PMID- 33406991 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20211206 LR - 20211214 IS - 1555-8584 (Electronic) IS - 1547-6286 (Print) IS - 1547-6286 (Linking) VI - 18 IP - 5 DP - 2021 May TI - Dengue virus strain 2 capsid protein switches the annealing pathway and reduces intrinsic dynamics of the conserved 5' untranslated region. PG - 718-731 LID - 10.1080/15476286.2020.1860581 [doi] AB - The capsid protein of dengue virus strain 2 (DENV2C) promotes nucleic acid structural rearrangements using chaperone activity. However, the role of DENV2C during the interaction of RNA elements in the conserved 5' untranslated region (5'UTR) to the 3' untranslated region (3'UTR) is still unclear. Thus, we investigated the effect of DENV2C on the annealing mechanism of two RNA hairpin elements from the 5'UTR to their complementary sequences during (+)/(-) ds-RNAformation and (+) RNA circularization. DENV2C was found to switch the annealing pathway for RNA elements involved in (+)/(-) ds-RNA formation, but not for RNA elements related to (+) RNA circularization. In addition, we also determined that DENV2C modulates intrinsic dynamics and reduces kinetically trapped unfavourable conformations of the 5'UTR sequence. Thus, our results provide mechanistic insights by which DENV2C chaperones the interactions between RNA elements at the 5' and 3' ends during genome recombination, a prerequisite for DENV replication. FAU - Yong, Xin Ee AU - Yong XE AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4235-0071 AD - NUS Graduate School for integrative Sciences and Engineering Programme, National University of Singapore, Singapore. AD - Centre for Bioimaging Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore. FAU - Raghuvamsi, Palur Venkata AU - Raghuvamsi PV AD - Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore. FAU - Anand, Ganesh S AU - Anand GS AD - Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore. FAU - Wohland, Thorsten AU - Wohland T AD - Centre for Bioimaging Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore. AD - Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore. FAU - Sharma, Kamal K AU - Sharma KK AD - Centre for Bioimaging Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore. AD - Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20210107 PL - United States TA - RNA Biol JT - RNA biology JID - 101235328 RN - 0 (5' Untranslated Regions) RN - 0 (Capsid Proteins) RN - 0 (RNA, Circular) RN - 0 (RNA, Viral) SB - IM MH - 5' Untranslated Regions/*genetics MH - Base Pairing/genetics MH - Base Sequence MH - Capsid Proteins/metabolism/*physiology MH - Conserved Sequence MH - Dengue Virus/genetics/*metabolism/physiology MH - Genome, Viral/physiology MH - Nucleic Acid Conformation MH - Protein Biosynthesis/genetics MH - RNA, Circular/chemistry/genetics MH - RNA, Viral/chemistry/genetics MH - Virus Replication/genetics PMC - PMC8078513 OTO - NOTNLM OT - FRET-FCS OT - RNA chaperone OT - RNA replication OT - genome circularization OT - kissing loop COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2021/01/08 06:00 MHDA- 2021/12/15 06:00 PMCR- 2021/01/07 CRDT- 2021/01/07 05:41 PHST- 2021/01/08 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/12/15 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/01/07 05:41 [entrez] PHST- 2021/01/07 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 1860581 [pii] AID - 10.1080/15476286.2020.1860581 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - RNA Biol. 2021 May;18(5):718-731. doi: 10.1080/15476286.2020.1860581. Epub 2021 Jan 7.