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

Jill Trewhella.

SASDYS6 – SARS-CoV-2 non-structural protein 9 (Nsp9) with the modified synthetic RNA dSSO(PS-m)

SARS-CoV-2 non-structural protein 9 (Nsp9)
Modified synthetic RNA dSSO(PS-m)
MWexperimental 35 kDa
MWexpected 31 kDa
VPorod 52 nm3
log I(s) 1.13×10-1 1.13×10-2 1.13×10-3 1.13×10-4
SARS-CoV-2 non-structural protein 9 (Nsp9) Modified synthetic RNA dSSO(PS-m) small angle scattering data  s, nm-1
ln I(s)
SARS-CoV-2 non-structural protein 9 (Nsp9) Modified synthetic RNA dSSO(PS-m) Guinier plot ln 1.13×10-1 Rg: 2.9 nm 0 (2.9 nm)-2 s2
(sRg)2I(s)/I(0)
SARS-CoV-2 non-structural protein 9 (Nsp9) Modified synthetic RNA dSSO(PS-m) Kratky plot 1.104 0 √3 sRg
p(r)
SARS-CoV-2 non-structural protein 9 (Nsp9) Modified synthetic RNA dSSO(PS-m) pair distance distribution function Rg: 2.9 nm 0 Dmax: 12.5 nm

Data validation


Fits and models


log I(s)
 s, nm-1
SARS-CoV-2 non-structural protein 9 (Nsp9) Modified synthetic RNA dSSO(PS-m) DAMMIN model
SARS-CoV-2 non-structural protein 9 (Nsp9) Modified synthetic RNA dSSO(PS-m) DAMMIN model

SAXS data for non-structural protein 9 (Nsp9) from SARS-CoV-2 with a 20-nucleotide RNA stem-loop with full phosphorothioate (PS) and 2′-OMe modifications (dSSOPS-m) 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 countss; 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:dSSOPS-m data with 6 mg/mL Nsp9, where the Nsp9 protein alone would be fully dimeric. The structural parameters for the scattering particle, including the Porod volume, are consistent with much larger species in solution than an Nsp9 dimer with bound dSSOPS-m can account for. The oscillations in the low-q residual difference plots indicate even larger species are present than the DAMMIN modeling against P(r) with dmax = 120 Å captures. A full concentration series (nominal Nsp9 concentration 0.05–10 mg/mL) was performed and data for all concentrations are available in zipped folders with this deposition.

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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
 
Modified synthetic RNA dSSO(PS-m) (dSSO(PS-m))
Mol. type   RNA
Olig. state   Monomer
Mon. MW   6.3 kDa
Sequence   FASTA