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1. 1H, 13C, 15N and 31P chemical shift assignment for stem-loop 4 from the 5′-UTR of SARS-CoV-2

Author: Vögele, Jennifer, Ferner, Jan-Peter, Altincekic, Nadide, Bains, Jasleen Kaur, Ceylan, Betül, Fürtig, Boris, Grün, J. Tassilo, Hengesbach, Martin, Hohmann, Katharina F., Hymon, Daniel, Knezic, Bozana, Löhr, Frank, Peter, Stephen A., Pyper, Dennis, Qureshi, Nusrat S., Richter, Christian, Schlundt, Andreas, Schwalbe, Harald, Stirnal, Elke, Sudakov, Alexey, Wacker, Anna, Weigand, Julia E., Wirmer-Bartoschek, Julia, Wöhnert, Jens, and Duchardt-Ferner, Elke
Published: 2021
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2. 1H, 13C and 15N assignment of stem-loop SL1 from the 5'-UTR of SARS-CoV-2

Author: Richter, Christian, Hohmann, Katharina F., Toews, Sabrina, Mathieu, Daniel, Altincekic, Nadide, Bains, Jasleen Kaur, Binas, Oliver, Ceylan, Betül, Duchardt-Ferner, Elke, Ferner, Jan, Fürtig, Boris, Grün, J. Tassilo, Hengesbach, Martin, Hymon, Daniel, Jonker, Hendrik R. A., Knezic, Bozana, Korn, Sophie M., Landgraf, Tom, Löhr, Frank, Peter, Stephen A., Pyper, Dennis J., Qureshi, Nusrat S., Schlundt, Andreas, Schnieders, Robbin, Stirnal, Elke, Sudakov, Alexey, Vögele, Jennifer, Weigand, Julia E., Wirmer-Bartoschek, Julia, Witt, Kerstin, Wöhnert, Jens, Schwalbe, Harald, and Wacker, Anna
Published: 2021
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3. ¹H, ¹³C and ¹⁵N and ³¹P chemical shift assignment for stem-loop 4 from the 5′-UTR of SARS-CoV-2

Author: Vögele, Jennifer, Ferner, Jan-Peter, Altincekic, Nadide, Bains, Jasleen Kaur, Ceylan, Betül, Fürtig, Boris, Grün, J. Tassilo, Hengesbach, Martin, Hohmann, Katharina F., Hymon, Daniel, Knezic, Bozana, Löhr, Frank, Peter, Stephen A., Pyper, Dennis, Qureshi, Nusrat S., Richter, Christian, Schlundt, Andreas, Schwalbe, Harald, Stirnal, Elke, Sudakov, Alexey, Wacker, Anna, Weigand, Julia E., Wirmer-Bartoschek, Julia, Wöhnert, Jens, Duchardt-Ferner, Elke, Vögele, Jennifer, Ferner, Jan-Peter, Altincekic, Nadide, Bains, Jasleen Kaur, Ceylan, Betül, Fürtig, Boris, Grün, J. Tassilo, Hengesbach, Martin, Hohmann, Katharina F., Hymon, Daniel, Knezic, Bozana, Löhr, Frank, Peter, Stephen A., Pyper, Dennis, Qureshi, Nusrat S., Richter, Christian, Schlundt, Andreas, Schwalbe, Harald, Stirnal, Elke, Sudakov, Alexey, Wacker, Anna, Weigand, Julia E., Wirmer-Bartoschek, Julia, Wöhnert, Jens, and Duchardt-Ferner, Elke
Abstract: The SARS-CoV-2 virus is the cause of the respiratory disease COVID-19. As of today, therapeutic interventions in severe COVID-19 cases are still not available as no effective therapeutics have been developed so far. Despite the ongoing development of a number of effective vaccines, therapeutics to fight the disease once it has been contracted will still be required. Promising targets for the development of antiviral agents against SARS-CoV-2 can be found in the viral RNA genome. The 5′- and 3′-genomic ends of the 30 kb SCoV-2 genome are highly conserved among Betacoronaviruses and contain structured RNA elements involved in the translation and replication of the viral genome. The 40 nucleotides (nt) long highly conserved stem-loop 4 (5_SL4) is located within the 5′-untranslated region (5′-UTR) important for viral replication. 5_SL4 features an extended stem structure disrupted by several pyrimidine mismatches and is capped by a pentaloop. Here, we report extensive ¹H, ¹³C and ¹⁵N and ³¹P resonance assignments of 5_SL4 as the basis for in-depth structural and ligand screening studies by solution NMR spectroscopy.
Published: 2024

4. ¹H, ¹³C and ¹⁵N assignment of stem-loop SL1 from the 5'-UTR of SARS-CoV-2

Author: Richter, Christian, Hohmann, Katharina F., Toews, Sabrina, Mathieu, Daniel, Altincekic, Nadide, Bains, Jasleen Kaur, Binas, Oliver, Ceylan, Betül, Duchardt-Ferner, Elke, Ferner, Jan, Fürtig, Boris, Grün, J. Tassilo, Hengesbach, Martin, Hymon, Daniel, Jonker, Hendrik R. A., Knezic, Bozana, Korn, Sophie M., Landgraf, Tom, Löhr, Frank, Peter, Stephen A., Pyper, Dennis J., Qureshi, Nusrat S., Schlundt, Andreas, Schnieders, Robbin, Stirnal, Elke, Sudakov, Alexey, Vögele, Jennifer, Weigand, Julia E., Wirmer-Bartoschek, Julia, Witt, Kerstin, Wöhnert, Jens, Schwalbe, Harald, Wacker, Anna, Richter, Christian, Hohmann, Katharina F., Toews, Sabrina, Mathieu, Daniel, Altincekic, Nadide, Bains, Jasleen Kaur, Binas, Oliver, Ceylan, Betül, Duchardt-Ferner, Elke, Ferner, Jan, Fürtig, Boris, Grün, J. Tassilo, Hengesbach, Martin, Hymon, Daniel, Jonker, Hendrik R. A., Knezic, Bozana, Korn, Sophie M., Landgraf, Tom, Löhr, Frank, Peter, Stephen A., Pyper, Dennis J., Qureshi, Nusrat S., Schlundt, Andreas, Schnieders, Robbin, Stirnal, Elke, Sudakov, Alexey, Vögele, Jennifer, Weigand, Julia E., Wirmer-Bartoschek, Julia, Witt, Kerstin, Wöhnert, Jens, Schwalbe, Harald, and Wacker, Anna
Abstract: The stem-loop (SL1) is the 5'-terminal structural element within the single-stranded SARS-CoV-2 RNA genome. It is formed by nucleotides 7–33 and consists of two short helical segments interrupted by an asymmetric internal loop. This architecture is conserved among Betacoronaviruses. SL1 is present in genomic SARS-CoV-2 RNA as well as in all subgenomic mRNA species produced by the virus during replication, thus representing a ubiquitous cis-regulatory RNA with potential functions at all stages of the viral life cycle. We present here the ¹H, ¹³C and ¹⁵N chemical shift assignment of the 29 nucleotides-RNA construct 5_SL1, which denotes the native 27mer SL1 stabilized by an additional terminal G-C base-pair.
Published: 2024

5. Comprehensive Fragment Screening of the SARS‐CoV‐2 Proteome Explores Novel Chemical Space for Drug Development

Author: Berg, Hannes, Wirtz Martin, Maria A., Altincekic, Nadide, Alshamleh, Islam, Kaur Bains, Jasleen, Blechar, Julius, Ceylan, Betül, Jesus, Vanessa de, Dhamotharan, Karthikeyan, Fuks, Christin, Gande, Santosh L., Hargittay, Bruno, Hohmann, Katharina F., Hutchison, Marie T., Korn, Sophie Marianne, Krishnathas, Robin, Kutz, Felicitas, Linhard, Verena, Matzel, Tobias, Meiser, Nathalie, Niesteruk, Anna, Pyper, Dennis J., Schulte, Linda, Trucks, Sven, Azzaoui, Kamal, Blommers, Marcel J. J., Gadiya, Yojana, Karki, Reagon, Zaliani, Andrea, Gribbon, Philip, Silva Almeida, Marcius da, Dinis Anobom, Cristiane, Bula, Anna L., Bütikofer, Matthias, Putinhon Caruso, Ícaro, Caterina Felli, Isabella, Da Poian, Andrea T., Cardoso de Amorim, Gisele, Fourkiotis, Nikolaos K., Gallo, Angelo, Ghosh, Dhiman, Gomes‐Neto, Francisco, Gorbatyuk, Oksana, Hao, Bing, Kurauskas, Vilius, Lecoq, Lauriane, Li, Yunfeng, Cunha Mebus‐Antunes, Nathane, Mompeán, Miguel, Cristtina Neves‐Martins, Thais, Ninot‐Pedrosa, Martí, Pinheiro, Anderson S., Pontoriero, Letizia, Pustovalova, Yulia, Riek, Roland, Robertson, Angus J., Jose Abi Saad, Marie, Treviño, Miguel Á., Tsika, Aikaterini C., Almeida, Fabio C. L., Bax, Ad, Henzler‐Wildman, Katherine, Hoch, Jeffrey C., Jaudzems, Kristaps, Laurents, Douglas V., Orts, Julien, Pierattelli, Roberta, Spyroulias, Georgios A., Duchardt‐Ferner, Elke, Ferner, Jan, Fürtig, Boris, Hengesbach, Martin, Löhr, Frank, Qureshi, Nusrat, Richter, Christian, Saxena, Krishna, Schlundt, Andreas, Sreeramulu, Sridhar, Wacker, Anna, Weigand, Julia E., Wirmer‐Bartoschek, Julia, Wöhnert, Jens, Schwalbe, Harald, Berg, Hannes, Wirtz Martin, Maria A., Altincekic, Nadide, Alshamleh, Islam, Kaur Bains, Jasleen, Blechar, Julius, Ceylan, Betül, Jesus, Vanessa de, Dhamotharan, Karthikeyan, Fuks, Christin, Gande, Santosh L., Hargittay, Bruno, Hohmann, Katharina F., Hutchison, Marie T., Korn, Sophie Marianne, Krishnathas, Robin, Kutz, Felicitas, Linhard, Verena, Matzel, Tobias, Meiser, Nathalie, Niesteruk, Anna, Pyper, Dennis J., Schulte, Linda, Trucks, Sven, Azzaoui, Kamal, Blommers, Marcel J. J., Gadiya, Yojana, Karki, Reagon, Zaliani, Andrea, Gribbon, Philip, Silva Almeida, Marcius da, Dinis Anobom, Cristiane, Bula, Anna L., Bütikofer, Matthias, Putinhon Caruso, Ícaro, Caterina Felli, Isabella, Da Poian, Andrea T., Cardoso de Amorim, Gisele, Fourkiotis, Nikolaos K., Gallo, Angelo, Ghosh, Dhiman, Gomes‐Neto, Francisco, Gorbatyuk, Oksana, Hao, Bing, Kurauskas, Vilius, Lecoq, Lauriane, Li, Yunfeng, Cunha Mebus‐Antunes, Nathane, Mompeán, Miguel, Cristtina Neves‐Martins, Thais, Ninot‐Pedrosa, Martí, Pinheiro, Anderson S., Pontoriero, Letizia, Pustovalova, Yulia, Riek, Roland, Robertson, Angus J., Jose Abi Saad, Marie, Treviño, Miguel Á., Tsika, Aikaterini C., Almeida, Fabio C. L., Bax, Ad, Henzler‐Wildman, Katherine, Hoch, Jeffrey C., Jaudzems, Kristaps, Laurents, Douglas V., Orts, Julien, Pierattelli, Roberta, Spyroulias, Georgios A., Duchardt‐Ferner, Elke, Ferner, Jan, Fürtig, Boris, Hengesbach, Martin, Löhr, Frank, Qureshi, Nusrat, Richter, Christian, Saxena, Krishna, Schlundt, Andreas, Sreeramulu, Sridhar, Wacker, Anna, Weigand, Julia E., Wirmer‐Bartoschek, Julia, Wöhnert, Jens, and Schwalbe, Harald
Abstract: SARS‐CoV‐2 (SCoV2) and its variants of concern pose serious challenges to the public health. The variants increased challenges to vaccines, thus necessitating for development of new intervention strategies including anti‐virals. Within the international Covid19‐NMR consortium, we have identified binders targeting the RNA genome of SCoV2. We established protocols for the production and NMR characterization of more than 80 % of all SCoV2 proteins. Here, we performed an NMR screening using a fragment library for binding to 25 SCoV2 proteins and identified hits also against previously unexplored SCoV2 proteins. Computational mapping was used to predict binding sites and identify functional moieties (chemotypes) of the ligands occupying these pockets. Striking consensus was observed between NMR‐detected binding sites of the main protease and the computational procedure. Our investigation provides novel structural and chemical space for structure‐based drug design against the SCoV2 proteome.
Published: 2024

6. Characterization of the zinc finger μ-protein HVO_0758 from Haloferax volcanii: biological roles, zinc binding, and NMR solution structure

Author: Üresin, Deniz, primary, Pyper, Dennis J., additional, Borst, Andreas, additional, Hadjeras, Lydia, additional, Gelhausen, Rick, additional, Backofen, Rolf, additional, Sharma, Cynthia, additional, Schwalbe, Harald, additional, and Soppa, Jörg, additional
Published: 2023
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7. Comprehensive Fragment Screening of the SARS‐CoV‐2 Proteome Explores Novel Chemical Space for Drug Development

