ISDA

Deposition Date 2019-10-30

Release Date 2020-01-01

Last Version Date 2024-07-10

Entry Detail

PDB ID:

6TAT

Keywords:

VIRUS LIKE PARTICLE

Title:

Structure of the five-fold capsomer of the dArc2 capsid

Biological Source:

Source Organism:

Drosophila melanogaster (Taxon ID: 7227)

Host Organism:

Escherichia coli

Method Details:

Experimental Method:

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY

Resolution:

3.70 Å

Aggregation State:

PARTICLE

Reconstruction Method:

SINGLE PARTICLE

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Macromolecular Entities

Protein Blast

Polymer Type:polypeptide(L)
Molecule:Activity-regulated cytoskeleton associated protein 2
Gene (Uniprot):Arc2
Chain IDs:A, B, C, D, E
Chain Length:193
Number of Molecules:5
Biological Source:Drosophila melanogaster

UniProt ID:Q7JV70 Pfam ID:PF19259

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Primary Citation

Structures of virus-like capsids formed by the Drosophila neuronal Arc proteins.

Erlendsson, S, Morado, D.R, Cullen, H.B, Feschotte, C, Shepherd, J.D, Briggs, J.A.G.Show

Nat.Neurosci. 23 172 175 (2020)

PMID: 31907439 DOI: 10.1038/s41593-019-0569-y

Abstact

Arc, a neuronal gene that is critical for synaptic plasticity, originated through the domestication of retrotransposon Gag genes and mediates intercellular messenger RNA transfer. We report high-resolution structures of retrovirus-like capsids formed by Drosophila dArc1 and dArc2 that have surface spikes and putative internal RNA-binding domains. These data demonstrate that virus-like capsid-forming properties of Arc are evolutionarily conserved and provide a structural basis for understanding their function in intercellular communication.

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