| Literature DB >> 24990998 |
Lei Sun1, Michael G Rossmann2, Bentley A Fane3.
Abstract
Although ϕX174 DNA pilot protein H is monomeric during procapsid assembly, it forms an oligomeric tube on the host cell surface. Reminiscent of a double-stranded DNA phage tail in form and function, the H tube transports the single-stranded ϕX174 genome across the Escherichia coli cell wall. The 2.4-Å resolution H-tube crystal structure suggests functional and energetic mechanisms that may be common features of DNA transport through virally encoded conduits.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24990998 PMCID: PMC4178903 DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00291-14
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Virol ISSN: 0022-538X Impact factor: 5.103