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De Novo model of Bacteriophage P22 procapsid coat protein

Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
  • Resolution: 3.8 Å
  • Aggregation State: PARTICLE 
  • Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE 

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Literature

Structural Basis for Scaffolding-Mediated Assembly and Maturation of a DsDNA Virus.

Chen, D.-H., Baker, M.L., Hryc, C.F., Dimaio, F., Jakana, J., Wu, W., Dougherty, M., Haase-Pettingell, C., Schmid, M.F., Jiang, W., Baker, D., King, J.A., Chiu, W.

(2011) Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA 108: 1355

  • DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1015739108
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    • Formation of many dsDNA viruses begins with the assembly of a procapsid, containing scaffolding proteins and a multisubunit portal but lacking DNA, which matures into an infectious virion. This process, conserved among dsDNA viruses such as herpes vi ...

    Formation of many dsDNA viruses begins with the assembly of a procapsid, containing scaffolding proteins and a multisubunit portal but lacking DNA, which matures into an infectious virion. This process, conserved among dsDNA viruses such as herpes viruses and bacteriophages, is key to forming infectious virions. Bacteriophage P22 has served as a model system for this study in the past several decades. However, how capsid assembly is initiated, where and how scaffolding proteins bind to coat proteins in the procapsid, and the conformational changes upon capsid maturation still remain elusive. Here, we report Cα backbone models for the P22 procapsid and infectious virion derived from electron cryomicroscopy density maps determined at 3.8- and 4.0-Å resolution, respectively, and the first procapsid structure at subnanometer resolution without imposing symmetry. The procapsid structures show the scaffolding protein interacting electrostatically with the N terminus (N arm) of the coat protein through its C-terminal helix-loop-helix motif, as well as unexpected interactions between 10 scaffolding proteins and the 12-fold portal located at a unique vertex. These suggest a critical role for the scaffolding proteins both in initiating the capsid assembly at the portal vertex and propagating its growth on a T = 7 icosahedral lattice. Comparison of the procapsid and the virion backbone models reveals coordinated and complex conformational changes. These structural observations allow us to propose a more detailed molecular mechanism for the scaffolding-mediated capsid assembly initiation including portal incorporation, release of scaffolding proteins upon DNA packaging, and maturation into infectious virions.

    Organizational Affiliation: 

    National Center for Macromolecular Imaging, Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.




Macromolecules

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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChainsSequence LengthOrganismDetails
COAT PROTEIN
A, B, C, D, E, F, G
430Salmonella phage P22Mutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: 5
Find proteins for P26747 (Salmonella phage P22)
Go to UniProtKB:  P26747
Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
  • Resolution: 3.8 Å
  • Aggregation State: PARTICLE 
  • Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE 

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Revision History 

  • Version 1.0: 2011-02-02
    Type: Initial release