2vq0
From Proteopedia
CAPSID STRUCTURE OF SESBANIA MOSAIC VIRUS COAT PROTEIN DELETION MUTANT RCP(DELTA 48 TO 59)
Overview
A unique feature of several T=3 icosahedral viruses is the presence of a structure called the beta-annulus formed by extensive hydrogen bonding between protein subunits related by icosahedral three-fold axis of symmetry. This unique structure has been suggested as a molecular switch that determines the T=3 capsid assembly. In order to examine the importance of the beta-annulus, a deletion mutant of Sesbania mosaic virus coat protein in which residues 48-59 involved in the formation of the beta-annulus were deleted retaining the rest of the residues in the amino terminal segment (rCP (Delta48-59)) was constructed. When expressed in Escherichia coli, the mutant protein assembled into virus like particles of sizes close to that of the wild type virus particles. The purified capsids were crystallized and their three dimensional structure was determined at 3.6 A resolution by X-ray crystallography. The mutant capsid structure closely resembled that of the native virus particles. However, surprisingly, the structure revealed that the assembly of the particles has proceeded without the formation of the beta-annulus. Therefore, the beta-annulus is not essential for T=3 capsid assembly as speculated earlier and may be formed as a consequence of the particle assembly. This is the first structural demonstration that the virus particle morphology with and without the beta-annulus could be closely similar.
About this Structure
2VQ0 is a Single protein structure of sequence from Sesbania mosaic virus. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
Structure of recombinant capsids formed by the beta-annulus deletion mutant - rCP (Delta48-59) of Sesbania mosaic virus., Pappachan A, Subashchandrabose C, Satheshkumar PS, Savithri HS, Murthy MR, Virology. 2008 May 25;375(1):190-6. Epub 2008 Mar 4. PMID:18295296 Page seeded by OCA on Wed May 14 11:27:16 2008
