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A P22 scaffold protein mutation increases the robustness of head assembly in the presence of excess portal protein.
Journal of virology - 1 Oct 2002
Moore Sean D, Prevelige Peter E
Abstract excerpt
Bacteriophage with linear, double-stranded DNA genomes package DNA into preassembled protein shells called procapsids. Located at one vertex in the procapsid is a portal complex composed of a ring of 12 subunits of portal protein. The portal complex serves as a docking site for the DNA packaging enzymes, a conduit for the passage of DNA, and a binding site for the phage tail. An excess of the P22 portal protein...
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