8f2n

Structural highlights

Function

CAPSD_BPPH2 Assembles to form a prolate capsid shell of about 54 nm in length and 45 nm in width, with a T=3, Q=5 symmetry.^{[1] [2] [3]}

References

1. ↑ Morais MC, Choi KH, Koti JS, Chipman PR, Anderson DL, Rossmann MG. Conservation of the capsid structure in tailed dsDNA bacteriophages: the pseudoatomic structure of phi29. Mol Cell. 2005 Apr 15;18(2):149-59. PMID:15837419 doi:S1097-2765(05)01183-4
2. ↑ Choi KH, Morais MC, Anderson DL, Rossmann MG. Determinants of bacteriophage phi29 head morphology. Structure. 2006 Nov;14(11):1723-7. PMID:17098197 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.str.2006.09.007
3. ↑ Tao Y, Olson NH, Xu W, Anderson DL, Rossmann MG, Baker TS. Assembly of a tailed bacterial virus and its genome release studied in three dimensions. Cell. 1998 Oct 30;95(3):431-7. PMID:9814712