Author: Berg, Hannes, primary, Wirtz Martin, Maria A., additional, Altincekic, Nadide, additional, Alshamleh, Islam, additional, Kaur Bains, Jasleen, additional, Blechar, Julius, additional, Ceylan, Betül, additional, de Jesus, Vanessa, additional, Dhamotharan, Karthikeyan, additional, Fuks, Christin, additional, Gande, Santosh L., additional, Hargittay, Bruno, additional, Hohmann, Katharina F., additional, Hutchison, Marie T., additional, Marianne Korn, Sophie, additional, Krishnathas, Robin, additional, Kutz, Felicitas, additional, Linhard, Verena, additional, Matzel, Tobias, additional, Meiser, Nathalie, additional, Niesteruk, Anna, additional, Pyper, Dennis J., additional, Schulte, Linda, additional, Trucks, Sven, additional, Azzaoui, Kamal, additional, Blommers, Marcel J. J., additional, Gadiya, Yojana, additional, Karki, Reagon, additional, Zaliani, Andrea, additional, Gribbon, Philip, additional, da Silva Almeida, Marcius, additional, Dinis Anobom, Cristiane, additional, Bula, Anna L., additional, Bütikofer, Matthias, additional, Putinhon Caruso, Ícaro, additional, Caterina Felli, Isabella, additional, Da Poian, Andrea T., additional, Cardoso de Amorim, Gisele, additional, Fourkiotis, Nikolaos K., additional, Gallo, Angelo, additional, Ghosh, Dhiman, additional, Gomes‐Neto, Francisco, additional, Gorbatyuk, Oksana, additional, Hao, Bing, additional, Kurauskas, Vilius, additional, Lecoq, Lauriane, additional, Li, Yunfeng, additional, Cunha Mebus‐Antunes, Nathane, additional, Mompeán, Miguel, additional, Cristtina Neves‐Martins, Thais, additional, Ninot‐Pedrosa, Martí, additional, Pinheiro, Anderson S., additional, Pontoriero, Letizia, additional, Pustovalova, Yulia, additional, Riek, Roland, additional, Robertson, Angus J., additional, Jose Abi Saad, Marie, additional, Treviño, Miguel Á., additional, Tsika, Aikaterini C., additional, Almeida, Fabio C. L., additional, Bax, Ad, additional, Henzler‐Wildman, Katherine, additional, Hoch, Jeffrey C., additional, Jaudzems, Kristaps, additional, Laurents, Douglas V., additional, Orts, Julien, additional, Pierattelli, Roberta, additional, Spyroulias, Georgios A., additional, Duchardt‐Ferner, Elke, additional, Ferner, Jan, additional, Fürtig, Boris, additional, Hengesbach, Martin, additional, Löhr, Frank, additional, Qureshi, Nusrat, additional, Richter, Christian, additional, Saxena, Krishna, additional, Schlundt, Andreas, additional, Sreeramulu, Sridhar, additional, Wacker, Anna, additional, Weigand, Julia E., additional, Wirmer‐Bartoschek, Julia, additional, Wöhnert, Jens, additional, and Schwalbe, Harald, additional
Published: 2022
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8. Large-Scale Recombinant Production of the SARS-CoV-2 Proteome for High-Throughput and Structural Biology Applications

Author: Altincekic, Nadide, Korn, Sophie Marianne, Qureshi, Nusrat Shahin, Dujardin, Marie, Ninot-Pedrosa, Martí, Abele, Rupert, Abi Saad, Marie Jose, Alfano, Caterina, Almeida, Fabio C. L., Alshamleh, Islam, de Amorim, Gisele Cardoso, Anderson, Thomas K., Anobom, Cristiane D., Anorma, Chelsea, Bains, Jasleen Kaur, Bax, Adriaan, Blackledge, Martin, Blechar, Julius, Böckmann, Anja, Brigandat, Louis, Bula, Anna, Bütikofer, Matthias, Camacho-Zarco, Aldo R., Carlomagno, Teresa, Caruso, Icaro Putinhon, Ceylan, Betül, Chaikuad, Apirat, Chu, Feixia, Cole, Laura, Crosby, Marquise G., Jesus, Vanessa de, Dhamotharan, Karthikeyan, Felli, Isabella C., Ferner, Jan, Fleischmann, Yanick, Fogeron, Marie-Laure, Fourkiotis, Nikolaos K., Fuks, Christin, Fürtig, Boris, Gallo, Angelo, Gande, Santosh L., Gerez, Juan Atilio, Ghosh, Dhiman, Gomes-Neto, Francisco, Gorbatyuk, Oksana, Guseva, Serafima, Hacker, Carolin, Häfner, Sabine, Hao, Bing, Hargittay, Bruno, Henzler-Wildman, K., Hoch, Jeffrey C., Hohmann, Katharina F., Hutchison, Marie T., Jaudzems, Kristaps, Jović, Katarina, Kaderli, Janina, Kalniņš, Gints, Kaņepe, Iveta, Kirchdoerfer, Robert N., Kirkpatrick, John, Knapp, Stefan, Krishnathas, Robin, Kutz, Felicitas, Lage, Susanne zur, Lambertz, Roderick, Lang, Andras, Laurents, Douglas, Lecoq, Lauriane, Linhard, Verena, Löhr, Frank, Malki, Anas, Bessa, Luiza Mamigonian, Martin, Rachel W., Matzel, Tobias, Maurin, Damien, McNutt, Seth W., Mebus-Antunes, Nathane Cunha, Meier, Beat H., Meiser, Nathalie, Mompeán, Miguel, Monaca, Elisa, Montserret, Roland, Mariño Perez, Laura, Moser, Celine, Muhle-Goll, Claudia, Neves-Martins, Thais Cristtina, Ni, Xiamonin, Norton-Baker, Brenna, Pierattelli, Roberta, Pontoriero, Letizia, Pustovalova, Yulia, Ohlenschläger, Oliver, Orts, Julien, Da Poian, Andrea T., Pyper, Dennis J., Richter, Christian, Riek, Roland, Rienstra, Chad M., Robertson, Angus, Pinheiro, Anderson S., Sabbatella, Raffaele, Salvi, Nicola, Saxena, Krishna, Schulte, Linda, Schiavina, Marco, Schwalbe, Harald, Silber, Mara, da Silva Almeida, Marcius, Sprague-Piercy, Marc A., Spyroulias, Georgios A., Sreeramulu, Sridhar, Tants, Jan-Niklas, Tārs, Kaspars, Torres, Felix, Töws, Sabrina, Treviño, Miguel Á., Trucks, Sven, Tsika, Aikaterini C., Varga, Krisztina, Wang, Ying, Weber, Marco E., Weigand, Julia E., Wiedemann, Christoph, Wirmer-Bartoschek, Julia, Wirtz Martin, Maria Alexandra, Zehnder, Johannes, Hengesbach, Martin, Schlundt, Andreas, Altincekic, Nadide, Korn, Sophie Marianne, Qureshi, Nusrat Shahin, Dujardin, Marie, Ninot-Pedrosa, Martí, Abele, Rupert, Abi Saad, Marie Jose, Alfano, Caterina, Almeida, Fabio C. L., Alshamleh, Islam, de Amorim, Gisele Cardoso, Anderson, Thomas K., Anobom, Cristiane D., Anorma, Chelsea, Bains, Jasleen Kaur, Bax, Adriaan, Blackledge, Martin, Blechar, Julius, Böckmann, Anja, Brigandat, Louis, Bula, Anna, Bütikofer, Matthias, Camacho-Zarco, Aldo R., Carlomagno, Teresa, Caruso, Icaro Putinhon, Ceylan, Betül, Chaikuad, Apirat, Chu, Feixia, Cole, Laura, Crosby, Marquise G., Jesus, Vanessa de, Dhamotharan, Karthikeyan, Felli, Isabella C., Ferner, Jan, Fleischmann, Yanick, Fogeron, Marie-Laure, Fourkiotis, Nikolaos K., Fuks, Christin, Fürtig, Boris, Gallo, Angelo, Gande, Santosh L., Gerez, Juan Atilio, Ghosh, Dhiman, Gomes-Neto, Francisco, Gorbatyuk, Oksana, Guseva, Serafima, Hacker, Carolin, Häfner, Sabine, Hao, Bing, Hargittay, Bruno, Henzler-Wildman, K., Hoch, Jeffrey C., Hohmann, Katharina F., Hutchison, Marie T., Jaudzems, Kristaps, Jović, Katarina, Kaderli, Janina, Kalniņš, Gints, Kaņepe, Iveta, Kirchdoerfer, Robert N., Kirkpatrick, John, Knapp, Stefan, Krishnathas, Robin, Kutz, Felicitas, Lage, Susanne zur, Lambertz, Roderick, Lang, Andras, Laurents, Douglas, Lecoq, Lauriane, Linhard, Verena, Löhr, Frank, Malki, Anas, Bessa, Luiza Mamigonian, Martin, Rachel W., Matzel, Tobias, Maurin, Damien, McNutt, Seth W., Mebus-Antunes, Nathane Cunha, Meier, Beat H., Meiser, Nathalie, Mompeán, Miguel, Monaca, Elisa, Montserret, Roland, Mariño Perez, Laura, Moser, Celine, Muhle-Goll, Claudia, Neves-Martins, Thais Cristtina, Ni, Xiamonin, Norton-Baker, Brenna, Pierattelli, Roberta, Pontoriero, Letizia, Pustovalova, Yulia, Ohlenschläger, Oliver, Orts, Julien, Da Poian, Andrea T., Pyper, Dennis J., Richter, Christian, Riek, Roland, Rienstra, Chad M., Robertson, Angus, Pinheiro, Anderson S., Sabbatella, Raffaele, Salvi, Nicola, Saxena, Krishna, Schulte, Linda, Schiavina, Marco, Schwalbe, Harald, Silber, Mara, da Silva Almeida, Marcius, Sprague-Piercy, Marc A., Spyroulias, Georgios A., Sreeramulu, Sridhar, Tants, Jan-Niklas, Tārs, Kaspars, Torres, Felix, Töws, Sabrina, Treviño, Miguel Á., Trucks, Sven, Tsika, Aikaterini C., Varga, Krisztina, Wang, Ying, Weber, Marco E., Weigand, Julia E., Wiedemann, Christoph, Wirmer-Bartoschek, Julia, Wirtz Martin, Maria Alexandra, Zehnder, Johannes, Hengesbach, Martin, and Schlundt, Andreas
Abstract: The highly infectious disease COVID-19 caused by the Betacoronavirus SARS-CoV-2 poses a severe threat to humanity and demands the redirection of scientific efforts and criteria to organized research projects. The international COVID19-NMR consortium seeks to provide such new approaches by gathering scientific expertise worldwide. In particular, making available viral proteins and RNAs will pave the way to understanding the SARS-CoV-2 molecular components in detail. The research in COVID19-NMR and the resources provided through the consortium are fully disclosed to accelerate access and exploitation. NMR investigations of the viral molecular components are designated to provide the essential basis for further work, including macromolecular interaction studies and high-throughput drug screening. Here, we present the extensive catalog of a holistic SARS-CoV-2 protein preparation approach based on the consortium’s collective efforts. We provide protocols for the large-scale production of more than 80% of all SARS-CoV-2 proteins or essential parts of them. Several of the proteins were produced in more than one laboratory, demonstrating the high interoperability between NMR groups worldwide. For the majority of proteins, we can produce isotope-labeled samples of HSQC-grade. Together with several NMR chemical shift assignments made publicly available on covid19-nmr.com, we here provide highly valuable resources for the production of SARS-CoV-2 proteins in isotope-labeled form.
Published: 2022

