2013
Rubella virus capsid protein structure and its role in virus assembly and infection
PRASAD, Vidya Mangala; Steven D. WILLOWS; Andrei FOKINE; Anthony J. BATTISTI; Siyang SUN et al.Základní údaje
Originální název
Rubella virus capsid protein structure and its role in virus assembly and infection
Autoři
PRASAD, Vidya Mangala; Steven D. WILLOWS; Andrei FOKINE; Anthony J. BATTISTI; Siyang SUN; Pavel PLEVKA; Tom C. HOBMAN a Michael G. ROSSMANN
Vydání
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, WASHINGTON, National Academy of Sciences, 2013, 0027-8424
Další údaje
Jazyk
angličtina
Typ výsledku
Článek v odborném periodiku
Obor
10600 1.6 Biological sciences
Stát vydavatele
Spojené státy
Utajení
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
Impakt faktor
Impact factor: 9.809
Označené pro přenos do RIV
Ne
Organizační jednotka
Středoevropský technologický institut
UT WoS
Klíčová slova anglicky
X-ray crystallography; cryoelectron tomography; virology
Štítky
Změněno: 29. 3. 2017 11:05, Mgr. Eva Špillingová
Anotace
V originále
Rubella virus (RV) is a leading cause of birth defects due to infectious agents. When contracted during pregnancy, RV infection leads to severe damage in fetuses. Despite its medical importance, compared with the related alphaviruses, very little is known about the structure of RV. The RV capsid protein is an essential structural component of virions as well as a key factor in virus-host interactions. Here we describe three crystal structures of the structural domain of the RV capsid protein. The polypeptide fold of the RV capsid protomer has not been observed previously. Combining the atomic structure of the RV capsid protein with the cryoelectron tomograms of RV particles established a low-resolution structure of the virion. Mutational studies based on this structure confirmed the role of amino acid residues in the capsid that function in the assembly of infectious virions.