title: Details of the arrangement of the outer capsid of rice dwarf phytoreovirus, as visualized by two-dimensional crystallography.
abstract: Two-dimensional crystals were obtained from purified P8, an outer capsid protein of rice dwarf phytoreovirus. A filtered image of the two-dimensional crystal, in combination with the results of biochemical analysis, revealed the unit formation of the capsid protein, a capsomere structure, which appeared to be an approximately equilateral triangle with sides of approximately 6 nm and which was composed of a trimer of P8 protein. Details of the arrangements of the outer capsid of the virus are described.
authors.affiliation: National Agriculture Research Center, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Hemmings
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Iwasaki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujiyoshi
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Isogai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Omura
mesh_terms: D002213:Capsid / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003461:Crystallography; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008970:Molecular Weight; D012275:Oryza / Q000821:virology; D012087:Reoviridae / Q000737:chemistry / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D014764:Viral Proteins