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Electrostatic interactions between capsid and scaffolding proteins mediate the structural polymorphism of a double-stranded RNA virus.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 5 Feb 2010
Saugar Irene, Irigoyen Nerea, Luque Daniel, Carrascosa José L, Rodríguez José F, Castón José R
Abstract excerpt
Capsid proteins that adopt distinct conformations constitute a paradigm of the structural polymorphism of macromolecular assemblies. We show the molecular basis of the flexibility mechanism of VP2, the capsid protein of the double-stranded RNA virus infectious bursal disease virus. The initial assembly, a procapsid-like structure, is built by the protein precursor pVP2 and requires VP3, the other infectious...
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