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1. Large-Scale Recombinant Production of the SARS-CoV-2 Proteome for High-Throughput and Structural Biology Applications

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Nadide Altincekic, Sophie Marianne Korn, Nusrat Shahin Qureshi, Marie Dujardin, Martí Ninot-Pedrosa, Rupert Abele, Marie Jose Abi Saad, Caterina Alfano, Fabio C. L. Almeida, Islam Alshamleh, Gisele Cardoso de Amorim, Thomas K. Anderson, Cristiane D. Anobom, Chelsea Anorma, Jasleen Kaur Bains, Adriaan Bax, Martin Blackledge, Julius Blechar, Anja Böckmann, Louis Brigandat, Anna Bula, Matthias Bütikofer, Aldo R. Camacho-Zarco, Teresa Carlomagno, Icaro Putinhon Caruso, Betül Ceylan, Apirat Chaikuad, Feixia Chu, Laura Cole, Marquise G. Crosby, Vanessa de Jesus, Karthikeyan Dhamotharan, Isabella C. Felli, Jan Ferner, Yanick Fleischmann, Marie-Laure Fogeron, Nikolaos K. Fourkiotis, Christin Fuks, Boris Fürtig, Angelo Gallo, Santosh L. Gande, Juan Atilio Gerez, Dhiman Ghosh, Francisco Gomes-Neto, Oksana Gorbatyuk, Serafima Guseva, Carolin Hacker, Sabine Häfner, Bing Hao, Bruno Hargittay, K. Henzler-Wildman, Jeffrey C. Hoch, Katharina F. Hohmann, Marie T. Hutchison, Kristaps Jaudzems, Katarina Jović, Janina Kaderli, Gints Kalniņš, Iveta Kaņepe, Robert N. Kirchdoerfer, John Kirkpatrick, Stefan Knapp, Robin Krishnathas, Felicitas Kutz, Susanne zur Lage, Roderick Lambertz, Andras Lang, Douglas Laurents, Lauriane Lecoq, Verena Linhard, Frank Löhr, Anas Malki, Luiza Mamigonian Bessa, Rachel W. Martin, Tobias Matzel, Damien Maurin, Seth W. McNutt, Nathane Cunha Mebus-Antunes, Beat H. Meier, Nathalie Meiser, Miguel Mompeán, Elisa Monaca, Roland Montserret, Laura Mariño Perez, Celine Moser, Claudia Muhle-Goll, Thais Cristtina Neves-Martins, Xiamonin Ni, Brenna Norton-Baker, Roberta Pierattelli, Letizia Pontoriero, Yulia Pustovalova, Oliver Ohlenschläger, Julien Orts, Andrea T. Da Poian, Dennis J. Pyper, Christian Richter, Roland Riek, Chad M. Rienstra, Angus Robertson, Anderson S. Pinheiro, Raffaele Sabbatella, Nicola Salvi, Krishna Saxena, Linda Schulte, Marco Schiavina, Harald Schwalbe, Mara Silber, Marcius da Silva Almeida, Marc A. Sprague-Piercy, Georgios A. Spyroulias, Sridhar Sreeramulu, Jan-Niklas Tants, Kaspars Tārs, Felix Torres, Sabrina Töws, Miguel Á. Treviño, Sven Trucks, Aikaterini C. Tsika, Krisztina Varga, Ying Wang, Marco E. Weber, Julia E. Weigand, Christoph Wiedemann, Julia Wirmer-Bartoschek, Maria Alexandra Wirtz Martin, Johannes Zehnder, Martin Hengesbach, and Andreas Schlundt

