Role of capsid proteins.
Coat proteins (CPs) of all plant viruses have an early function in disassembly of parental virus and a late function in assembly of progeny virus. Depending on the virus, however, CPs may play a role in many steps of the infection cycle in between these early and late functions. It has been shown that CPs can play a role in translation of viral RNA, targeting of the viral genome to its site of replication, cell-to-cell and/or systemic movement of the virus, symptomatology and virulence of the infection, activation of R gene-mediated host defenses, suppression of RNA silencing, interference with suppression of RNA silencing, and determination of the specificity of virus transmission by vectors. These functions are reviewed in this chapter.
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Clusius Laboratory, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Wassenaarseweg 64, 2333, AL Leiden, the Netherlands.
D036022:Capsid Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D016679:Genome, Viral; D010942:Plant Viruses / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D010944:Plants / Q000821:virology*; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D014779:Virus Replication
D036022:Capsid Proteins; D012367:RNA, Viral