9. Comprehensive Fragment Screening of the SARS-CoV-2 Proteome Explores Novel Chemical Space for Drug Development

Author: State of Hesse, German Research Foundation, European Commission, Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca, Agence Nationale de la Recherche (France), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France), National Institutes of Health (US), National Science Foundation (US), Latvian Council of Science, Berg, Hannes [0000-0002-2060-4296], Wirtz Martin, Maria A. [0000-0002-0318-7785], Altincekic, Nadide [0000-0001-6370-3414], Alshamleh, Islam [0000-0001-6714-3602], Dhamotharan, Karthikeyan [0000-0003-0226-7350], Marianne Korn, Sophie [0000-0003-3798-3277], Schulte, Linda [0000-0002-9334-8908], da Silva Almeida, Marcius [0000-0003-4921-8185], Caterina Felli, Isabella [0000-0002-6018-9090], Fourkiotis, Nikolaos K. [0000-0002-5197-4142], Gallo, Angelo [0000-0001-9778-4822], Ninot-Pedrosa, Martí [0000-0003-2851-9990], Pontoriero, Letizia [0000-0002-5586-1305], Treviño, Miguel A. [0000-0002-0738-5973], Tsika, Aikaterini C. [000-0002-3723-0606], Almeida, Fabio C.L. [0000-0001-6046-7006], Bax, Ad [0000-0002-9809-5700], Henzler-Wildman, Katherine [0000-0002-5295-2121], Hoch, Jeffrey C. [0000-0002-9230-2019], Jaudzems, Kristaps [0000-0003-3922-2447], Laurents, D.V. [0000-0002-4187-165X], Ferner, Jan [0000-0002-2009-3203], Hengesbach, Martin [0000-0001-9414-1602], Löhr, Frank [0000-0001-6399-9497], Qureshi, Nusrat [0000-0002-5753-5984], Richter, Christian [0000-0002-5420-2826], Schlundt, Andreas [0000-0003-2254-7560], Weigand, Julia E. [0000-0003-4247-1348], Wirmer-Bartoschek, Julia [0000-0002-0642-1311], Schwalbe, Harald [0000-0001-5693-7909], Berg, Hannes, Wirtz Martin, Maria A., Altincekic, Nadide, Alshamleh, Islam, Kaur Bains, Jasleen, Blechar, Julius, Ceylan, Betül, Jesus, Vanessa de, Dhamotharan, Karthikeyan, Fuks, Christin, Gande, Santosh L., Hargittay, Bruno, Hohmann, Katharina F., Hutchison, Marie T., Marianne Korn, Sophie, Krishnathas, Robin, Kutz, Felicitas, Linhard, Verena, Matzel, Tobias, Meiser, Nathalie, Niesteruk, Anna, Pyper, Dennis J., Schulte, Linda, Trucks, Sven, Azzaoui, Kamal, Blommers, Marcel J.J., Gadiya, Yojana, Karki, Reagon, Zaliani, Andrea, Gribbon, Philip, da Silva Almeida, Marcius, Dinis Anobom, Cristiane, Bula, Anna L., Bütikofer, Matthias, Putinhon Caruso, Ícaro, Caterina Felli, Isabella, Da Poian, Andrea T., Cardoso de Amorim, Gisele, Fourkiotis, Nikolaos K., Gallo, Angelo, Ghosh, Dhiman, Gomes-Neto, Francisco, Gorbatyuk, Oksana, Hao, Bing, Kurauskas, Vilius, Lecoq, Lauriane, Li, Yunfeng, Cunha Mebus-Antunes, Nathane, Mompeán, Miguel, Cristtina Neves-Martins, Thais, Ninot-Pedrosa, Martí, Pinheiro, Anderson S.., Pontoriero, Letizia, Pustovalova, Yulia, Riek, Roland, Robertson, Angus J., Jose Abi Saad, Marie, Treviño, Miguel A., Tsika, Aikaterini C., Almeida, Fabio C.L., Bax, Ad, Henzler-Wildman, Katherine, Hoch, Jeffrey C., Jaudzems, Kristaps, Laurents, Douglas V., Orts, Julien, Pierattelli, Roberta, Spyroulias, Georgios A., Duchardt-Ferner, Elke, Ferner, Jan, Fürtig, Boris, Hengesbach, Martin, Löhr, Frank, Qureshi, Nusrat, Richter, Christian, Saxena, Krishna, Schlundt, Andreas, Sreeramulu, Sridhar, Wacker, Anna, Weigand, Julia E., Wirmer-Bartoschek, Julia, Wöhnert, Jens, Schwalbe, Harald, State of Hesse, German Research Foundation, European Commission, Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca, Agence Nationale de la Recherche (France), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France), National Institutes of Health (US), National Science Foundation (US), Latvian Council of Science, Berg, Hannes [0000-0002-2060-4296], Wirtz Martin, Maria A. [0000-0002-0318-7785], Altincekic, Nadide [0000-0001-6370-3414], Alshamleh, Islam [0000-0001-6714-3602], Dhamotharan, Karthikeyan [0000-0003-0226-7350], Marianne Korn, Sophie [0000-0003-3798-3277], Schulte, Linda [0000-0002-9334-8908], da Silva Almeida, Marcius [0000-0003-4921-8185], Caterina Felli, Isabella [0000-0002-6018-9090], Fourkiotis, Nikolaos K. [0000-0002-5197-4142], Gallo, Angelo [0000-0001-9778-4822], Ninot-Pedrosa, Martí [0000-0003-2851-9990], Pontoriero, Letizia [0000-0002-5586-1305], Treviño, Miguel A. [0000-0002-0738-5973], Tsika, Aikaterini C. [000-0002-3723-0606], Almeida, Fabio C.L. [0000-0001-6046-7006], Bax, Ad [0000-0002-9809-5700], Henzler-Wildman, Katherine [0000-0002-5295-2121], Hoch, Jeffrey C. [0000-0002-9230-2019], Jaudzems, Kristaps [0000-0003-3922-2447], Laurents, D.V. [0000-0002-4187-165X], Ferner, Jan [0000-0002-2009-3203], Hengesbach, Martin [0000-0001-9414-1602], Löhr, Frank [0000-0001-6399-9497], Qureshi, Nusrat [0000-0002-5753-5984], Richter, Christian [0000-0002-5420-2826], Schlundt, Andreas [0000-0003-2254-7560], Weigand, Julia E. [0000-0003-4247-1348], Wirmer-Bartoschek, Julia [0000-0002-0642-1311], Schwalbe, Harald [0000-0001-5693-7909], Berg, Hannes, Wirtz Martin, Maria A., Altincekic, Nadide, Alshamleh, Islam, Kaur Bains, Jasleen, Blechar, Julius, Ceylan, Betül, Jesus, Vanessa de, Dhamotharan, Karthikeyan, Fuks, Christin, Gande, Santosh L., Hargittay, Bruno, Hohmann, Katharina F., Hutchison, Marie T., Marianne Korn, Sophie, Krishnathas, Robin, Kutz, Felicitas, Linhard, Verena, Matzel, Tobias, Meiser, Nathalie, Niesteruk, Anna, Pyper, Dennis J., Schulte, Linda, Trucks, Sven, Azzaoui, Kamal, Blommers, Marcel J.J., Gadiya, Yojana, Karki, Reagon, Zaliani, Andrea, Gribbon, Philip, da Silva Almeida, Marcius, Dinis Anobom, Cristiane, Bula, Anna L., Bütikofer, Matthias, Putinhon Caruso, Ícaro, Caterina Felli, Isabella, Da Poian, Andrea T., Cardoso de Amorim, Gisele, Fourkiotis, Nikolaos K., Gallo, Angelo, Ghosh, Dhiman, Gomes-Neto, Francisco, Gorbatyuk, Oksana, Hao, Bing, Kurauskas, Vilius, Lecoq, Lauriane, Li, Yunfeng, Cunha Mebus-Antunes, Nathane, Mompeán, Miguel, Cristtina Neves-Martins, Thais, Ninot-Pedrosa, Martí, Pinheiro, Anderson S.., Pontoriero, Letizia, Pustovalova, Yulia, Riek, Roland, Robertson, Angus J., Jose Abi Saad, Marie, Treviño, Miguel A., Tsika, Aikaterini C., Almeida, Fabio C.L., Bax, Ad, Henzler-Wildman, Katherine, Hoch, Jeffrey C., Jaudzems, Kristaps, Laurents, Douglas V., Orts, Julien, Pierattelli, Roberta, Spyroulias, Georgios A., Duchardt-Ferner, Elke, Ferner, Jan, Fürtig, Boris, Hengesbach, Martin, Löhr, Frank, Qureshi, Nusrat, Richter, Christian, Saxena, Krishna, Schlundt, Andreas, Sreeramulu, Sridhar, Wacker, Anna, Weigand, Julia E., Wirmer-Bartoschek, Julia, Wöhnert, Jens, and Schwalbe, Harald
Abstract: SARS-CoV-2 (SCoV2) and its variants of concern pose serious challenges to the public health. The variants increased challenges to vaccines, thus necessitating for development of new intervention strategies including anti-virals. Within the international Covid19-NMR consortium, we have identified binders targeting the RNA genome of SCoV2. We established protocols for the production and NMR characterization of more than 80 % of all SCoV2 proteins. Here, we performed an NMR screening using a fragment library for binding to 25 SCoV2 proteins and identified hits also against previously unexplored SCoV2 proteins. Computational mapping was used to predict binding sites and identify functional moieties (chemotypes) of the ligands occupying these pockets. Striking consensus was observed between NMR-detected binding sites of the main protease and the computational procedure. Our investigation provides novel structural and chemical space for structure-based drug design against the SCoV2 proteome.
Published: 2022

10. Exploring the druggability of conserved RNA regulatory elements in the SARS-CoV-2 genome

Author: Sreeramulu, Sridhar, Richter, Christian, Berg, Hannes, Wirtz Martin, Maria A., Ceylan, Betül, Matzel, Tobias, Adam, Jennifer, Altincekic, Nadide, Azzaoui, Kamal, Bains, Jasleen Kaur, Blommers, Marcel Jules José, Ferner, Jan, Fürtig, Boris, Göbel, Michael, Grün, J. Tassilo, Hengesbach, Martin, Hohmann, Katharina F., Hymon, Daniel, Knezic, Bozana, Martins, Jason N., Mertinkus, Klara R., Niesteruk, Anna, Peter, Stephen A., Pyper, Dennis J., Qureshi, Nusrat, Scheffer, Ute, Schlundt, Andreas, Schnieders, Robbin, Stirnal, Elke, Sudakov, Alexey, Tröster, Alix Friederike, Vögele, Jennifer, Wacker, Anna, Weigand, Julia, Wirmer-Bartoschek, Julia, Wöhnert, Jens, and Schwalbe, Harald
Subjects: ddc:570, ddc:540, ddc:610
Abstract: SARS-CoV-2 contains a positive single-stranded RNA genome of approximately 30 000 nucleotides. Within this genome, 15 RNA elements were identified as conserved between SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2. By nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, we previously determined that these elements fold independently, in line with data from in vivo and ex-vivo structural probing experiments. These elements contain non-base-paired regions that potentially harbor ligand-binding pockets. Here, we performed an NMR-based screening of a poised fragment library of 768 compounds for binding to these RNAs, employing three different 1H-based 1D NMR binding assays. The screening identified common as well as RNA-element specific hits. The results allow selection of the most promising of the 15 RNA elements as putative drug targets. Based on the identified hits, we derive key functional units and groups in ligands for effective targeting of the RNA of SARS-CoV-2.
Published: 2021

11. Large-Scale Recombinant Production of the SARS-CoV-2 Proteome for High-Throughput and Structural Biology Applications

Author: Altincekic, Nadide, Korn, Sophie Marianne, Qureshi, Nusrat Shahin, Dujardin, Marie, Ninot-Pedrosa, Martí, Abele, Rupert, Abi Saad, Marie Jose, Alfano, Caterina, Almeida, Fabio, Alshamleh, Islam, de Amorim, Gisele Cardoso, Anderson, Thomas, Anobom, Cristiane, Anorma, Chelsea, Bains, Jasleen Kaur, Bax, Adriaan, Blackledge, Martin, Blechar, Julius, Böckmann, Anja, Brigandat, Louis, Bula, Anna, Bütikofer, Matthias, Camacho-Zarco, Aldo, Carlomagno, Teresa, Caruso, Icaro Putinhon, Ceylan, Betül, Chaikuad, Apirat, Chu, Feixia, Cole, Laura, Crosby, Marquise, de Jesus, Vanessa, Dhamotharan, Karthikeyan, Felli, Isabella, Ferner, Jan, Fleischmann, Yanick, Fogeron, Marie-Laure, Fourkiotis, Nikolaos, Fuks, Christin, Fürtig, Boris, Gallo, Angelo, Gande, Santosh, Gerez, Juan Atilio, Ghosh, Dhiman, GOMES-NETO, Francisco, Gorbatyuk, Oksana, Guseva, Serafima, Hacker, Carolin, Häfner, Sabine, Hao, Bing, Hargittay, Bruno, Henzler-Wildman, K., Hoch, Jeffrey, Hohmann, Katharina, Hutchison, Marie, Jaudzems, Kristaps, Jović, Katarina, Kaderli, Janina, Kalniņš, Gints, Kaņepe, Iveta, Kirchdoerfer, Robert, Kirkpatrick, John, Knapp, Stefan, Krishnathas, Robin, Kutz, Felicitas, zur Lage, Susanne, Lambertz, Roderick, Lang, Andras, Laurents, Douglas, Lecoq, Lauriane, Linhard, Verena, Löhr, Frank, Malki, Anas, Bessa, Luiza Mamigonian, Martin, Rachel, Matzel, Tobias, Maurin, Damien, McNutt, Seth, Mebus-Antunes, Nathane Cunha, Meier, Beat, Meiser, Nathalie, Mompeán, Miguel, Monaca, Elisa, Montserret, Roland, Mariño Perez, Laura, Moser, Celine, Muhle-Goll, Claudia, Neves-Martins, Thais Cristtina, Ni, Xiamonin, Norton-Baker, Brenna, Pierattelli, Roberta, Pontoriero, Letizia, Pustovalova, Yulia, Ohlenschläger, Oliver, Orts, Julien, Da Poian, Andrea, Pyper, Dennis, Richter, Christian, Riek, Roland, Rienstra, Chad, Robertson, Angus, Pinheiro, Anderson, Sabbatella, Raffaele, Salvi, Nicola, Saxena, Krishna, Schulte, Linda, Schiavina, Marco, Schwalbe, Harald, Silber, Mara, Almeida, Marcius da Silva, Sprague-Piercy, Marc, Spyroulias, Georgios, Sreeramulu, Sridhar, Tants, Jan-Niklas, Tārs, Kaspars, Torres, Felix, Töws, Sabrina, Treviño, Miguel, Trucks, Sven, Tsika, Aikaterini, Varga, Krisztina, Wang, Ying, Weber, Marco, Weigand, Julia, Wiedemann, Christoph, Wirmer-Bartoschek, Julia, Wirtz Martin, Maria Alexandra, Zehnder, Johannes, Hengesbach, Martin, Schlundt, Andreas, Treviño, Miguel Á., Institute of Biophysical Chemistry, Center for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance (BMRZ), Microbiologie moléculaire et biochimie structurale / Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry (MMSB), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de biologie structurale (IBS - UMR 5075), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire de Grenoble (IRIG), Direction de Recherche Fondamentale (CEA) (DRF (CEA)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Direction de Recherche Fondamentale (CEA) (DRF (CEA)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), ANR-17-EURE-0003,CBH-EUR-GS,CBH-EUR-GS(2017), Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, German Research Foundation, Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze, European Commission, University of New Hampshire, The Free State of Thuringia, National Institutes of Health (US), National Science Foundation (US), Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Latvian Council of Science, Ministry of Development and Investments (Greece), Helmholtz Association, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France), Agence Nationale de la Recherche (France), Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale, Swiss National Science Foundation, Fonds National Suisse de la Recherche Scientifique, ETH Zurich, European Research Council, Université Grenoble Alpes, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Fundación 'la Caixa', Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds, Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca, Polytechnic Foundation of Frankfurt am Main, Goethe University Frankfurt, CNRS/Lyon University, Fondazione Ri.MED, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Caxias Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of California, NIDDK, IBS, Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis, Leibniz University Hannover, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Buchmann Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, University of Florence, University of Patras, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), UConn Health, Signals GmbH Co. KG, Leibniz Institute on Aging—Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI), Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Technical University of Darmstadt, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Altincekic N., Korn S.M., Qureshi N.S., Dujardin M., Ninot-Pedrosa M., Abele R., Abi Saad M.J., Alfano C., Almeida F.C.L., Alshamleh I., de Amorim G.C., Anderson T.K., Anobom C.D., Anorma C., Bains J.K., Bax A., Blackledge M., Blechar J., Bockmann A., Brigandat L., Bula A., Butikofer M., Camacho-Zarco A.R., Carlomagno T., Caruso I.P., Ceylan B., Chaikuad A., Chu F., Cole L., Crosby M.G., de Jesus V., Dhamotharan K., Felli I.C., Ferner J., Fleischmann Y., Fogeron M.-L., Fourkiotis N.K., Fuks C., Furtig B., Gallo A., Gande S.L., Gerez J.A., Ghosh D., Gomes-Neto F., Gorbatyuk O., Guseva S., Hacker C., Hafner S., Hao B., Hargittay B., Henzler-Wildman K., Hoch J.C., Hohmann K.F., Hutchison M.T., Jaudzems K., Jovic K., Kaderli J., Kalnins G., Kanepe I., Kirchdoerfer R.N., Kirkpatrick J., Knapp S., Krishnathas R., Kutz F., zur Lage S., Lambertz R., Lang A., Laurents D., Lecoq L., Linhard V., Lohr F., Malki A., Bessa L.M., Martin R.W., Matzel T., Maurin D., McNutt S.W., Mebus-Antunes N.C., Meier B.H., Meiser N., Mompean M., Monaca E., Montserret R., Marino Perez L., Moser C., Muhle-Goll C., Neves-Martins T.C., Ni X., Norton-Baker B., Pierattelli R., Pontoriero L., Pustovalova Y., Ohlenschlager O., Orts J., Da Poian A.T., Pyper D.J., Richter C., Riek R., Rienstra C.M., Robertson A., Pinheiro A.S., Sabbatella R., Salvi N., Saxena K., Schulte L., Schiavina M., Schwalbe H., Silber M., Almeida M.D.S., Sprague-Piercy M.A., Spyroulias G.A., Sreeramulu S., Tants J.-N., Tars K., Torres F., Tows S., Trevino M.A., Trucks S., Tsika A.C., Varga K., Wang Y., Weber M.E., Weigand J.E., Wiedemann C., Wirmer-Bartoschek J., Wirtz Martin M.A., Zehnder J., Hengesbach M., Schlundt A., HZI,Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung GmbH, Inhoffenstr. 7,38124 Braunschweig, Germany., and Obra Social la Caixa
Subjects: Life sciences, biology, SARS-COV-2, COVID-19, protein production, structural biology, NMR, [SDV.BIO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous), Biochemistry, Accessory proteins, NMR spectroscopy, ddc:570, [SDV.BBM.GTP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biochemistry, Molecular Biology/Genomics [q-bio.GN], Molecular Biosciences, ddc:610, Nonstructural proteins, Molecular Biology, Original Research, [SDV.BBM.BS]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biochemistry, Molecular Biology/Structural Biology [q-bio.BM], SARS-CoV-2, Intrinsically disordered region, nonstructural proteins, structural proteins, Cell-free protein synthesis, intrinsically disordered region, cell-free protein synthesis, accessory proteins, [SDV.MP.VIR]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Virology, Structural proteins
Abstract: The highly infectious disease COVID-19 caused by the Betacoronavirus SARS-CoV-2 poses a severe threat to humanity and demands the redirection of scientific efforts and criteria to organized research projects. The international COVID19-NMR consortium seeks to provide such new approaches by gathering scientific expertise worldwide. In particular, making available viral proteins and RNAs will pave the way to understanding the SARS-CoV-2 molecular components in detail. The research in COVID19-NMR and the resources provided through the consortium are fully disclosed to accelerate access and exploitation. NMR investigations of the viral molecular components are designated to provide the essential basis for further work, including macromolecular interaction studies and high-throughput drug screening. Here, we present the extensive catalog of a holistic SARS-CoV-2 protein preparation approach based on the consortium’s collective efforts. We provide protocols for the large-scale production of more than 80% of all SARS-CoV-2 proteins or essential parts of them. Several of the proteins were produced in more than one laboratory, demonstrating the high interoperability between NMR groups worldwide. For the majority of proteins, we can produce isotope-labeled samples of HSQC-grade. Together with several NMR chemical shift assignments made publicly available on covid19-nmr.com, we here provide highly valuable resources for the production of SARS-CoV-2 proteins in isotope-labeled form., This work was supported by Goethe University (Corona funds), the DFG-funded CRC: “Molecular Principles of RNA-Based Regulation,” DFG infrastructure funds (project numbers: 277478796, 277479031, 392682309, 452632086, 70653611), the state of Hesse (BMRZ), the Fondazione CR Firenze (CERM), and the IWB-EFRE-program 20007375. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under Grant Agreement No. 871037. AS is supported by DFG Grant SCHL 2062/2-1 and by the JQYA at Goethe through project number 2019/AS01. Work in the lab of KV was supported by a CoRE grant from the University of New Hampshire. The FLI is a member of the Leibniz Association (WGL) and financially supported by the Federal Government of Germany and the State of Thuringia. Work in the lab of RM was supported by NIH (2R01EY021514) and NSF (DMR-2002837). BN-B was supported by theNSF GRFP.MCwas supported byNIH (R25 GM055246 MBRS IMSD), and MS-P was supported by the HHMI Gilliam Fellowship. Work in the labs of KJ and KT was supported by Latvian Council of Science Grant No. VPP-COVID 2020/1-0014. Work in the UPAT’s lab was supported by the INSPIRED (MIS 5002550) project, which is implemented under the Action “Reinforcement of the Research and Innovation Infrastructure,” funded by the Operational Program “Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship and Innovation” (NSRF 2014–2020) and cofinanced by Greece and the EU (European Regional Development Fund) and the FP7 REGPOT CT-2011- 285950–“SEE-DRUG” project (purchase of UPAT’s 700MHz NMR equipment). Work in the CM-G lab was supported by the Helmholtz society. Work in the lab of ABö was supported by the CNRS, the French National Research Agency (ANR, NMRSCoV2- ORF8), the Fondation de la Recherche Médicale (FRM, NMR-SCoV2-ORF8), and the IR-RMN-THC Fr3050 CNRS. Work in the lab of BM was supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation (Grant number 200020_188711), the Günthard Stiftung für Physikalische Chemie, and the ETH Zurich. Work in the labs of ABö and BM was supported by a common grant from SNF (grant 31CA30_196256). This work was supported by the ETHZurich, the grant ETH40 18 1, and the grant Krebsliga KFS 4903 08 2019. Work in the lab of the IBS Grenoble was supported by the Agence Nationale de Recherche (France) RA-COVID SARS2NUCLEOPROTEIN and European Research Council Advanced Grant DynamicAssemblies. Work in the CA lab was supported by Patto per il Sud della Regione Siciliana–CheMISt grant (CUP G77B17000110001). Part of this work used the platforms of the Grenoble Instruct-ERIC center (ISBG; UMS 3518 CNRS-CEA-UGA-EMBL) within the Grenoble Partnership for Structural Biology (PSB), supported by FRISBI (ANR-10-INBS-05-02) and GRAL, financed within the University Grenoble Alpes graduate school (Ecoles Universitaires de Recherche) CBH-EUR-GS (ANR-17-EURE- 0003). Work at the UW-Madison was supported by grant numbers NSF MCB2031269 and NIH/NIAID AI123498. MM is a Ramón y Cajal Fellow of the Spanish AEI-Ministry of Science and Innovation (RYC2019-026574-I), and a “La Caixa” Foundation (ID 100010434) Junior Leader Fellow (LCR/BQ/PR19/11700003). Funded by project COV20/00764 fromthe Carlos III Institute of Health and the SpanishMinistry of Science and Innovation to MMand DVL. VDJ was supported by the Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds. Part of this work used the resources of the Italian Center of Instruct-ERIC at the CERM/ CIRMMP infrastructure, supported by the Italian Ministry for University and Research (FOE funding). CF was supported by the Stiftung Polytechnische Gesellschaft. Work in the lab of JH was supported by NSF (RAPID 2030601) and NIH (R01GM123249).
Published: 2021
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12. Exploring the Druggability of Conserved RNA Regulatory Elements in the SARS‐CoV‐2 Genome

