title: Preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of crystals of tomato aspermy virus (TAV).
abstract: Tomato aspermy virus (TAV) is a member of the T = 3 cucumovirus group, and the chrysanthemum strain (C-TAV) has been crystallized in a form suitable for X-ray structural analysis. The crystals, which grow in 14-17% ethanol at pH 8.5, are of orthorhombic space group I222 with unit cell dimensions of a = 295.1 A, b = 320.5 A, and c = 383.6 A. There are two T = 3 virus particles in the unit cell, which means that they must be centered at 0,0,0 and 1/2, 1/2, 1/2 with icosahedral 222 symmetry elements coincident with crystallographic symmetry operators. The asymmetric unit of the crystals, therefore, contains one quarter of a virus particle, or 45 capsid subunits. Native diffraction data to 4 A resolution have been collected using synchrotron radiation, though data appear to be present beyond that resolution.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of California, Riverside 92521, USA.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Canady
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Leja
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Day
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: McPherson
mesh_terms: D003460:Crystallization; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D017799:Cucumovirus / Q000737:chemistry*; D018551:Solanum lycopersicum / Q000821:virology*