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COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, nonstructural proteins, structural proteins, accessory proteins, intrinsically disordered region, Biology (General), QH301-705.5
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The highly infectious disease COVID-19 caused by the Betacoronavirus SARS-CoV-2 poses a severe threat to humanity and demands the redirection of scientific efforts and criteria to organized research projects. The international COVID19-NMR consortium seeks to provide such new approaches by gathering scientific expertise worldwide. In particular, making available viral proteins and RNAs will pave the way to understanding the SARS-CoV-2 molecular components in detail. The research in COVID19-NMR and the resources provided through the consortium are fully disclosed to accelerate access and exploitation. NMR investigations of the viral molecular components are designated to provide the essential basis for further work, including macromolecular interaction studies and high-throughput drug screening. Here, we present the extensive catalog of a holistic SARS-CoV-2 protein preparation approach based on the consortium’s collective efforts. We provide protocols for the large-scale production of more than 80% of all SARS-CoV-2 proteins or essential parts of them. Several of the proteins were produced in more than one laboratory, demonstrating the high interoperability between NMR groups worldwide. For the majority of proteins, we can produce isotope-labeled samples of HSQC-grade. Together with several NMR chemical shift assignments made publicly available on covid19-nmr.com, we here provide highly valuable resources for the production of SARS-CoV-2 proteins in isotope-labeled form.

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2021
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2. Combined smFRET and NMR analysis of riboswitch structural dynamics

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Julius Blechar, Martin Hengesbach, Nathalie Meiser, Vanessa de Jesus, Boris Fürtig, Harald Schwalbe, Heidi Zetzsche, and Jasleen Kaur Bains

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Riboswitch, Chemistry, Dynamics (mechanics), RNA, Computational biology, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Single Molecule Imaging, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer, Nucleic Acid Conformation, RNA, Messenger, Vibrio vulnificus, Molecular Biology
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2019

3. Comprehensive Fragment Screening of the SARS‐CoV‐2 Proteome Explores Novel Chemical Space for Drug Development

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Hannes Berg, Maria A. Wirtz Martin, Nadide Altincekic, Islam Alshamleh, Jasleen Kaur Bains, Julius Blechar, Betül Ceylan, Vanessa de Jesus, Karthikeyan Dhamotharan, Christin Fuks, Santosh L. Gande, Bruno Hargittay, Katharina F. Hohmann, Marie T. Hutchison, Sophie Marianne Korn, Robin Krishnathas, Felicitas Kutz, Verena Linhard, Tobias Matzel, Nathalie Meiser, Anna Niesteruk, Dennis J. Pyper, Linda Schulte, Sven Trucks, Kamal Azzaoui, Marcel J. J. Blommers, Yojana Gadiya, Reagon Karki, Andrea Zaliani, Philip Gribbon, Marcius da Silva Almeida, Cristiane Dinis Anobom, Anna L. Bula, Matthias Bütikofer, Ícaro Putinhon Caruso, Isabella Caterina Felli, Andrea T. Da Poian, Gisele Cardoso de Amorim, Nikolaos K. Fourkiotis, Angelo Gallo, Dhiman Ghosh, Francisco Gomes‐Neto, Oksana Gorbatyuk, Bing Hao, Vilius Kurauskas, Lauriane Lecoq, Yunfeng Li, Nathane Cunha Mebus‐Antunes, Miguel Mompeán, Thais Cristtina Neves‐Martins, Martí Ninot‐Pedrosa, Anderson S. Pinheiro, Letizia Pontoriero, Yulia Pustovalova, Roland Riek, Angus J. Robertson, Marie Jose Abi Saad, Miguel Á. Treviño, Aikaterini C. Tsika, Fabio C. L. Almeida, Ad Bax, Katherine Henzler‐Wildman, Jeffrey C. Hoch, Kristaps Jaudzems, Douglas V. Laurents, Julien Orts, Roberta Pierattelli, Georgios A. Spyroulias, Elke Duchardt‐Ferner, Jan Ferner, Boris Fürtig, Martin Hengesbach, Frank Löhr, Nusrat Qureshi, Christian Richter, Krishna Saxena, Andreas Schlundt, Sridhar Sreeramulu, Anna Wacker, Julia E. Weigand, Julia Wirmer‐Bartoschek, Jens Wöhnert, Harald Schwalbe, State of Hesse, German Research Foundation, European Commission, Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca, Agence Nationale de la Recherche (France), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France), National Institutes of Health (US), National Science Foundation (US), Latvian Council of Science, Berg, Hannes, Wirtz Martin, Maria A., Altincekic, Nadide, Alshamleh, Islam, Dhamotharan, Karthikeyan, Marianne Korn, Sophie, Schulte, Linda, da Silva Almeida, Marcius, Caterina Felli, Isabella, Fourkiotis, Nikolaos K., Gallo, Angelo, Ninot-Pedrosa, Martí, Pontoriero, Letizia, Treviño, Miguel A., Tsika, Aikaterini C., Almeida, Fabio C.L., Bax, Ad, Henzler-Wildman, Katherine, Hoch, Jeffrey C., Jaudzems, Kristaps, Laurents, D.V., Ferner, Jan, Hengesbach, Martin, Löhr, Frank, Qureshi, Nusrat, Richter, Christian, Schlundt, Andreas, Weigand, Julia E., Wirmer-Bartoschek, Julia, Schwalbe, Harald, and Publica