Author: Sreeramulu, Sridhar, primary, Richter, Christian, additional, Berg, Hannes, additional, Wirtz Martin, Maria A., additional, Ceylan, Betül, additional, Matzel, Tobias, additional, Adam, Jennifer, additional, Altincekic, Nadide, additional, Azzaoui, Kamal, additional, Bains, Jasleen Kaur, additional, Blommers, Marcel J. J., additional, Ferner, Jan, additional, Fürtig, Boris, additional, Göbel, Michael, additional, Grün, J. Tassilo, additional, Hengesbach, Martin, additional, Hohmann, Katharina F., additional, Hymon, Daniel, additional, Knezic, Bozana, additional, Martins, Jason N., additional, Mertinkus, Klara R., additional, Niesteruk, Anna, additional, Peter, Stephen A., additional, Pyper, Dennis J., additional, Qureshi, Nusrat S., additional, Scheffer, Ute, additional, Schlundt, Andreas, additional, Schnieders, Robbin, additional, Stirnal, Elke, additional, Sudakov, Alexey, additional, Tröster, Alix, additional, Vögele, Jennifer, additional, Wacker, Anna, additional, Weigand, Julia E., additional, Wirmer‐Bartoschek, Julia, additional, Wöhnert, Jens, additional, and Schwalbe, Harald, additional
Published: 2021
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13. Biological functions, genetic and biochemical characterization, and NMR structure determination of the small zinc finger protein HVO_2753 from Haloferax volcanii

Author: Zahn, Sebastian, Kubatova, Nina, Pyper, Dennis J., Cassidy, Liam, Saxena, Krishna, Tholey, Andreas, Schwalbe, Harald, and Soppa, Jörg
Subjects: ddc:570, ddc:540
Abstract: The genome of the halophilic archaeon Haloferax volcanii encodes more than 40 one-domain zinc finger µ-proteins. Only one of these, HVO_2753, contains four C(P)XCG motifs, suggesting the presence of two zinc binding pockets (ZBPs). Homologs of HVO_2753 are widespread in many euryarchaeota. An in frame deletion mutant of HVO_2753 grew indistinguishably from the wild-type in several media, but had a severe defect in swarming and in biofilm formation. For further analyses, the protein was produced homologously as well as heterologously in Escherichia coli. HVO_2753 was stable and folded in low salt, in contrast to many other haloarchaeal proteins. Only haloarchaeal HVO_2753 homologs carry a very hydrophilic N terminus, and NMR analysis showed that this region is very flexible and not part of the core structure. Surprisingly, both NMR analysis and a fluorimetric assay revealed that HVO_2753 binds only one zinc ion, despite the presence of two ZBPs. Notably, the analysis of cysteine to alanine mutant proteins by NMR as well by in vivo complementation revealed that all four C(P)XCG motifs are essential for folding and function. The NMR solution structure of the major conformation of HVO_2753 was solved. Unexpectedly, it was revealed that ZBP1 was comprised of C(P)XCG motifs 1 and 3, and ZBP2 was comprised of C(P)XCG motifs 2 and 4. There are several indications that ZBP2 is occupied by zinc, in contrast to ZBP1. To our knowledge, this study represents the first in-depth analysis of a zinc finger µ-protein in all three domains of life.
Published: 2020

14. Correction to 'Secondary structure determination of conserved SARS-CoV-2 RNA elements by NMR spectroscopy’

Author: Wacker, Anna, Weigand, Julia, Akabayov, Sabine R, Altınçekiç, Nadide, Bains, Jasleen Kaur, Banijamali, Elnaz, Binas, Oliver, Castillo-Martinez, Jesus, Çetiner, Erhan Can, Ceylan, Betül, Chiu, Liang-Yuan, Davila-Calderon, Jesse, Dhamotharan, Karthikeyan, Duchardt-Ferner, Elke, Ferner, Jan, Frydman, Lucio, Fürtig, Boris, Gallego, José, Grün, J. Tassilo, Hacker, Carolin, Haddad, Christina, Hähnke, Martin Jens, Hengesbach, Martin, Hiller, Fabian, Hohmann, Katharina Felicitas, Hymon, Daniel, Jesus, Vanessa de, Jonker, Henry, Keller, Heiko, Knežić, Božana, Landgraf, Tom, Löhr, Frank, Luo, Le, Mertinkus, Klara Rebecca, Muhs, Christina, Novakovic, Mihajlo, Oxenfarth, Andreas, Palomino-Schätzlein, Martina, Petzold, Katja, Peter, Stephen, Pyper, Dennis Joshua, Qureshi, Nusrat, Riad, Magdalena, Richter, Christian, Saxena, Krishna, Schamber, Tatjana, Scherf, Tali, Schlagnitweit, Judith, Schlundt, Andreas, Schnieders, Robbin, Schwalbe, Harald, Simba-Lahuasi, Alvaro, Sreeramulu, Sridhar, Stirnal, Elke, Sudakov, Alexey, Tants, Jan-Niklas, Tolbert, Blanton S, Vögele, Jennifer, Weiß, Lena, Wirmer-Bartoschek, Julia, Wirtz Martin, Maria Alexandra, Wöhnert, Jens, Zetzsche, Heidi, Wacker, Anna, Weigand, Julia, Akabayov, Sabine R, Altınçekiç, Nadide, Bains, Jasleen Kaur, Banijamali, Elnaz, Binas, Oliver, Castillo-Martinez, Jesus, Çetiner, Erhan Can, Ceylan, Betül, Chiu, Liang-Yuan, Davila-Calderon, Jesse, Dhamotharan, Karthikeyan, Duchardt-Ferner, Elke, Ferner, Jan, Frydman, Lucio, Fürtig, Boris, Gallego, José, Grün, J. Tassilo, Hacker, Carolin, Haddad, Christina, Hähnke, Martin Jens, Hengesbach, Martin, Hiller, Fabian, Hohmann, Katharina Felicitas, Hymon, Daniel, Jesus, Vanessa de, Jonker, Henry, Keller, Heiko, Knežić, Božana, Landgraf, Tom, Löhr, Frank, Luo, Le, Mertinkus, Klara Rebecca, Muhs, Christina, Novakovic, Mihajlo, Oxenfarth, Andreas, Palomino-Schätzlein, Martina, Petzold, Katja, Peter, Stephen, Pyper, Dennis Joshua, Qureshi, Nusrat, Riad, Magdalena, Richter, Christian, Saxena, Krishna, Schamber, Tatjana, Scherf, Tali, Schlagnitweit, Judith, Schlundt, Andreas, Schnieders, Robbin, Schwalbe, Harald, Simba-Lahuasi, Alvaro, Sreeramulu, Sridhar, Stirnal, Elke, Sudakov, Alexey, Tants, Jan-Niklas, Tolbert, Blanton S, Vögele, Jennifer, Weiß, Lena, Wirmer-Bartoschek, Julia, Wirtz Martin, Maria Alexandra, Wöhnert, Jens, and Zetzsche, Heidi
Published: 2021

15. High complexity of glutamine synthetase regulation in Methanosarcina mazei: small protein 26 interacts and enhances glutamine synthetase activity

Author: Gutt, Miriam, Jordan, Britta, Weidenbach, Katrin, Gudzuhn, Mirja, Kiessling, Claudia, Cassidy, Liam, Helbig, Andreas J., Tholey, Andreas, Pyper, Dennis Joshua, Kubatova, Nina, Schwalbe, Harald, Schmitz-Streit, Ruth, Gutt, Miriam, Jordan, Britta, Weidenbach, Katrin, Gudzuhn, Mirja, Kiessling, Claudia, Cassidy, Liam, Helbig, Andreas J., Tholey, Andreas, Pyper, Dennis Joshua, Kubatova, Nina, Schwalbe, Harald, and Schmitz-Streit, Ruth
Abstract: Small ORF (sORF)-encoded small proteins have been overlooked for a long time due to challenges in prediction and distinguishing between coding- and noncoding-predicted sORFs and in their biochemical detection and characterization. We report on the first biochemical and functional characterization of a small protein (sP26) in the archaeal model organism Methanosarcina mazei, comprising 23 amino acids. The corresponding encoding leaderless mRNA (spRNA26) is highly conserved on nucleotide level as well as on the coded amino acids within numerous Methanosarcina strains strongly arguing for a cellular function of the small protein. spRNA26 level is significantly enhanced under nitrogen limitation, but also under oxygen and salt stress conditions. Using heterologously expressed and purified sP26 in independent biochemical approaches [pull-down by affinity chromatography followed by MS analysis, reverse pull-down, microscale thermophoresis, size-exclusion chromatography, and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) analysis], we observed that sP26 interacts and forms complexes with M. mazei glutamine synthetase (GlnA1) with high affinity (app. KD = 0.76 µm ± 0.29 µm). Moreover, seven amino acids were identified by NMR analysis to directly interact with GlnA1. Upon interaction with sP26, GlnA1 activity is significantly stimulated, independently and in addition to the known activation by the metabolite 2-oxoglutarate (2-OG). Besides, strong interaction of sP26 with the PII-like protein GlnK1 was demonstrated (app. KD = 2.9 µm ± 0.9 µm). On the basis of these findings, we propose that in addition to 2-OG, sP26 enhances GlnA1 activity under nitrogen limitation most likely by stabilizing the dodecameric structure of GlnA1.
Published: 2021

