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タイトル | Structure of a filamentous virus uncovers familial ties within the archaeal virosphere. |
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ジャーナル・号・ページ | Virus Evol, Vol. 6, Issue 1, Page veaa023, Year 2020 |
掲載日 | 2020年4月29日 |
著者 | Fengbin Wang / Diana P Baquero / Zhangli Su / Tomasz Osinski / David Prangishvili / Edward H Egelman / Mart Krupovic / |
PubMed 要旨 | Viruses infecting hyperthermophilic archaea represent one of the most enigmatic parts of the global virome, with viruses from different families showing no genomic relatedness to each other or to ...Viruses infecting hyperthermophilic archaea represent one of the most enigmatic parts of the global virome, with viruses from different families showing no genomic relatedness to each other or to viruses of bacteria and eukaryotes. Tristromaviruses, which build enveloped filamentous virions and infect hyperthermophilic neutrophiles of the order Thermoproteales, represent one such enigmatic virus families. They do not share genes with viruses from other families and have been believed to represent an evolutionarily independent virus lineage. A cryo-electron microscopic reconstruction of the tristromavirus Pyrobaculum filamentous virus 2 at 3.4 Å resolution shows that the virion is constructed from two paralogous major capsid proteins (MCP) which transform the linear dsDNA genome of the virus into A-form by tightly wrapping around it. Unexpectedly, the two MCP are homologous to the capsid proteins of other filamentous archaeal viruses, uncovering a deep evolutionary relationship within the archaeal virosphere. |
リンク | Virus Evol / PubMed:32368353 / PubMed Central |
手法 | EM (らせん対称) |
解像度 | 3.4 Å |
構造データ | EMDB-21094, PDB-6v7b: |
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キーワード | VIRUS / helical symmetry / archaeal pilus / STRUCTURAL PROTEIN |