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2bpa
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ATOMIC STRUCTURE OF SINGLE-STRANDED DNA BACTERIOPHAGE PHIX174 AND ITS FUNCTIONAL IMPLICATIONS
Overview
The mechanism of DNA ejection, viral assembly and evolution are related to the structure of bacteriophage phi X174. The F protein forms a T = 1 capsid whose major folding motif is the eight-stranded antiparallel beta barrel found in many other icosahedral viruses. Groups of 5 G proteins form 12 dominating spikes that enclose a hydrophilic channel containing some diffuse electron density. Each G protein is a tight beta barrel with its strands running radially outwards and with a topology similar to that of the F protein. The 12 'pilot' H proteins per virion may be partially located in the putative ion channel. The small, basic J protein is associated with the DNA and is situated in an interior cleft of the F protein. Tentatively, there are three regions of partially ordered DNA structure,
About this Structure
2BPA is a Protein complex structure of sequences from Enterobacteria phage phix174. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
Atomic structure of single-stranded DNA bacteriophage phi X174 and its functional implications., McKenna R, Xia D, Willingmann P, Ilag LL, Krishnaswamy S, Rossmann MG, Olson NH, Baker TS, Incardona NL, Nature. 1992 Jan 9;355(6356):137-43. PMID:1370343 Page seeded by OCA on Sat May 3 20:36:25 2008