16. Large-Scale Recombinant Production of the SARS-CoV-2 Proteome for High-Throughput and Structural Biology Applications

Author: Altınçekiç, Nadide, Korn, Sophie Marianne, Qureshi, Nusrat Shahin, Dujardin, Marie, Ninot-Pedrosa, Martí, Abele, Rupert, Abi Saad, Marie Jose, Alfano, Caterina, Almeida, Fabio C. L., Alshamleh, Islam, Amorim, Gisele Cardoso de, Anderson, Thomas K., Anobom, Cristiane D., Anorma, Chelsea, Bains, Jasleen Kaur, Bax, Adriaan, Blackledge, Martin, Blechar, Julius, Böckmann, Anja, Brigandat, Louis, Bula, Anna, Bütikofer, Matthias, Camacho-Zarco, Aldo R., Carlomagno, Teresa, Caruso, Icaro Putinhon, Ceylan, Betül, Chaikuad, Apirat, Chu, Feixia, Cole, Laura, Crosby, Marquise G., De Jesus, Vanessa, Dhamotharan, Karthikeyan, Felli, Isabella C., Ferner, Jan, Fleischmann, Yanick, Fogeron, Marie-Laure, Fourkiotis, Nikolaos K., Fuks, Christin, Fürtig, Boris, Gallo, Angelo, Gande, Santosh L., Gerez, Juan Atilio, Ghosh, Dhiman, Gomes-Neto, Francisco, Gorbatyuk, Oksana, Guseva, Serafima, Hacker, Carolin, Häfner, Sabine, Hao, Bing, Hargittay, Bruno, Henzler-Wildman, Katherine, Hoch, Jeffrey C., Hohmann, Katharina Felicitas, Hutchison, Marie T., Jaudzems, Kristaps, Jović, Katarina, Kaderli, Janina, Kalnins, Gints, Kanepe, Iveta, Kirchdoerfer, Robert N., Kirkpatrick, John, Knapp, Stefan, Krishnathas, Robin, Kutz, Felicitas, Zur Lage, Susanne, Lambertz, Roderick, Lang, Andras, Laurents, Douglas, Lecoq, Lauriane, Linhard, Verena, Löhr, Frank, Malki, Anas, Bessa, Luiza Mamigonian, Martin, Rachel W., Matzel, Tobias, Maurin, Damien, McNutt, Seth W., Mebus-Antunes, Nathane Cunha, Meier, Beat H., Meiser, Nathalie, Mompeán, Miguel, Monaca, Elisa, Montserret, Roland, Perez, Laura Mariño, Moser, Celine, Muhle-Goll, Claudia, Neves-Martins, Thais Cristtina, Ni, Xiamonin, Norton-Baker, Brenna, Pierattelli, Roberta, Pontoriero, Letizia, Pustovalova, Yulia, Ohlenschläger, Oliver, Orts, Julien, Poian, Andrea T. da, Pyper, Dennis Joshua, Richter, Christian, Riek, Roland, Rienstra, Chad M., Robertson, Angus, Pinheiro, Anderson S., Sabbatella, Raffaele, Salvi, Nicola, Saxena, Krishna, Schulte, Linda, Schiavina, Marco, Schwalbe, Harald, Silber, Mara, Almeida, Marcius da Silva, Sprague-Piercy, Marc A., Spyroulias, Georgios A., Sreeramulu, Sridhar, Tants, Jan-Niklas, Tars, Kaspars, Torres, Felix, Töws, Sabrina, Trevino, Miguel A., Trucks, Sven, Tsika, Aikaterini C., Varga, Krisztina, Wang, Ying, Weber, Marco E., Weigand, Julia E., Wiedemann, Christoph, Wirmer-Bartoschek, Julia, Wirtz Martin, Maria Alexandra, Zehnder, Johannes, Hengesbach, Martin, Schlundt, Andreas, Altınçekiç, Nadide, Korn, Sophie Marianne, Qureshi, Nusrat Shahin, Dujardin, Marie, Ninot-Pedrosa, Martí, Abele, Rupert, Abi Saad, Marie Jose, Alfano, Caterina, Almeida, Fabio C. L., Alshamleh, Islam, Amorim, Gisele Cardoso de, Anderson, Thomas K., Anobom, Cristiane D., Anorma, Chelsea, Bains, Jasleen Kaur, Bax, Adriaan, Blackledge, Martin, Blechar, Julius, Böckmann, Anja, Brigandat, Louis, Bula, Anna, Bütikofer, Matthias, Camacho-Zarco, Aldo R., Carlomagno, Teresa, Caruso, Icaro Putinhon, Ceylan, Betül, Chaikuad, Apirat, Chu, Feixia, Cole, Laura, Crosby, Marquise G., De Jesus, Vanessa, Dhamotharan, Karthikeyan, Felli, Isabella C., Ferner, Jan, Fleischmann, Yanick, Fogeron, Marie-Laure, Fourkiotis, Nikolaos K., Fuks, Christin, Fürtig, Boris, Gallo, Angelo, Gande, Santosh L., Gerez, Juan Atilio, Ghosh, Dhiman, Gomes-Neto, Francisco, Gorbatyuk, Oksana, Guseva, Serafima, Hacker, Carolin, Häfner, Sabine, Hao, Bing, Hargittay, Bruno, Henzler-Wildman, Katherine, Hoch, Jeffrey C., Hohmann, Katharina Felicitas, Hutchison, Marie T., Jaudzems, Kristaps, Jović, Katarina, Kaderli, Janina, Kalnins, Gints, Kanepe, Iveta, Kirchdoerfer, Robert N., Kirkpatrick, John, Knapp, Stefan, Krishnathas, Robin, Kutz, Felicitas, Zur Lage, Susanne, Lambertz, Roderick, Lang, Andras, Laurents, Douglas, Lecoq, Lauriane, Linhard, Verena, Löhr, Frank, Malki, Anas, Bessa, Luiza Mamigonian, Martin, Rachel W., Matzel, Tobias, Maurin, Damien, McNutt, Seth W., Mebus-Antunes, Nathane Cunha, Meier, Beat H., Meiser, Nathalie, Mompeán, Miguel, Monaca, Elisa, Montserret, Roland, Perez, Laura Mariño, Moser, Celine, Muhle-Goll, Claudia, Neves-Martins, Thais Cristtina, Ni, Xiamonin, Norton-Baker, Brenna, Pierattelli, Roberta, Pontoriero, Letizia, Pustovalova, Yulia, Ohlenschläger, Oliver, Orts, Julien, Poian, Andrea T. da, Pyper, Dennis Joshua, Richter, Christian, Riek, Roland, Rienstra, Chad M., Robertson, Angus, Pinheiro, Anderson S., Sabbatella, Raffaele, Salvi, Nicola, Saxena, Krishna, Schulte, Linda, Schiavina, Marco, Schwalbe, Harald, Silber, Mara, Almeida, Marcius da Silva, Sprague-Piercy, Marc A., Spyroulias, Georgios A., Sreeramulu, Sridhar, Tants, Jan-Niklas, Tars, Kaspars, Torres, Felix, Töws, Sabrina, Trevino, Miguel A., Trucks, Sven, Tsika, Aikaterini C., Varga, Krisztina, Wang, Ying, Weber, Marco E., Weigand, Julia E., Wiedemann, Christoph, Wirmer-Bartoschek, Julia, Wirtz Martin, Maria Alexandra, Zehnder, Johannes, Hengesbach, Martin, and Schlundt, Andreas
Abstract: The highly infectious disease COVID-19 caused by the Betacoronavirus SARS-CoV-2 poses a severe threat to humanity and demands the redirection of scientific efforts and criteria to organized research projects. The international COVID19-NMR consortium seeks to provide such new approaches by gathering scientific expertise worldwide. In particular, making available viral proteins and RNAs will pave the way to understanding the SARS-CoV-2 molecular components in detail. The research in COVID19-NMR and the resources provided through the consortium are fully disclosed to accelerate access and exploitation. NMR investigations of the viral molecular components are designated to provide the essential basis for further work, including macromolecular interaction studies and high-throughput drug screening. Here, we present the extensive catalog of a holistic SARS-CoV-2 protein preparation approach based on the consortium’s collective efforts. We provide protocols for the large-scale production of more than 80% of all SARS-CoV-2 proteins or essential parts of them. Several of the proteins were produced in more than one laboratory, demonstrating the high interoperability between NMR groups worldwide. For the majority of proteins, we can produce isotope-labeled samples of HSQC-grade. Together with several NMR chemical shift assignments made publicly available on covid19-nmr.com, we here provide highly valuable resources for the production of SARS-CoV-2 proteins in isotope-labeled form.
Published: 2021

17. Large-Scale Recombinant Production of the SARS-CoV-2 Proteome for High-Throughput and Structural Biology Applications

Author: Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, German Research Foundation, Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze, European Commission, University of New Hampshire, The Free State of Thuringia, National Institutes of Health (US), National Science Foundation (US), Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Latvian Council of Science, Ministry of Development and Investments (Greece), Helmholtz Association, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France), Agence Nationale de la Recherche (France), Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale, Swiss National Science Foundation, Fonds National Suisse de la Recherche Scientifique, ETH Zurich, European Research Council, Université Grenoble Alpes, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Fundación la Caixa, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds, Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca, Polytechnic Foundation of Frankfurt am Main, Altincekic, Nadide, Korn, Sophie Marianne, Qureshi, Nusrat Shahin, Dujardin, Marie, Ninot-Pedrosa, Martí, Abele, Rupert, Abi Saad, Marie Jose, Alfano, Caterina, Almeida, Fabio C. L., Alshamleh, Islam, Cardoso de Amorim, Gisele, Anorma, Chelsea, Bains, Jasleen Kaur, Bax, Andriaan, Blackledge, Martin, Blechar, Julius, Böckmann, Anja, Brigandat, Louis, Bula, Anna, Bütikofer, Matthias, Camacho-Zarco, Aldo R., Ghosh, Dhiman, Carlomagno, Teresa, Caruso, Icaro Putinhon, Ceylan, Betül, Chaikuad, Apirat, Chu, Feixia, Cole, Laura, Crosby, Marquise G., Jesus, Vanessa de, Dhamotharan, Karthikeyan, Felli, Isabella C., Gomes-Neto, Francisco, Ferner, Jan, Fleischmann, Yanick, Fogeron, Marie-Laure, Fourkiotis, Nikolaos K., Fuks, Christin, Fürtig, Boris, Gallo, Angelo, Gande, Santosh L., Gerez, Juan Atilio, Gorbatyuk, Oksana, Guseva, Serafima, Hacker, Carolin, Häfner, Sabine, Hao, Bing, Hargittay, Bruno, Henzler-Wildman, K., Hoch, Jeffrey C., Malki, Anas, Hohmann, Katharina F., Hutchison, Marie T., Jaudzems, Kristaps, Jović, Katarina, Kaderli, Janina, Kalniņš, Gints, Kaņepe, Iveta, Kirchdoerfer, Robert N., Kirkpatrick, John, Knapp, Stefan, Bessa, Luiza Mamigonian, Krishnathas, Robin, Kutz, Felicitas, Lage, Susanne zur, Lambertz, Roderick, Lang, Andras, Laurents, Douglas V., Lecoq, Lauriane, Linhard, Verena, Löhr, Frank, Martin, Rachel W., Matzel, Tobias, Maurin, Damien, McNutt, Seth W., Mebus-Antunes, Nathane Cunha, Meier, Beat H., Meiser, Nathalie, Mompeán, Miguel, Pinheiro, Anderson S.., Monaca, Elisa, Montserret, Roland, Mariño Perez, Laura, Moser, Celine, Muhle-Goll, Claudia, Neves-Martins, Thais Cristtina, Ni, Xiamonin, Norton-Baker, Brenna, Pierattelli, Roberta, Pontoriero, Letizia, Sabbatella, Raffaele, Pustovalova, Yulia, Ohlenschläger, Oliver, Orts, Julien, Da Poian, Andrea T., Pyper, Dennis J., Richter, Christian, Riek, Roland, Rienstra, Chad M., Robertson, Angus, Salvi, Nicola, Saxena, Krishna, Schulte, Linda, Schiavina, Marco, Schwalbe, Harald, Silber, Mara, Silva Almeida, Marcius da, Sprague-Piercy, Marc A., Anderson, Thomas K., Spyroulias, Georgios A., Sreeramulu, Sridhar, Tants, Jan-Niklas, Tārs, Kaspars, Torres, Felix, Töws, Sabrina, Treviño, Miguel A., Trucks, Sven, Tsika, Aikaterini C., Varga, Krisztina, Anobom, Cristiane D., Wang, Ying, Weber, Marco E., Weigand, Julia E., Wiedemann, Christoph, Wirmer-Bartoschek, Julia, Wirtz Martin, Maria Alexandra, Zehnder, Johannes, Hengesbach, Martin, Schlundt, Andreas, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, German Research Foundation, Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze, European Commission, University of New Hampshire, The Free State of Thuringia, National Institutes of Health (US), National Science Foundation (US), Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Latvian Council of Science, Ministry of Development and Investments (Greece), Helmholtz Association, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France), Agence Nationale de la Recherche (France), Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale, Swiss National Science Foundation, Fonds National Suisse de la Recherche Scientifique, ETH Zurich, European Research Council, Université Grenoble Alpes, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Fundación la Caixa, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds, Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca, Polytechnic Foundation of Frankfurt am Main, Altincekic, Nadide, Korn, Sophie Marianne, Qureshi, Nusrat Shahin, Dujardin, Marie, Ninot-Pedrosa, Martí, Abele, Rupert, Abi Saad, Marie Jose, Alfano, Caterina, Almeida, Fabio C. L., Alshamleh, Islam, Cardoso de Amorim, Gisele, Anorma, Chelsea, Bains, Jasleen Kaur, Bax, Andriaan, Blackledge, Martin, Blechar, Julius, Böckmann, Anja, Brigandat, Louis, Bula, Anna, Bütikofer, Matthias, Camacho-Zarco, Aldo R., Ghosh, Dhiman, Carlomagno, Teresa, Caruso, Icaro Putinhon, Ceylan, Betül, Chaikuad, Apirat, Chu, Feixia, Cole, Laura, Crosby, Marquise G., Jesus, Vanessa de, Dhamotharan, Karthikeyan, Felli, Isabella C., Gomes-Neto, Francisco, Ferner, Jan, Fleischmann, Yanick, Fogeron, Marie-Laure, Fourkiotis, Nikolaos K., Fuks, Christin, Fürtig, Boris, Gallo, Angelo, Gande, Santosh L., Gerez, Juan Atilio, Gorbatyuk, Oksana, Guseva, Serafima, Hacker, Carolin, Häfner, Sabine, Hao, Bing, Hargittay, Bruno, Henzler-Wildman, K., Hoch, Jeffrey C., Malki, Anas, Hohmann, Katharina F., Hutchison, Marie T., Jaudzems, Kristaps, Jović, Katarina, Kaderli, Janina, Kalniņš, Gints, Kaņepe, Iveta, Kirchdoerfer, Robert N., Kirkpatrick, John, Knapp, Stefan, Bessa, Luiza Mamigonian, Krishnathas, Robin, Kutz, Felicitas, Lage, Susanne zur, Lambertz, Roderick, Lang, Andras, Laurents, Douglas V., Lecoq, Lauriane, Linhard, Verena, Löhr, Frank, Martin, Rachel W., Matzel, Tobias, Maurin, Damien, McNutt, Seth W., Mebus-Antunes, Nathane Cunha, Meier, Beat H., Meiser, Nathalie, Mompeán, Miguel, Pinheiro, Anderson S.., Monaca, Elisa, Montserret, Roland, Mariño Perez, Laura, Moser, Celine, Muhle-Goll, Claudia, Neves-Martins, Thais Cristtina, Ni, Xiamonin, Norton-Baker, Brenna, Pierattelli, Roberta, Pontoriero, Letizia, Sabbatella, Raffaele, Pustovalova, Yulia, Ohlenschläger, Oliver, Orts, Julien, Da Poian, Andrea T., Pyper, Dennis J., Richter, Christian, Riek, Roland, Rienstra, Chad M., Robertson, Angus, Salvi, Nicola, Saxena, Krishna, Schulte, Linda, Schiavina, Marco, Schwalbe, Harald, Silber, Mara, Silva Almeida, Marcius da, Sprague-Piercy, Marc A., Anderson, Thomas K., Spyroulias, Georgios A., Sreeramulu, Sridhar, Tants, Jan-Niklas, Tārs, Kaspars, Torres, Felix, Töws, Sabrina, Treviño, Miguel A., Trucks, Sven, Tsika, Aikaterini C., Varga, Krisztina, Anobom, Cristiane D., Wang, Ying, Weber, Marco E., Weigand, Julia E., Wiedemann, Christoph, Wirmer-Bartoschek, Julia, Wirtz Martin, Maria Alexandra, Zehnder, Johannes, Hengesbach, Martin, and Schlundt, Andreas
Abstract: The highly infectious disease COVID-19 caused by the Betacoronavirus SARS-CoV-2 poses a severe threat to humanity and demands the redirection of scientific efforts and criteria to organized research projects. The international COVID19-NMR consortium seeks to provide such new approaches by gathering scientific expertise worldwide. In particular, making available viral proteins and RNAs will pave the way to understanding the SARS-CoV-2 molecular components in detail. The research in COVID19-NMR and the resources provided through the consortium are fully disclosed to accelerate access and exploitation. NMR investigations of the viral molecular components are designated to provide the essential basis for further work, including macromolecular interaction studies and high-throughput drug screening. Here, we present the extensive catalog of a holistic SARS-CoV-2 protein preparation approach based on the consortium’s collective efforts. We provide protocols for the large-scale production of more than 80% of all SARS-CoV-2 proteins or essential parts of them. Several of the proteins were produced in more than one laboratory, demonstrating the high interoperability between NMR groups worldwide. For the majority of proteins, we can produce isotope-labeled samples of HSQC-grade. Together with several NMR chemical shift assignments made publicly available on covid19-nmr.com, we here provide highly valuable resources for the production of SARS-CoV-2 proteins in isotope-labeled form.
Published: 2021

