Conformational landscape of a virus by single-particle X-ray scattering

Ahmad Hosseinizadeh, Ghoncheh Mashayekhi, Jeremy Copperman, Peter Schwander, Ali Dashti, Reyhaneh Sepehr, Russell Fung, Marius Schmidt, Chun Hong Yoon, Brenda Hogue, Garth J. Williams, Andrew Aquila, Abbas Ourmazd

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Abstract

Using a manifold-based analysis of experimental diffraction snapshots from an X-ray free electron laser, we determine the three-dimensional structure and conformational landscape of the PR772 virus to a detector-limited resolution of 9 nm. Our results indicate that a single conformational coordinate controls reorganization of the genome, growth of a tubular structure from a portal vertex and release of the genome. These results demonstrate that single-particle X-ray scattering has the potential to shed light on key biological processes.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)877-881
Number of pages5
JournalNature Methods
Volume14
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 31 2017

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biotechnology
  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cell Biology

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