A hybrid structure determination approach to investigate the druggability of the nucleocapsid protein of SARS-CoV-2

G Padroni, M Bikaki, M Novakovic… - Nucleic Acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 has called for concerted efforts to generate new
insights into the biology of betacoronaviruses to inform drug screening and development …

Deletion of the s2m RNA structure in the avian coronavirus infectious bronchitis virus and human astrovirus results in sequence insertions

S Keep, G Dowgier, V Lulla, P Britton, M Oade… - Journal of …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Coronaviruses infect a wide variety of host species, resulting in a range of diseases in both
humans and animals. The coronavirus genome consists of a large positive-sense single …

Genetic diversity and evolutionary dynamics of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 in Morocco

S El Mazouri, A Essabbar, T Aanniz… - … and Global Health, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Among the numerous variants of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-
CoV-2) that have been reported worldwide, the emergence of the Omicron variant has …

The highly conserved stem-loop II motif is dispensable for SARS-CoV-2

H Jiang, A Joshi, T Gan, AB Janowski, C Fujii… - Journal of …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
The stem-loop II motif (s2m) is an RNA structural element that is found in the 3′
untranslated region (UTR) of many RNA viruses, including severe acute respiratory …

Effect of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta-associated G15U mutation on the s2m element dimerization and its interactions with miR-1307-3p

CL Cunningham, CJ Frye, JA Makowski, AH Kensinger… - RNA, 2023 - rnajournal.cshlp.org
The s2m, a highly conserved 41-nt hairpin structure in the SARS-CoV-2 genome, serves as
an attractive therapeutic target that may have important roles in the virus life cycle or …

Structural, dynamical, and entropic differences between SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 s2m elements using molecular dynamics simulations

AH Kensinger, JA Makowski… - ACS Physical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The functional role of the highly conserved stem-loop II motif (s2m) in SARS-CoV and SARS-
CoV-2 in the viral lifecycle remains enigmatic and an intense area of research. Structure and …

NMR characterization and ligand binding site of the stem–loop 2 motif from the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2

T Matzel, MW Martin, A Herr, A Wacker, C Richter… - RNA, 2024 - rnajournal.cshlp.org
The stem–loop 2 motif (s2m) in SARS-CoV-2 (SCoV-2) is located in the 3′-UTR. Although
s2m has been reported to display characteristics of a mobile genomic element that might …

Delta SARS-CoV-2 s2m structure, dynamics, and entropy: consequences of the G15U mutation

JA Makowski, AH Kensinger… - ACS Physical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Bioinformatic analysis of the Delta SARS-CoV-2 genome reveals a single nucleotide
mutation (G15U) in the stem-loop II motif (s2m) relative to ancestral SARS-CoV-2. Despite …

Buffer choice and pH strongly influence phase separation of SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid with RNA

NC Kathe, M Novakovic, FHT Allain - Molecular Biology of the …, 2024 - Am Soc Cell Biol
The SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid (N) protein is crucial for virus replication and genome
packaging. N protein forms biomolecular condensates both in vitro and in vivo in a process …

Interactions of the SARS-CoV-2 Viral Genome 3'-Untranslated Region with Viral and Host RNAs

CJ Frye - 2024 - search.proquest.com
This dissertation focuses on the characterization of RNA-RNA interactions within the severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) genome and with host microRNAs …