18. Correction to ‘Secondary structure determination of conserved SARS-CoV-2 RNA elements by NMR spectroscopy’

Author: Wacker, Anna, primary, Weigand, Julia E, additional, Akabayov, Sabine R, additional, Altincekic, Nadide, additional, Bains, Jasleen Kaur, additional, Banijamali, Elnaz, additional, Binas, Oliver, additional, Castillo-Martinez, Jesus, additional, Cetiner, Erhan, additional, Ceylan, Betül, additional, Chiu, Liang-Yuan, additional, Davila-Calderon, Jesse, additional, Dhamotharan, Karthikeyan, additional, Duchardt-Ferner, Elke, additional, Ferner, Jan, additional, Frydman, Lucio, additional, Fürtig, Boris, additional, Gallego, José, additional, Grün, J Tassilo, additional, Hacker, Carolin, additional, Haddad, Christina, additional, Hähnke, Martin, additional, Hengesbach, Martin, additional, Hiller, Fabian, additional, Hohmann, Katharina F, additional, Hymon, Daniel, additional, de Jesus, Vanessa, additional, Jonker, Henry, additional, Keller, Heiko, additional, Knezic, Bozana, additional, Landgraf, Tom, additional, Löhr, Frank, additional, Luo, Le, additional, Mertinkus, Klara R, additional, Muhs, Christina, additional, Novakovic, Mihajlo, additional, Oxenfarth, Andreas, additional, Palomino-Schätzlein, Martina, additional, Petzold, Katja, additional, Peter, Stephen A, additional, Pyper, Dennis J, additional, Qureshi, Nusrat S, additional, Riad, Magdalena, additional, Richter, Christian, additional, Saxena, Krishna, additional, Schamber, Tatjana, additional, Scherf, Tali, additional, Schlagnitweit, Judith, additional, Schlundt, Andreas, additional, Schnieders, Robbin, additional, Schwalbe, Harald, additional, Simba-Lahuasi, Alvaro, additional, Sreeramulu, Sridhar, additional, Stirnal, Elke, additional, Sudakov, Alexey, additional, Tants, Jan-Niklas, additional, Tolbert, Blanton S, additional, Vögele, Jennifer, additional, Weiß, Lena, additional, Wirmer-Bartoschek, Julia, additional, Wirtz Martin, Maria A, additional, Wöhnert, Jens, additional, and Zetzsche, Heidi, additional
Published: 2021
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19. High complexity of Glutamine synthetase regulation in Methanosarcina mazei : Small protein 26 interacts and enhances glutamine synthetase activity

Author: Gutt, Miriam, primary, Jordan, Britta, additional, Weidenbach, Katrin, additional, Gudzuhn, Mirja, additional, Kiessling, Claudia, additional, Cassidy, Liam, additional, Helbig, Andreas, additional, Tholey, Andreas, additional, Pyper, Dennis Joshua, additional, Kubatova, Nina, additional, Schwalbe, Harald, additional, and Schmitz, Ruth Anne, additional
Published: 2021
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20. Secondary structure determination of conserved SARS-CoV-2 RNA elements by NMR spectroscopy

Author: Wacker, Anna, primary, Weigand, Julia E, additional, Akabayov, Sabine R, additional, Altincekic, Nadide, additional, Bains, Jasleen Kaur, additional, Banijamali, Elnaz, additional, Binas, Oliver, additional, Castillo-Martinez, Jesus, additional, Cetiner, Erhan, additional, Ceylan, Betül, additional, Chiu, Liang-Yuan, additional, Davila-Calderon, Jesse, additional, Dhamotharan, Karthikeyan, additional, Duchardt-Ferner, Elke, additional, Ferner, Jan, additional, Frydman, Lucio, additional, Fürtig, Boris, additional, Gallego, José, additional, Grün, J Tassilo, additional, Hacker, Carolin, additional, Haddad, Christina, additional, Hähnke, Martin, additional, Hengesbach, Martin, additional, Hiller, Fabian, additional, Hohmann, Katharina F, additional, Hymon, Daniel, additional, de Jesus, Vanessa, additional, Jonker, Henry, additional, Keller, Heiko, additional, Knezic, Bozana, additional, Landgraf, Tom, additional, Löhr, Frank, additional, Luo, Le, additional, Mertinkus, Klara R, additional, Muhs, Christina, additional, Novakovic, Mihajlo, additional, Oxenfarth, Andreas, additional, Palomino-Schätzlein, Martina, additional, Petzold, Katja, additional, Peter, Stephen A, additional, Pyper, Dennis J, additional, Qureshi, Nusrat S, additional, Riad, Magdalena, additional, Richter, Christian, additional, Saxena, Krishna, additional, Schamber, Tatjana, additional, Scherf, Tali, additional, Schlagnitweit, Judith, additional, Schlundt, Andreas, additional, Schnieders, Robbin, additional, Schwalbe, Harald, additional, Simba-Lahuasi, Alvaro, additional, Sreeramulu, Sridhar, additional, Stirnal, Elke, additional, Sudakov, Alexey, additional, Tants, Jan-Niklas, additional, Tolbert, Blanton S, additional, Vögele, Jennifer, additional, Weiß, Lena, additional, Wirmer-Bartoschek, Julia, additional, Wirtz Martin, Maria A, additional, Wöhnert, Jens, additional, and Zetzsche, Heidi, additional
Published: 2020
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21. Biological functions, genetic and biochemical characterization, and NMR structure determination of the small zinc finger protein HVO_2753 from Haloferax volcanii

Author: Zahn, Sebastian, primary, Kubatova, Nina, additional, Pyper, Dennis J., additional, Cassidy, Liam, additional, Saxena, Krishna, additional, Tholey, Andreas, additional, Schwalbe, Harald, additional, and Soppa, Jörg, additional
Published: 2020
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22. Small protein 26 interacts and enhances glutamine synthetase activity in Methanosarcina mazei

Author: Gutt, Miriam, primary, Jordan, Britta, additional, Weidenbach, Katrin, additional, Gudzuhn, Mirja, additional, Kiessling, Claudia, additional, Cassidy, Liam, additional, Helbig, Andreas, additional, Tholey, Andreas, additional, Pyper, Dennis, additional, Schwalbe, Harald, additional, and Schmitz, Ruth A., additional
Published: 2020
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23. 1H, 13C, and 15N backbone chemical shift assignments of coronavirus-2 non-structural protein Nsp10

Author: Kubatova, Nina, Qureshi, Nusrat, Altınçekiç, Nadide, Abele, Rupert, Bains, Jasleen Kaur, Ceylan, Betül, Ferner, Jan, Fuks, Christin, Hargittay, Bruno, Hutchison, Marie, de Jesus, Vanessa, Kutz, Felicitas, Wirtz Martin, Maria Alexandra, Meiser, Nathalie, Linhard, Verena, Pyper, Dennis Joshua, Trucks, Sven, Fürtig, Boris, Hengesbach, Martin, Löhr, Frank, Richter, Christian, Saxena, Krishna, Schlundt, Andreas, Schwalbe, Harald, Sreeramulu, Sridhar, Wacker, Anna, Weigand, Julia, Wirmer-Bartoschek, Julia, Wöhnert, Jens, Kubatova, Nina, Qureshi, Nusrat, Altınçekiç, Nadide, Abele, Rupert, Bains, Jasleen Kaur, Ceylan, Betül, Ferner, Jan, Fuks, Christin, Hargittay, Bruno, Hutchison, Marie, de Jesus, Vanessa, Kutz, Felicitas, Wirtz Martin, Maria Alexandra, Meiser, Nathalie, Linhard, Verena, Pyper, Dennis Joshua, Trucks, Sven, Fürtig, Boris, Hengesbach, Martin, Löhr, Frank, Richter, Christian, Saxena, Krishna, Schlundt, Andreas, Schwalbe, Harald, Sreeramulu, Sridhar, Wacker, Anna, Weigand, Julia, Wirmer-Bartoschek, Julia, and Wöhnert, Jens
Abstract: The international Covid19-NMR consortium aims at the comprehensive spectroscopic characterization of SARS-CoV-2 RNA elements and proteins and will provide NMR chemical shift assignments of the molecular components of this virus. The SARS-CoV-2 genome encodes approximately 30 different proteins. Four of these proteins are involved in forming the viral envelope or in the packaging of the RNA genome and are therefore called structural proteins. The other proteins fulfill a variety of functions during the viral life cycle and comprise the so-called non-structural proteins (nsps). Here, we report the near-complete NMR resonance assignment for the backbone chemical shifts of the non-structural protein 10 (nsp10). Nsp10 is part of the viral replication-transcription complex (RTC). It aids in synthesizing and modifying the genomic and subgenomic RNAs. Via its interaction with nsp14, it ensures transcriptional fidelity of the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase, and through its stimulation of the methyltransferase activity of nsp16, it aids in synthesizing the RNA cap structures which protect the viral RNAs from being recognized by the innate immune system. Both of these functions can be potentially targeted by drugs. Our data will aid in performing additional NMR-based characterizations, and provide a basis for the identification of possible small molecule ligands interfering with nsp10 exerting its essential role in viral replication.
Published: 2020

24. 1H, 13C, and 15N backbone chemical shift assignments of the apo and the ADP-ribose bound forms of the macrodomain of SARS-CoV-2 non-structural protein 3b

Author: Cantini, F., Banci, L., Altincekic, Nadide, Bains, Jasleen Kaur, Dhamotharan, Karthikeyan, Fuks, Christin, Fürtig, Boris, Gande, S. L., Hargittay, Bruno, Hengesbach, Martin, Hutchison, Marie, Korn, Sophie M., Kubatova, Nina, Kutz, Felicitas, Linhard, Verena, Löhr, Frank, Meiser, Nathalie, Pyper, Dennis Joshua, Qureshi, Nusrat, Richter, Christian, Saxena, Krishna, Schlundt, Andreas, Schwalbe, Harald, Sreeramulu, Sridhar, Tants, Jan-Niklas, Wacker, Anna, Weigand, Julia E., Wöhnert, Jens, Tsika, A. C., Fourkiotis, N. K., Spyroulias, G. A., Cantini, F., Banci, L., Altincekic, Nadide, Bains, Jasleen Kaur, Dhamotharan, Karthikeyan, Fuks, Christin, Fürtig, Boris, Gande, S. L., Hargittay, Bruno, Hengesbach, Martin, Hutchison, Marie, Korn, Sophie M., Kubatova, Nina, Kutz, Felicitas, Linhard, Verena, Löhr, Frank, Meiser, Nathalie, Pyper, Dennis Joshua, Qureshi, Nusrat, Richter, Christian, Saxena, Krishna, Schlundt, Andreas, Schwalbe, Harald, Sreeramulu, Sridhar, Tants, Jan-Niklas, Wacker, Anna, Weigand, Julia E., Wöhnert, Jens, Tsika, A. C., Fourkiotis, N. K., and Spyroulias, G. A.
Abstract: The SARS-CoV-2 genome encodes for approximately 30 proteins. Within the international project COVID19-NMR, we distribute the spectroscopic analysis of the viral proteins and RNA. Here, we report NMR chemical shift assignments for the protein Nsp3b, a domain of Nsp3. The 217-kDa large Nsp3 protein contains multiple structurally independent, yet functionally related domains including the viral papain-like protease and Nsp3b, a macrodomain (MD). In general, the MDs of SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV were suggested to play a key role in viral replication by modulating the immune response of the host. The MDs are structurally conserved. They most likely remove ADP-ribose, a common posttranslational modification, from protein side chains. This de-ADP ribosylating function has potentially evolved to protect the virus from the anti-viral ADP-ribosylation catalyzed by poly-ADP-ribose polymerases (PARPs), which in turn are triggered by pathogen-associated sensing of the host immune system. This renders the SARS-CoV-2 Nsp3b a highly relevant drug target in the viral replication process. We here report the near-complete NMR backbone resonance assignment (1H, 13C, 15N) of the putative Nsp3b MD in its apo form and in complex with ADP-ribose. Furthermore, we derive the secondary structure of Nsp3b in solution. In addition, 15N-relaxation data suggest an ordered, rigid core of the MD structure. These data will provide a basis for NMR investigations targeted at obtaining small-molecule inhibitors interfering with the catalytic activity of Nsp3b.
Published: 2020

