Key resources table
| REAGENT or RESOURCE | SOURCE | IDENTIFIER |
|---|---|---|
| Antibodies | ||
| Anti-PCDH10 antibody | Proteintech | Cat#: 21859-1-AP; RRID: AB_2878929 |
| Anti-VLDLR antibody | GeneTex | Cat#: GTX79552; RRID: AB_11171827 |
| Anti-MXRA8 antibody | MBL International | Cat#: W040-3; RRID: AB_2801291 |
| Rabbit IgG isotype | Proteintech | Cat#: 30000-0-AP; RRID: AB_2819035 |
| Mouse IgG isotype | BD Biosciences | Cat#: BDB557351; RRID: AB_10050406 |
| PE-conjugated donkey anti-rabbit F(ab’)2 fragment | Jackson ImmunoResearch | Cat#: 711-116-152; RRID: AB_2340599 |
| PE-conjugated donkey anti-mouse F(ab’)2 fragment | Jackson ImmunoResearch | Cat#: 715-116-150; RRID: AB_2340798 |
| APC-conjugated rat anti-DYKDDDDK (Flag) antibody | BioLegend | Cat#: 637307; RRID: AB_2561496 |
| APC-conjugated rat isotype control antibody | BioLegend | Cat#: 402306; RRID: AB_3097097 |
| Anti-Human IgG (Fc specific)-Peroxidase antibody | Sigma | Cat#: A0170; RRID: AB_257868 |
| Anti-WEEV E2-E1 monoclonal antibody SKW11 | Sutton et al.59 | N/A |
| Bacterial and virus strains | ||
| Highlands J virus (strain B 230) | ATCC | Cat#: VR-622 |
| Chemicals, peptides, and recombinant proteins | ||
| DMEM | Gibco | Cat#: C11995500BT |
| Expi293™ Expression Medium | Thermo Fisher Scientific | Cat#: A1435101 |
| Neurobasal medium | Thermo Fisher Scientific | Cat#: 21103 |
| Glutamax | Thermo Fisher Scientific | Cat#: 35050 |
| B-27 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | Cat#: 17504 |
| Y-27632 | Stemcell Technologies | Cat#: 72302 |
| Fetal bovine serum (FBS) | ATLAS Biologicals | Cat#: F-0500-D |
| HEPES | Thermo Fisher Scientific | Cat#: 15630080 |
| RPMI1640 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | Cat#: 11835055 |
| Pen strep (penicillin-streptomycin) | Gibco | Cat#: 10378016 |
| Opti-MEM | Thermo Fisher Scientific | Cat#: 31985088 |
| Dulbecco’s Phosphate Buffered Saline (DPBS) | Thermo Fisher Scientific | Cat#: 14190-144 |
| Pierce Chromogenic Endotoxin Quantification Kit | Thermo Fisher Scientific | Cat# A39552 |
| MabSelectTM PrismA protein A affinity resin | Cytiva | Cat#: 17549801 |
| Superdex 200 increase 10/300 GL column | Cytiva | Cat#: 28990944 |
| Human PCDH10EC1-Fc | Li et al.15 | N/A |
| Human VLDLRLBD-Fc | Clark et al.34 | N/A |
| Human VLDLR LA(1-2)-Fc | This study | N/A |
| Sparrow PCDH10EC1-Fc | This study | N/A |
| Human MXRA8ect-Fc | Clark et al.34 | N/A |
| Human PCDH10EC1-twin-strep | This study | N/A |
| Receptor associated protein (RAP) | Clark et al.34 | N/A |
| Critical commercial assays | ||
| ExpiFectamineTM 293 Transfection Kit | Thermo Fisher Scientific | Cat#: A14525 |
| Lipofectamine 3000 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | Cat#: L3000150 |
| e-Myco PCR detection kit | Bulldog Bio | Cat#: 25234 |
| Deposited data | ||
| WEEV CBA87 VLP density map | This study | EMD-47117 |
| WEEV CBA87 VLP model | This study | PDB ID: 9DQX |
| WEEV CBA87 VLP/human PCDH10EC1-Fc density map | This study | EMD-47116 |
| WEEV CBA87 VLP/human PCDH10EC1-Fc model | This study | PDB ID: 9DQV |
| WEEV Imperial 181 VLP/sparrow PCDH10EC1-Fc density map | This study | EMD-47118 |
| WEEV Imperial 181 VLP/sparrow PCDH10EC1-Fc model | This study | PDB ID: 9DQY |
| WEEV McMillan VLP/VLDLRLBD-Fc density map | This study | EMD-47119 |
| WEEV McMillan VLP/ VLDLRLBD-Fc model | This study | PDB ID: 9DQZ |
| Experimental models: Cell lines | ||
| Expi293F™ cells | Thermo Fisher Scientific | Cat#: A14527, RRID: CVCL_D615 |
| HEK 293T (human kidney epithelial) | ATCC | Cat#: CRL-11268, RRID:CVCL_0063 |
| Vero E6 (Cercopithecus aethiops kidney epithelial) | ATCC | Cat#: CRL-1586, RRID: CVCL_0574 |
