Communications Biology (Jan 2022)

Higher-order structures of the foot-and-mouth disease virus RNA-dependent RNA polymerase required for genome replication

  • Eleni-Anna Loundras,
  • James Streetley,
  • Morgan R. Herod,
  • Rebecca Thompson,
  • Mark Harris,
  • David Bhella,
  • Nicola J. Stonehouse

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02989-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Loundras et al. report on the fibril components of the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase RdRp from foot-and-mouth disease virus. They demonstrate that higher-order fibril-based interactions create multiple complex structures within which RNA replication can occur.