CryoEM and mutagenesis reveal that the smallest capsid protein cements and stabilizes Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus capsid

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2015, Pages E649-E656

  Dai, Xinghong ^a   Gong, Danyang ^b   Xiao, Yuchen ^a   Wu, Ting Ting ^b   Sun, Ren ^a,b   Zhou, Z Hong ^a   Chiu, Wah ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Capsid assembly; Capsid stabilization; Cementing protein; Kaposi's sarcoma associated herpesvirus; Smallest capsid protein

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN; SMALLEST CAPSID PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PRIMER DNA;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS EXPRESSION SYSTEM; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; STOP CODON; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS REPLICATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROCEDURES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; MIRIDAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CAPSID; CELL LINE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DNA PRIMERS; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 84923308126     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1420317112     Document Type: Article

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