25. Secondary structure determination of conserved SARS-CoV-2 RNA elements by NMR spectroscopy

Author: Wacker, Anna, Weigand, Julia, Akabayov, Sabine R., Altınçekiç, Nadide, Bains, Jasleen Kaur, Banijamali, Elnaz, Binas, Oliver, Castillo-Martinez, Jesus, Çetiner, Erhan Can, Ceylan, Betül, Chiu, Liang-Yuan, Davila-Calderon, Jesse, Dhamotharan, Karthikeyan, Duchardt-Ferner, Elke, Ferner, Jan, Frydman, Lucio, Fürtig, Boris, Gallego, José, Grün, J. Tassilo, Hacker, Carolin, Haddad, Christina, Hähnke, Martin Jens, Hengesbach, Martin, Hiller, Fabian, Hohmann, Katharina Felicitas, Hymon, Daniel, de Jesus, Vanessa, Jonker, Henry, Keller, Heiko, Knežić, Božana, Landgraf, Tom, Löhr, Frank, Luo, Le, Mertinkus, Klara Rebecca, Muhs, Christina, Novakovic, Mihajlo, Oxenfarth, Andreas, Palomino-Schätzlein, Martina, Petzold, Katja, Peter, Stephen, Pyper, Dennis Joshua, Qureshi, Nusrat, Riad, Magdalena, Richter, Christian, Saxena, Krishna, Schamber, Tatjana, Scherf, Tali, Schlagnitweit, Judith, Schlundt, Andreas, Schnieders, Robbin, Schwalbe, Harald, Simba-Lahuasi, Alvaro, Sreeramulu, Sridhar, Stirnal, Elke, Sudakov, Alexey, Tants, Jan-Niklas, Tolbert, Blanton S., Vögele, Jennifer, Weiß, Lena, Wirmer-Bartoschek, Julia, Wirtz Martin, Maria Alexandra, Wöhnert, Jens, Zetzsche, Heidi, Wacker, Anna, Weigand, Julia, Akabayov, Sabine R., Altınçekiç, Nadide, Bains, Jasleen Kaur, Banijamali, Elnaz, Binas, Oliver, Castillo-Martinez, Jesus, Çetiner, Erhan Can, Ceylan, Betül, Chiu, Liang-Yuan, Davila-Calderon, Jesse, Dhamotharan, Karthikeyan, Duchardt-Ferner, Elke, Ferner, Jan, Frydman, Lucio, Fürtig, Boris, Gallego, José, Grün, J. Tassilo, Hacker, Carolin, Haddad, Christina, Hähnke, Martin Jens, Hengesbach, Martin, Hiller, Fabian, Hohmann, Katharina Felicitas, Hymon, Daniel, de Jesus, Vanessa, Jonker, Henry, Keller, Heiko, Knežić, Božana, Landgraf, Tom, Löhr, Frank, Luo, Le, Mertinkus, Klara Rebecca, Muhs, Christina, Novakovic, Mihajlo, Oxenfarth, Andreas, Palomino-Schätzlein, Martina, Petzold, Katja, Peter, Stephen, Pyper, Dennis Joshua, Qureshi, Nusrat, Riad, Magdalena, Richter, Christian, Saxena, Krishna, Schamber, Tatjana, Scherf, Tali, Schlagnitweit, Judith, Schlundt, Andreas, Schnieders, Robbin, Schwalbe, Harald, Simba-Lahuasi, Alvaro, Sreeramulu, Sridhar, Stirnal, Elke, Sudakov, Alexey, Tants, Jan-Niklas, Tolbert, Blanton S., Vögele, Jennifer, Weiß, Lena, Wirmer-Bartoschek, Julia, Wirtz Martin, Maria Alexandra, Wöhnert, Jens, and Zetzsche, Heidi
Abstract: The current pandemic situation caused by the Betacoronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (SCoV2) highlights the need for coordinated research to combat COVID-19. A particularly important aspect is the development of medication. In addition to viral proteins, structured RNA elements represent a potent alternative as drug targets. The search for drugs that target RNA requires their high-resolution structural characterization. Using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, a worldwide consortium of NMR researchers aims to characterize potential RNA drug targets of SCoV2. Here, we report the characterization of 15 conserved RNA elements located at the 5′ end, the ribosomal frameshift segment and the 3′-untranslated region (3′-UTR) of the SCoV2 genome, their large-scale production and NMR-based secondary structure determination. The NMR data are corroborated with secondary structure probing by DMS footprinting experiments. The close agreement of NMR secondary structure determination of isolated RNA elements with DMS footprinting and NMR performed on larger RNA regions shows that the secondary structure elements fold independently. The NMR data reported here provide the basis for NMR investigations of RNA function, RNA interactions with viral and host proteins and screening campaigns to identify potential RNA binders for pharmaceutical intervention.
Published: 2020

26. 1H, 13C, 15N and 31P chemical shift assignment for stem-loop 4 from the 5′-UTR of SARS-CoV-2.

Author: Vögele, Jennifer, Ferner, Jan-Peter, Altincekic, Nadide, Bains, Jasleen Kaur, Ceylan, Betül, Fürtig, Boris, Grün, J. Tassilo, Hengesbach, Martin, Hohmann, Katharina F., Hymon, Daniel, Knezic, Bozana, Löhr, Frank, Peter, Stephen A., Pyper, Dennis, Qureshi, Nusrat S., Richter, Christian, Schlundt, Andreas, Schwalbe, Harald, Stirnal, Elke, and Sudakov, Alexey
Abstract: The SARS-CoV-2 virus is the cause of the respiratory disease COVID-19. As of today, therapeutic interventions in severe COVID-19 cases are still not available as no effective therapeutics have been developed so far. Despite the ongoing development of a number of effective vaccines, therapeutics to fight the disease once it has been contracted will still be required. Promising targets for the development of antiviral agents against SARS-CoV-2 can be found in the viral RNA genome. The 5′- and 3′-genomic ends of the 30 kb SCoV-2 genome are highly conserved among Betacoronaviruses and contain structured RNA elements involved in the translation and replication of the viral genome. The 40 nucleotides (nt) long highly conserved stem-loop 4 (5_SL4) is located within the 5′-untranslated region (5′-UTR) important for viral replication. 5_SL4 features an extended stem structure disrupted by several pyrimidine mismatches and is capped by a pentaloop. Here, we report extensive 1H, 13C, 15N and 31P resonance assignments of 5_SL4 as the basis for in-depth structural and ligand screening studies by solution NMR spectroscopy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Published: 2021
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27. Rapid Biophysical Characterization and NMR Spectroscopy Structural Analysis of Small Proteins from Bacteria and Archaea

Author: Kubatova, Nina, primary, Pyper, Dennis J., additional, Jonker, Hendrik R. A., additional, Saxena, Krishna, additional, Remmel, Laura, additional, Richter, Christian, additional, Brantl, Sabine, additional, Evguenieva‐Hackenberg, Elena, additional, Hess, Wolfgang R., additional, Klug, Gabriele, additional, Marchfelder, Anita, additional, Soppa, Jörg, additional, Streit, Wolfgang, additional, Mayzel, Maxim, additional, Orekhov, Vladislav Y., additional, Fuxreiter, Monika, additional, Schmitz, Ruth A., additional, and Schwalbe, Harald, additional
Published: 2020
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28. Rapid biophysical characterization and NMR spectroscopy structural analysis of small proteins from bacteria and archaea

Author: Kubatova, Nina, Pyper, Dennis Joshua, Jonker, Hendrik R. A., Saxena, Krishna, Remmel, Laura, Richter, Christian, Brantl, Sabine, Evguenieva-Hackenberg, Elena, Hess, Wolfgang, Klug, Gabriele, Marchfelder, Anita, Soppa, Jörg, Streit, Wolfgang, Mayzel, Maxim, Orekhov, Vladislav Y., Fuxreiter, Monika, Schmitz-Streit, Ruth, Schwalbe, Harald, Kubatova, Nina, Pyper, Dennis Joshua, Jonker, Hendrik R. A., Saxena, Krishna, Remmel, Laura, Richter, Christian, Brantl, Sabine, Evguenieva-Hackenberg, Elena, Hess, Wolfgang, Klug, Gabriele, Marchfelder, Anita, Soppa, Jörg, Streit, Wolfgang, Mayzel, Maxim, Orekhov, Vladislav Y., Fuxreiter, Monika, Schmitz-Streit, Ruth, and Schwalbe, Harald
Abstract: Proteins encoded by small open reading frames (sORFs) have a widespread occurrence in diverse microorganisms and can be of high functional importance. However, due to annotation biases and their technically challenging direct detection, these small proteins have been overlooked for a long time and were only recently rediscovered. The currently rapidly growing number of such proteins requires efficient methods to investigate their structure–function relationship. Herein, a method is presented for fast determination of the conformational properties of small proteins. Their small size makes them perfectly amenable for solution-state NMR spectroscopy. NMR spectroscopy can provide detailed information about their conformational states (folded, partially folded, and unstructured). In the context of the priority program on small proteins funded by the German research foundation (SPP2002), 27 small proteins from 9 different bacterial and archaeal organisms have been investigated. It is found that most of these small proteins are unstructured or partially folded. Bioinformatics tools predict that some of these unstructured proteins can potentially fold upon complex formation. A protocol for fast NMR spectroscopy structure elucidation is described for the small proteins that adopt a persistently folded structure by implementation of new NMR technologies, including automated resonance assignment and nonuniform sampling in combination with targeted acquisition.
Published: 2019

29. Biological functions, genetic and biochemical characterization, and NMR structure determination of the small zinc finger protein HVO_2753 from Haloferax volcanii.

Author: Zahn, Sebastian, Kubatova, Nina, Pyper, Dennis J., Cassidy, Liam, Saxena, Krishna, Tholey, Andreas, Schwalbe, Harald, and Soppa, Jörg
Subjects: MUTANT proteins, FLUORIMETRY, ZINC-finger proteins, ZINC ions, ESCHERICHIA coli
Abstract: The genome of the halophilic archaeon Haloferax volcanii encodes more than 40 one‐domain zinc finger µ‐proteins. Only one of these, HVO_2753, contains four C(P)XCG motifs, suggesting the presence of two zinc binding pockets (ZBPs). Homologs of HVO_2753 are widespread in many euryarchaeota. An in frame deletion mutant of HVO_2753 grew indistinguishably from the wild‐type in several media, but had a severe defect in swarming and in biofilm formation. For further analyses, the protein was produced homologously as well as heterologously in Escherichia coli. HVO_2753 was stable and folded in low salt, in contrast to many other haloarchaeal proteins. Only haloarchaeal HVO_2753 homologs carry a very hydrophilic N terminus, and NMR analysis showed that this region is very flexible and not part of the core structure. Surprisingly, both NMR analysis and a fluorimetric assay revealed that HVO_2753 binds only one zinc ion, despite the presence of two ZBPs. Notably, the analysis of cysteine to alanine mutant proteins by NMR as well by in vivo complementation revealed that all four C(P)XCG motifs are essential for folding and function. The NMR solution structure of the major conformation of HVO_2753 was solved. Unexpectedly, it was revealed that ZBP1 was comprised of C(P)XCG motifs 1 and 3, and ZBP2 was comprised of C(P)XCG motifs 2 and 4. There are several indications that ZBP2 is occupied by zinc, in contrast to ZBP1. To our knowledge, this study represents the first in‐depth analysis of a zinc finger µ‐protein in all three domains of life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Published: 2021
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30. Large-Scale Recombinant Production of the SARS-CoV-2 Proteome for High-Throughput and Structural Biology Applications

Author: Altincekic, Nadide, Korn, Sophie Marianne, Qureshi, Nusrat Shahin, Dujardin, Marie, Ninot-Pedrosa, Martí, Abele, Rupert, Abi Saad, Marie Jose, Alfano, Caterina, Almeida, Fabio C. L., Alshamleh, Islam, De Amorim, Gisele Cardoso, Anderson, Thomas K., Anobom, Cristiane D., Anorma, Chelsea, Bains, Jasleen Kaur, Bax, Adriaan, Blackledge, Martin, Blechar, Julius, Böckmann, Anja, Brigandat, Louis, Bula, Anna, Bütikofer, Matthias, Camacho-Zarco, Aldo R., Carlomagno, Teresa, Caruso, Icaro Putinhon, Ceylan, Betül, Chaikuad, Apirat, Chu, Feixia, Cole, Laura, Crosby, Marquise G., De Jesus, Vanessa, Dhamotharan, Karthikeyan, Felli, Isabella C., Ferner, Jan, Fleischmann, Yanick, Fogeron, Marie-Laure, Fourkiotis, Nikolaos K., Fuks, Christin, Fürtig, Boris, Gallo, Angelo, Gande, Santosh L., Gerez, Juan Atilio, Ghosh, Dhiman, Gomes-Neto, Francisco, Gorbatyuk, Oksana, Guseva, Serafima, Hacker, Carolin, Häfner, Sabine, Hao, Bing, Hargittay, Bruno, Henzler-Wildman, K., Hoch, Jeffrey C., Hohmann, Katharina F., Hutchison, Marie T., Jaudzems, Kristaps, Jović, Katarina, Kaderli, Janina, Kalniņš, Gints, Kaņepe, Iveta, Kirchdoerfer, Robert N., Kirkpatrick, John, Knapp, Stefan, Krishnathas, Robin, Kutz, Felicitas, Zur Lage, Susanne, Lambertz, Roderick, Lang, Andras, Laurents, Douglas, Lecoq, Lauriane, Linhard, Verena, Löhr, Frank, Malki, Anas, Bessa, Luiza Mamigonian, Martin, Rachel W., Matzel, Tobias, Maurin, Damien, McNutt, Seth W., Mebus-Antunes, Nathane Cunha, Meier, Beat H., Meiser, Nathalie, Mompeán, Miguel, Monaca, Elisa, Montserret, Roland, Mariño Perez, Laura, Moser, Celine, Muhle-Goll, Claudia, Neves-Martins, Thais Cristtina, Ni, Xiamonin, Norton-Baker, Brenna, Pierattelli, Roberta, Pontoriero, Letizia, Pustovalova, Yulia, Ohlenschläger, Oliver, Orts, Julien, Da Poian, Andrea T., Pyper, Dennis J., Richter, Christian, Riek, Roland, Rienstra, Chad M., Robertson, Angus, Pinheiro, Anderson S., Sabbatella, Raffaele, Salvi, Nicola, Saxena, Krishna, Schulte, Linda, Schiavina, Marco, Schwalbe, Harald, Silber, Mara, Almeida, Marcius Da Silva, Sprague-Piercy, Marc A., Spyroulias, Georgios A., Sreeramulu, Sridhar, Tants, Jan-Niklas, Tārs, Kaspars, Torres, Felix, Töws, Sabrina, Treviño, Miguel Á., Trucks, Sven, Tsika, Aikaterini C., Varga, Krisztina, Wang, Ying, Weber, Marco E., Weigand, Julia E., Wiedemann, Christoph, Wirmer-Bartoschek, Julia, Wirtz Martin, Maria Alexandra, Zehnder, Johannes, Hengesbach, Martin, and Schlundt, Andreas
Subjects: NMR spectroscopy, SARS-CoV-2, nonstructural proteins, accessory proteins, COVID-19, structural proteins, intrinsically disordered region, cell-free protein synthesis, 3. Good health
Abstract: The highly infectious disease COVID-19 caused by the Betacoronavirus SARS-CoV-2 poses a severe threat to humanity and demands the redirection of scientific efforts and criteria to organized research projects. The international COVID19-NMR consortium seeks to provide such new approaches by gathering scientific expertise worldwide. In particular, making available viral proteins and RNAs will pave the way to understanding the SARS-CoV-2 molecular components in detail. The research in COVID19-NMR and the resources provided through the consortium are fully disclosed to accelerate access and exploitation. NMR investigations of the viral molecular components are designated to provide the essential basis for further work, including macromolecular interaction studies and high-throughput drug screening. Here, we present the extensive catalog of a holistic SARS-CoV-2 protein preparation approach based on the consortium’s collective efforts. We provide protocols for the large-scale production of more than 80% of all SARS-CoV-2 proteins or essential parts of them. Several of the proteins were produced in more than one laboratory, demonstrating the high interoperability between NMR groups worldwide. For the majority of proteins, we can produce isotope-labeled samples of HSQC-grade. Together with several NMR chemical shift assignments made publicly available on covid19-nmr.com, we here provide highly valuable resources for the production of SARS-CoV-2 proteins in isotope-labeled form.

