Crystallographic and cryoEM analyses reveal SARS-CoV-2 SL5 is a mobile T-shaped four-way junction with deep pockets

TABLE 1.

Summary of crystallographic statistics

Data collection Data set 1 (Cs+) Data set 2
Wavelength (Å) 1.8917 1.5998
Space group P 32 2 1 P 32 2 1
Unit cell dimensions
 a, b, c (Å) 96.0, 96.0, 114.4 96.7, 96.7, 114. 3
 α, β, γ (°) 90, 90, 120 90, 90, 120
Resolution (Å) 48–3.51 (3.64–3.51)a 47.36–3.33 (3.45–3.33)
No. reflections 7981 (780) 9443 (905)
Rmerge 0.100 (4.967) 0.072 (3.508)
<I>/<σ(I)> 17.3 (0.7) 20.9 (0.9)
CC1/2 0.996 (0.368) 0.997 (0.435)
Completeness (%) 99.6 (97.1) 99.9 (99.1)
Redundancy 18.5 (17.2) 19.4 (20.1)
Refinement
Resolution (Å) 48–3.51 47.36–3.33
No. reflections 7954 (780) 9432 (902)
No. reflections (test set) 792 (10%) 953 (10%)
Rwork/Rfree (%) 0.174/0.214 0.158/0.204
No. atoms
 RNA 2129 2136
 Ions, waters 44 35
B-factors
 RNA (Å2) 207.4 206.4
 Ions, waters (Å2) 242.1 210.7
r.m.s. deviations
 Bond lengths (Å) 0.005 0.007
 Bond angles (°) 1.17 1.36
Coordinate precision (Phenix), Å 0.59 0.56
Protein Data Bank code 9E90 9E9Q
  • aValues in parentheses correspond to highest resolution shells.

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