| K562 (human chronic myelogenous leukemia) | ATCC | Cat#: CCL-243, RRID:CVCL_0004 |
| Embryonic day 17 mouse cortical neurons | Thermo Fisher Scientific | Cat#: A15586 |
| K562 cells expressing P. domesticus PCDH10 | Li et al.15 | N/A |
| K562 cells expressing E. caballus PCDH10 | Li et al.15 | N/A |
| K562 cells expressing P. domesticus MXRA8 | This study | N/A |
| K562 cells expressing M. musculus PCDH10 | Li et al.15 | N/A |
| K562 cells expressing T. sirtalis PCDH10 | Li et al.15 | N/A |
| Experimental models: Organisms/strains | ||
| CD-1 IGS mice | Charles River | Strain Code 022 |
| Recombinant DNA | ||
| pVRC-human PCDH10EC1-Fc | Li et al.15 | N/A |
| pVRC-sparrow PCDH10EC1-Fc | This study | N/A |
| pVRC-human VLDLRLBD-Fc | Clark et al.34 | N/A |
| pVRC-human MXRA8ect-Fc | Clark et al.34 | N/A |
| pVRC-human PCDH10EC1-twin-strep | This study | N/A |
| pCAGGS-human RAP | Clark et al.34 | N/A |
| pCAGGS-WEEV 71V1658 E3-E2-6K/TF-E1 (and mutants) | Li et al.15 and this study | N/A |
| pCAGGS-WEEV Fleming E3-E2-6K/TF-E1 (and mutants) | Li et al.15 and this study | N/A |
| pCAGGS-WEEV McMillan E3-E2-6K/TF-E1 (and mutants) | Li et al.15 and this study | N/A |
| pCAGGS-WEEV Imperial 181 E3-E2-6K/TF-E1 (and mutants) | Li et al.15 and this study | N/A |
| pCAGGS-WEEV CBA87 E3-E2-6K/TF-E1 | Li et al.15 | N/A |
| pCAGGS-WEEV BFS09997 E3-E2-6K/TF-E1 | This study | N/A |
| pCAGGS-WEEV EP6 E3-E2-6K/TF-E1 | This study | N/A |
| pCAGGS-WEEV AG80-646 E3-E2-6K/TF-E1 | This study | N/A |
| pCAGGS-WEEV TR25717 E3-E2-6K/TF-E1 | This study | N/A |
| pCAGGS-WEEV EQ1090 E3-E2-6K/TF-E1 | This study | N/A |
| pCAGGS-WEEV DILAVE218 E3-E2-6K/TF-E1 | This study | N/A |
| pCAGGS-HJV 585-01 E3-E2-6K/TF-E1 (and mutants) | This study | N/A |
| lentiGuide-Puro-human PCDH10 | Li et al.15 | N/A |
| lentiGuide-Puro-human PCDH10 stalk-Flag | Li et al.15 | N/A |
| lentiGuide-Puro-human PCDH10 EC1-Flag (and mutants) | Li et al.15 | N/A |
| lentiGuide-Puro-human VLDLR | Clark et al.34 | N/A |
| lentiGuide-Puro-human VLDLR ΔLBD-Flag | Clark et al.34 | N/A |
| lentiGuide-Puro-human VLDLR Flag-tagged single LA repeat | Yang et al.24 | N/A |
| lentiGuide-Puro-human MXRA8 | Clark et al.34 | N/A |
| lentiGuide-Puro-human ApoER2 iso2 | Clark et al.34 | N/A |
| lentiGuide-Puro-sparrow PCDH10 | Li et al.15 | N/A |
| lentiGuide-Puro-sparrow MXRA8 | This study | N/A |
| lentiGuide-Puro-garter snake PCDH10 | Li et al.15 | N/A |
| lentiGuide-Puro-mouse PCDH10 | Li et al.15 | N/A |
| lentiGuide-Puro horse PCDH10 | Li et al.15 | N/A |
| WEEV CBA87 virus-like particle in pVRC plasmid | Ko et al.32 | N/A |
| WEEV McMillan virus-like particle in pVRC plasmid | Li et al.15 | N/A |
| WEEV Imperial 181 virus-like particle in pVRC plasmid | This study | N/A |
| Western equine encephalitis virus (strain McMillan) molecular clone | Gardner et al.60 | |
| Software and algorithms | ||
| RELION v3.1.4 | Zivanov et al.61 | N/A |
| crYOLO v1.8.2 | Wagner et al.62 | N/A |
| DeepEMhancer v20210511 | Sanchez-Garcia et al.63 | N/A |
| MotionCor2 v1.6.4 | Zheng et al.64 | N/A |
| CTFFIND-4.1 v4.1.14 | Rohou et al.65 | N/A |
| UCSF ChimeraX v1.6.1 | Pettersen et al.66 | N/A |
| PyMOL v3.0.2 | (https://www.pymol.org/pymol) | N/A |
| Coot v0.9.8 | Emsley et al.67 | N/A |
| Phenix v1.21rc1-5127 | Adams et al.68 | N/A |
| AlphaFold2 | Jumper et al.69 | N/A |
| GraphPad Prism v10.2.3 | GraphPad | N/A |
| FlowJo v10.6.2 | FlowJo, LLC | N/A |
| Incucyte S3 Software v2023B | Sartorius | N/A |
| MEGA v11.0.10 | MEGA Development Team | N/A |
| Other | ||
| Quantifoil grids R 0.6/1 300 mesh, gold | Electron Microscopy Sciences | Cat#: Q350AR-06 |
| Quantifoil grids R 2/2 300 mesh, gold | Electron Microscopy Sciences | Cat#: Q3100AR2 |