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Article Dans Une Revue Nucleic Acids Research Année : 2021

The HIV-1 nucleocapsid chaperone protein forms locally compacted globules on long double-stranded DNA

Kai Jiang
  • Fonction : Auteur
Sriram K.K.
Ioulia Rouzina
  • Fonction : Auteur
Yves Mely
Fredrik Westerlund

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Abstract The nucleocapsid (NC) protein plays key roles in Human Immunodeficiency Virus 1 (HIV-1) replication, notably by condensing and protecting the viral RNA genome and by chaperoning its reverse transcription into double-stranded DNA (dsDNA). Recent findings suggest that integration of viral dsDNA into the host genome, and hence productive infection, is linked to a small subpopulation of viral complexes where reverse transcription was completed within the intact capsid. Therefore, the synthesized dsDNA has to be tightly compacted, most likely by NC, to prevent breaking of the capsid in these complexes. To investigate NC’s ability to compact viral dsDNA, we here characterize the compaction of single dsDNA molecules under unsaturated NC binding conditions using nanofluidic channels. Compaction is shown to result from accumulation of NC at one or few compaction sites, which leads to small dsDNA condensates. NC preferentially initiates compaction at flexible regions along the dsDNA, such as AT-rich regions and DNA ends. Upon further NC binding, these condensates develop into a globular state containing the whole dsDNA molecule. These findings support NC’s role in viral dsDNA compaction within the mature HIV-1 capsid and suggest a possible scenario for the gradual dsDNA decondensation upon capsid uncoating and NC loss.
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hal-03886970 , version 1 (06-12-2022)

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Kai Jiang, Nicolas Humbert, Sriram K.K., Ioulia Rouzina, Yves Mely, et al.. The HIV-1 nucleocapsid chaperone protein forms locally compacted globules on long double-stranded DNA. Nucleic Acids Research, 2021, 49 (8), pp.4550-4563. ⟨10.1093/nar/gkab236⟩. ⟨hal-03886970⟩

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