Subunit orientation in the filamentous virus Ff(fd, f1, M13)
Subunit orientation in the filamentous virus Ff(fd, f1, M13)
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DOI:
10.1006/jmbi.1996.0323
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发表时间:
1996-06-14
影响因子:
5.6
通讯作者:
Thomas, GJ
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作者:
Overman, SA;Tsuboi, M;Thomas, GJ
The Ff filamentous viruses (fd, M13, f1) are important models for membrane protein assembly and are used extensively as cloning vectors and vehicles for peptide display The thread-like virion (approximate to 6 nm x 880 nm) comprises a single-stranded DNA genome sheathed by approximate to 2700 copies of a 50-residue alpha-helical subunit (pVIII). The average inclination of pVIII subunits from the virion axis has been determined experimentally by polarized Raman microspectroscopy of oriented fd fibers, using the amide I Raman tensors obtained from a peptide single crystal. It is found that the average tilt angle, theta, between the pVIII alpha-helix and the virion axis falls within the range 13 < theta < 20 degrees. (C) 1996 Academic Press Limited