Secondary structures of narcissus mosaic virus coat protein.
Circular dichroism (CD) measurements on the coat protein of narcissus mosaic virus particles show that the dominant secondary structure is the alpha-helix, with a 45 (+/- 2)% content. The beta-sheet content is much lower at 5 (+/- 3)%. Both values are essentially the same as those found in potato virus X coat protein. The CD results are used to assess the results of secondary structure prediction methods.
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Department of Biological and Molecular Sciences, University of Stirling.
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D002213:Capsid / Q000737:chemistry*; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D009029:Mosaic Viruses / Q000032:analysis*; D011487:Protein Conformation; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet / Q000379:methods; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction / Q000379:methods