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Crystal structure of reovirus attachment protein sigma1 reveals evolutionary relationship to adenovirus fiber.
The EMBO journal - 15 Jan 2002
Chappell James D, Prota Andrea E, Dermody Terence S, Stehle Thilo
Abstract excerpt
Reovirus attaches to cellular receptors with the sigma1 protein, a fiber-like molecule protruding from the 12 vertices of the icosahedral virion. The crystal structure of a receptor-binding fragment of sigma1 reveals an elongated trimer with two domains: a compact head with a new beta-barrel fold and a fibrous tail containing a triple beta-spiral. Numerous structural and functional similarities between reovirus...
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