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ArticleNature communications2025

Structural basis for Ebola virus nucleocapsid assembly and function regulated by VP24.

Yoko Fujita-Fujiharu, Shangfan Hu, Ai Hirabayashi, Yuki Takamatsu, Yen Ni Ng, Kazuya Houri, Yukiko Muramoto, Masahiro Nakano, Yukihiko Sugita, Takeshi Noda

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

Yoko Fujita-Fujiharu *Laboratory of Ultrastructural Virology, Institute for Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, 53 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2411-5473
Shangfan Hu *Laboratory of Ultrastructural Virology, Institute for Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, 53 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan.
Ai HirabayashiLaboratory of Ultrastructural Virology, Institute for Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, 53 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan.
Yuki TakamatsuDepartment of Virology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Sakamoto, Nagasaki City, Nagasaki, 852-8102, Japan.
Yen Ni NgLaboratory of Ultrastructural Virology, Institute for Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, 53 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan.
Kazuya HouriLaboratory of Ultrastructural Virology, Institute for Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, 53 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan.
Yukiko MuramotoLaboratory of Ultrastructural Virology, Institute for Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, 53 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8706-3113
Masahiro NakanoLaboratory of Ultrastructural Virology, Institute for Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, 53 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4247-9008
Yukihiko SugitaLaboratory of Ultrastructural Virology, Institute for Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, 53 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6861-4840
Takeshi NodaLaboratory of Ultrastructural Virology, Institute for Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, 53 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan. noda.takeshi.6e@kyoto-u.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0658-4663

Funding

Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) 24fm0208101j0008Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) JP23fm0208101MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) JPJSCCA20190008MEXT | JST | Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST) JPMJCR20HA
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Ebola virus, a member of the Filoviridae family, causes severe hemorrhagic fever in humans. Filamentous virions contain a helical nucleocapsid responsible for genome transcription, replication, and packaging into progeny virions. The nucleocapsid consists of a helical nucleoprotein (NP)-viral genomic RNA complex forming the core structure, to which VP24 and VP35 bind externally. Two NPs, each paired with a VP24 molecule, constitute a repeating unit. However, the detailed nucleocapsid structure remains unclear. Here, we determine the nucleocapsid-like structure within virus-like particles at 4.6 Å resolution using single-particle cryo-electron microscopy. Mutational analysis identifies specific interactions between the two NPs and two VP24s and demonstrates that each of the two VP24s in different orientations distinctively regulates nucleocapsid assembly, viral RNA synthesis, intracellular transport of the nucleocapsid, and infectious virion production. Our findings highlight the sophisticated mechanisms underlying the assembly and functional regulation of the nucleocapsid and provide insights into antiviral development.

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EbolavirusNucleocapsidViral ProteinsVirus AssemblyAnimalsCryoelectron MicroscopyHumansModels, MolecularNucleoproteinsRNA, ViralVirionNucleoproteinsRNA, ViralViral ProteinsVP24 protein, Ebola virus

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PMID40064872
PMCPMC11894184

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