Structural highlights
Function
PORTL_BPN4 Forms the portal vertex of the capsid. This portal plays critical roles in head assembly, genome packaging, neck/tail attachment, and genome ejection. The portal protein multimerizes as a single ring-shaped homododecamer arranged around a central channel.[1]
References
- ↑ Choi KH, McPartland J, Kaganman I, Bowman VD, Rothman-Denes LB, Rossmann MG. Insight into DNA and protein transport in double-stranded DNA viruses: the structure of bacteriophage N4. J Mol Biol. 2008 May 2;378(3):726-36. PMID:18374942 doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2008.02.059
