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Structural basis for the enhancement of virulence by viral spindles and their in vivo crystallization

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Structural basis for the enhancement of virulence by viral spindles and their in vivo crystallization

Auteurs : Elaine Chiu ; Marcel Hijnen ; Richard D. Bunker ; Marion Boudes ; Chitra Rajendran ; Kaheina Aizel ; Vincent Oliéric ; Clemens Schulze-Briese ; Wataru Mitsuhashi ; Vivienne Young ; Vernon K. Ward ; Max Bergoin ; Peter Metcalf ; Fasséli Coulibaly

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Abstract

Significance

X-ray crystallography is a powerful approach for understanding the structure and function of biological macromolecules but is largely limited to molecules that form high-quality crystals in the laboratory. Here we present the structure of protein crystals that form naturally in virally infected insects and boost the insecticidal activity of oral pathogens. By proposing a mode of action for these virulence factors based on enzymes degrading chitin by oxidation, our findings may guide their use as synergetic additives to common bioinsecticides. They also reveal that these proteins assemble into ultra-stable crystals stabilized by a 3D network of covalent bonds, a unique strategy for achieving efficient protein crystallization in the complex environment of the cell.


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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1418798112
PubMed: 25787255
PubMed Central: 4386404

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<sup>6</sup>
To whom correspondence may be addressed. Email:
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<p>Author contributions: V.K.W., P.M., and F.C. designed research; E.C., M.H., R.D.B., M. Boudes, C.R., K.A., V.O., W.M., V.Y., M. Bergoin, and F.C. performed research; W.M., V.K.W., and M. Bergoin contributed new reagents/analytic tools; E.C., M.H., R.D.B., M. Boudes, K.A., C.S.-B., and F.C. analyzed data; and V.K.W., P.M., and F.C. wrote the paper.</p>
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<sup>2</sup>
Present address: GE Healthcare, Richmond, VIC 3121, Australia.</p>
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<sup>3</sup>
Present address: Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, 4058 Basel, Switzerland.</p>
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<sup>4</sup>
Present address: Department of Structural Biology, Institut fur Biophysik und Physikalische Biochemie, University of Regensburg, 93053 Regensburg, Germany.</p>
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<sup>5</sup>
Present address: DECTRIS Ltd., Baden, Switzerland.</p>
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<sup>1</sup>
E.C. and M.H. contributed equally to this work.</p>
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<title>Significance</title>
<p>X-ray crystallography is a powerful approach for understanding the structure and function of biological macromolecules but is largely limited to molecules that form high-quality crystals in the laboratory. Here we present the structure of protein crystals that form naturally in virally infected insects and boost the insecticidal activity of oral pathogens. By proposing a mode of action for these virulence factors based on enzymes degrading chitin by oxidation, our findings may guide their use as synergetic additives to common bioinsecticides. They also reveal that these proteins assemble into ultra-stable crystals stabilized by a 3D network of covalent bonds, a unique strategy for achieving efficient protein crystallization in the complex environment of the cell.</p>
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<p>The great benefits that chemical pesticides have brought to agriculture are partly offset by widespread environmental damage to nontarget species and threats to human health. Microbial bioinsecticides are considered safe and highly specific alternatives but generally lack potency. Spindles produced by insect poxviruses are crystals of the fusolin protein that considerably boost not only the virulence of these viruses but also, in cofeeding experiments, the insecticidal activity of unrelated pathogens. However, the mechanisms by which spindles assemble into ultra-stable crystals and enhance virulence are unknown. Here we describe the structure of viral spindles determined by X-ray microcrystallography from in vivo crystals purified from infected insects. We found that a C-terminal molecular arm of fusolin mediates the assembly of a globular domain, which has the hallmarks of lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases of chitinovorous bacteria. Explaining their unique stability, a 3D network of disulfide bonds between fusolin dimers covalently crosslinks the entire crystalline matrix of spindles. However, upon ingestion by a new host, removal of the molecular arm abolishes this stabilizing network leading to the dissolution of spindles. The released monooxygenase domain is then free to disrupt the chitin-rich peritrophic matrix that protects insects against oral infections. The mode of action revealed here may guide the design of potent spindles as synergetic additives to bioinsecticides.</p>
</abstract>
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