6Stet)
Mol. type   RNA
Olig. state   Unknown
Mon. MW   4.5 kDa
Sequence   FASTA
 
SARS-CoV-2 non-structural protein 9 (Nsp9) (Nsp9)
Mol. type   Protein
Organism   Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Olig. state   Dimer
Mon. MW   12.4 kDa
 
UniProt   P0DTD1 (4141-4253)
Sequence   FASTA