31. Comprehensive Fragment Screening of the SARS-CoV-2 Proteome Explores Novel Chemical Space for Drug Development.

Author: Berg H, Wirtz Martin MA, Altincekic N, Alshamleh I, Kaur Bains J, Blechar J, Ceylan B, de Jesus V, Dhamotharan K, Fuks C, Gande SL, Hargittay B, Hohmann KF, Hutchison MT, Marianne Korn S, Krishnathas R, Kutz F, Linhard V, Matzel T, Meiser N, Niesteruk A, Pyper DJ, Schulte L, Trucks S, Azzaoui K, Blommers MJJ, Gadiya Y, Karki R, Zaliani A, Gribbon P, da Silva Almeida M, Dinis Anobom C, Bula AL, Bütikofer M, Putinhon Caruso Í, Caterina Felli I, Da Poian AT, Cardoso de Amorim G, Fourkiotis NK, Gallo A, Ghosh D, Gomes-Neto F, Gorbatyuk O, Hao B, Kurauskas V, Lecoq L, Li Y, Cunha Mebus-Antunes N, Mompeán M, Cristtina Neves-Martins T, Ninot-Pedrosa M, Pinheiro AS, Pontoriero L, Pustovalova Y, Riek R, Robertson AJ, Jose Abi Saad M, Treviño MÁ, Tsika AC, Almeida FCL, Bax A, Henzler-Wildman K, Hoch JC, Jaudzems K, Laurents DV, Orts J, Pierattelli R, Spyroulias GA, Duchardt-Ferner E, Ferner J, Fürtig B, Hengesbach M, Löhr F, Qureshi N, Richter C, Saxena K, Schlundt A, Sreeramulu S, Wacker A, Weigand JE, Wirmer-Bartoschek J, Wöhnert J, and Schwalbe H
Subjects: Humans, Proteome, Ligands, Drug Design, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 Drug Treatment
Abstract: SARS-CoV-2 (SCoV2) and its variants of concern pose serious challenges to the public health. The variants increased challenges to vaccines, thus necessitating for development of new intervention strategies including anti-virals. Within the international Covid19-NMR consortium, we have identified binders targeting the RNA genome of SCoV2. We established protocols for the production and NMR characterization of more than 80 % of all SCoV2 proteins. Here, we performed an NMR screening using a fragment library for binding to 25 SCoV2 proteins and identified hits also against previously unexplored SCoV2 proteins. Computational mapping was used to predict binding sites and identify functional moieties (chemotypes) of the ligands occupying these pockets. Striking consensus was observed between NMR-detected binding sites of the main protease and the computational procedure. Our investigation provides novel structural and chemical space for structure-based drug design against the SCoV2 proteome., (© 2022 The Authors. Angewandte Chemie International Edition published by Wiley-VCH GmbH.)
Published: 2022
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32. Large-Scale Recombinant Production of the SARS-CoV-2 Proteome for High-Throughput and Structural Biology Applications.

Author: Altincekic N, Korn SM, Qureshi NS, Dujardin M, Ninot-Pedrosa M, Abele R, Abi Saad MJ, Alfano C, Almeida FCL, Alshamleh I, de Amorim GC, Anderson TK, Anobom CD, Anorma C, Bains JK, Bax A, Blackledge M, Blechar J, Böckmann A, Brigandat L, Bula A, Bütikofer M, Camacho-Zarco AR, Carlomagno T, Caruso IP, Ceylan B, Chaikuad A, Chu F, Cole L, Crosby MG, de Jesus V, Dhamotharan K, Felli IC, Ferner J, Fleischmann Y, Fogeron ML, Fourkiotis NK, Fuks C, Fürtig B, Gallo A, Gande SL, Gerez JA, Ghosh D, Gomes-Neto F, Gorbatyuk O, Guseva S, Hacker C, Häfner S, Hao B, Hargittay B, Henzler-Wildman K, Hoch JC, Hohmann KF, Hutchison MT, Jaudzems K, Jović K, Kaderli J, Kalniņš G, Kaņepe I, Kirchdoerfer RN, Kirkpatrick J, Knapp S, Krishnathas R, Kutz F, Zur Lage S, Lambertz R, Lang A, Laurents D, Lecoq L, Linhard V, Löhr F, Malki A, Bessa LM, Martin RW, Matzel T, Maurin D, McNutt SW, Mebus-Antunes NC, Meier BH, Meiser N, Mompeán M, Monaca E, Montserret R, Mariño Perez L, Moser C, Muhle-Goll C, Neves-Martins TC, Ni X, Norton-Baker B, Pierattelli R, Pontoriero L, Pustovalova Y, Ohlenschläger O, Orts J, Da Poian AT, Pyper DJ, Richter C, Riek R, Rienstra CM, Robertson A, Pinheiro AS, Sabbatella R, Salvi N, Saxena K, Schulte L, Schiavina M, Schwalbe H, Silber M, Almeida MDS, Sprague-Piercy MA, Spyroulias GA, Sreeramulu S, Tants JN, Tārs K, Torres F, Töws S, Treviño MÁ, Trucks S, Tsika AC, Varga K, Wang Y, Weber ME, Weigand JE, Wiedemann C, Wirmer-Bartoschek J, Wirtz Martin MA, Zehnder J, Hengesbach M, and Schlundt A
Abstract: The highly infectious disease COVID-19 caused by the Betacoronavirus SARS-CoV-2 poses a severe threat to humanity and demands the redirection of scientific efforts and criteria to organized research projects. The international COVID19-NMR consortium seeks to provide such new approaches by gathering scientific expertise worldwide. In particular, making available viral proteins and RNAs will pave the way to understanding the SARS-CoV-2 molecular components in detail. The research in COVID19-NMR and the resources provided through the consortium are fully disclosed to accelerate access and exploitation. NMR investigations of the viral molecular components are designated to provide the essential basis for further work, including macromolecular interaction studies and high-throughput drug screening. Here, we present the extensive catalog of a holistic SARS-CoV-2 protein preparation approach based on the consortium's collective efforts. We provide protocols for the large-scale production of more than 80% of all SARS-CoV-2 proteins or essential parts of them. Several of the proteins were produced in more than one laboratory, demonstrating the high interoperability between NMR groups worldwide. For the majority of proteins, we can produce isotope-labeled samples of HSQC-grade. Together with several NMR chemical shift assignments made publicly available on covid19-nmr.com , we here provide highly valuable resources for the production of SARS-CoV-2 proteins in isotope-labeled form., Competing Interests: CH was employed by Signals GmbH & Co. KG. The remaining authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest., (Copyright © 2021 Altincekic, Korn, Qureshi, Dujardin, Ninot-Pedrosa, Abele, Abi Saad, Alfano, Almeida, Alshamleh, de Amorim, Anderson, Anobom, Anorma, Bains, Bax, Blackledge, Blechar, Böckmann, Brigandat, Bula, Bütikofer, Camacho-Zarco, Carlomagno, Caruso, Ceylan, Chaikuad, Chu, Cole, Crosby, de Jesus, Dhamotharan, Felli, Ferner, Fleischmann, Fogeron, Fourkiotis, Fuks, Fürtig, Gallo, Gande, Gerez, Ghosh, Gomes-Neto, Gorbatyuk, Guseva, Hacker, Häfner, Hao, Hargittay, Henzler-Wildman, Hoch, Hohmann, Hutchison, Jaudzems, Jović, Kaderli, Kalniņš, Kaņepe, Kirchdoerfer, Kirkpatrick, Knapp, Krishnathas, Kutz, zur Lage, Lambertz, Lang, Laurents, Lecoq, Linhard, Löhr, Malki, Bessa, Martin, Matzel, Maurin, McNutt, Mebus-Antunes, Meier, Meiser, Mompeán, Monaca, Montserret, Mariño Perez, Moser, Muhle-Goll, Neves-Martins, Ni, Norton-Baker, Pierattelli, Pontoriero, Pustovalova, Ohlenschläger, Orts, Da Poian, Pyper, Richter, Riek, Rienstra, Robertson, Pinheiro, Sabbatella, Salvi, Saxena, Schulte, Schiavina, Schwalbe, Silber, Almeida, Sprague-Piercy, Spyroulias, Sreeramulu, Tants, Tārs, Torres, Töws, Treviño, Trucks, Tsika, Varga, Wang, Weber, Weigand, Wiedemann, Wirmer-Bartoschek, Wirtz Martin, Zehnder, Hengesbach and Schlundt.)
Published: 2021
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1. 1H, 13C, 15N and 31P chemical shift assignment for stem-loop 4 from the 5′-UTR of SARS-CoV-2

2. 1H, 13C and 15N assignment of stem-loop SL1 from the 5'-UTR of SARS-CoV-2

3. ¹H, ¹³C and ¹⁵N and ³¹P chemical shift assignment for stem-loop 4 from the 5′-UTR of SARS-CoV-2

4. ¹H, ¹³C and ¹⁵N assignment of stem-loop SL1 from the 5'-UTR of SARS-CoV-2

5. Comprehensive Fragment Screening of the SARS‐CoV‐2 Proteome Explores Novel Chemical Space for Drug Development

6. Characterization of the zinc finger μ-protein HVO_0758 from Haloferax volcanii: biological roles, zinc binding, and NMR solution structure

7. Comprehensive Fragment Screening of the SARS‐CoV‐2 Proteome Explores Novel Chemical Space for Drug Development

8. Large-Scale Recombinant Production of the SARS-CoV-2 Proteome for High-Throughput and Structural Biology Applications

9. Comprehensive Fragment Screening of the SARS-CoV-2 Proteome Explores Novel Chemical Space for Drug Development

10. Exploring the druggability of conserved RNA regulatory elements in the SARS-CoV-2 genome

11. Large-Scale Recombinant Production of the SARS-CoV-2 Proteome for High-Throughput and Structural Biology Applications

12. Exploring the Druggability of Conserved RNA Regulatory Elements in the SARS‐CoV‐2 Genome

13. Biological functions, genetic and biochemical characterization, and NMR structure determination of the small zinc finger protein HVO_2753 from Haloferax volcanii

14. Correction to 'Secondary structure determination of conserved SARS-CoV-2 RNA elements by NMR spectroscopy’

15. High complexity of glutamine synthetase regulation in Methanosarcina mazei: small protein 26 interacts and enhances glutamine synthetase activity

16. Large-Scale Recombinant Production of the SARS-CoV-2 Proteome for High-Throughput and Structural Biology Applications

17. Large-Scale Recombinant Production of the SARS-CoV-2 Proteome for High-Throughput and Structural Biology Applications

18. Correction to ‘Secondary structure determination of conserved SARS-CoV-2 RNA elements by NMR spectroscopy’

19. High complexity of Glutamine synthetase regulation in Methanosarcina mazei : Small protein 26 interacts and enhances glutamine synthetase activity

20. Secondary structure determination of conserved SARS-CoV-2 RNA elements by NMR spectroscopy

21. Biological functions, genetic and biochemical characterization, and NMR structure determination of the small zinc finger protein HVO_2753 from Haloferax volcanii

22. Small protein 26 interacts and enhances glutamine synthetase activity in Methanosarcina mazei

23. 1H, 13C, and 15N backbone chemical shift assignments of coronavirus-2 non-structural protein Nsp10

24. 1H, 13C, and 15N backbone chemical shift assignments of the apo and the ADP-ribose bound forms of the macrodomain of SARS-CoV-2 non-structural protein 3b

25. Secondary structure determination of conserved SARS-CoV-2 RNA elements by NMR spectroscopy

26. 1H, 13C, 15N and 31P chemical shift assignment for stem-loop 4 from the 5′-UTR of SARS-CoV-2.

27. Rapid Biophysical Characterization and NMR Spectroscopy Structural Analysis of Small Proteins from Bacteria and Archaea

28. Rapid biophysical characterization and NMR spectroscopy structural analysis of small proteins from bacteria and archaea

29. Biological functions, genetic and biochemical characterization, and NMR structure determination of the small zinc finger protein HVO_2753 from Haloferax volcanii.

30. Large-Scale Recombinant Production of the SARS-CoV-2 Proteome for High-Throughput and Structural Biology Applications

31. Comprehensive Fragment Screening of the SARS-CoV-2 Proteome Explores Novel Chemical Space for Drug Development.

32. Large-Scale Recombinant Production of the SARS-CoV-2 Proteome for High-Throughput and Structural Biology Applications.

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