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Proteome, SARS-CoV-2, Protein, COVID19-NMR, General Medicine, General Chemistry, Ligands, NMR Spectroscopy, Catalysis, COVID-19 Drug Treatment, Fragment Screening, Drug Design, Drug Discovery, Humans, COVID19 * drug discovery * fragment screening * NMR spectroscopy * SARS-CoV-2
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12 pags., 4 figs., 3 tabs., SARS-CoV-2 (SCoV2) and its variants of concern pose serious challenges to the public health. The variants increased challenges to vaccines, thus necessitating for development of new intervention strategies including anti-virals. Within the international Covid19-NMR consortium, we have identified binders targeting the RNA genome of SCoV2. We established protocols for the production and NMR characterization of more than 80 % of all SCoV2 proteins. Here, we performed an NMR screening using a fragment library for binding to 25 SCoV2 proteins and identified hits also against previously unexplored SCoV2 proteins. Computational mapping was used to predict binding sites and identify functional moieties (chemotypes) of the ligands occupying these pockets. Striking consensus was observed between NMR-detected binding sites of the main protease and the computational procedure. Our investigation provides novel structural and chemical space for structure-based drug design against the SCoV2 proteome., Work at BMRZ is supported by the state of Hesse. Work in Covid19-NMR was supported by the Goethe Corona Funds, by the IWBEFRE-program 20007375 of state of Hesse, the DFG through CRC902: “Molecular Principles of RNA-based regulation.” and through infrastructure funds (project numbers: 277478796, 277479031, 392682309, 452632086, 70653611) and by European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program iNEXT-discovery under grant agreement No 871037. BY-COVID receives funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme under grant agreement number 101046203. “INSPIRED” (MIS 5002550) project, implemented under the Action “Reinforcement of the Research and Innovation Infrastructure,” funded by the Operational Program “Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship and Innovation” (NSRF 2014–2020) and co-financed by Greece and the EU (European Regional Development Fund) and the FP7 REGPOT CT-2011-285950—“SEE-DRUG” project (purchase of UPAT’s 700 MHz NMR equipment). The support of the CERM/CIRMMP center of Instruct-ERIC is gratefully acknowledged. This work has been funded in part by a grant of the Italian Ministry of University and Research (FISR2020IP_02112, ID-COVID) and by Fondazione CR Firenze. A.S. is supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [SFB902/B16, SCHL2062/2-1] and the Johanna Quandt Young Academy at Goethe [2019/AS01]. M.H. and C.F. thank SFB902 and the Stiftung Polytechnische Gesellschaft for the Scholarship. L.L. work was supported by the French National Research Agency (ANR, NMR-SCoV2-ORF8), the Fondation de la Recherche Médicale (FRM, NMR-SCoV2-ORF8), FINOVI and the IR-RMN-THC Fr3050 CNRS. Work at UConn Health was supported by grants from the US National Institutes of Health (R01 GM135592 to B.H., P41 GM111135 and R01 GM123249 to J.C.H.) and the US National Science Foundation (DBI 2030601 to J.C.H.). Latvian Council of Science Grant No. VPP-COVID-2020/1-0014. National Science Foundation EAGER MCB-2031269. This work was supported by the grant Krebsliga KFS-4903-08-2019 and SNF-311030_192646 to J.O. P.G. (ITMP) The EOSC Future project is co-funded by the European Union Horizon Programme call INFRAEOSC-03-2020—Grant Agreement Number 101017536. Open Access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL

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