Thermal conversion of filamentous potato virus X into spherical particles with different properties from virions.
We developed a method for the fast transformation of virions of tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) in so-called spherical particles (SPs) of different sizes. These SPs turned out to be highly useful for the preparation of different kinds of important biotechnological products. In this communication, we report that a representative of the flexuous helical virus group-potato virus X (PVX), produces SPs as well, but these SPs differ from TMV SPs in several important aspects. PVX SPs may be useful biotechnological devices.
Biology Faculty, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia.
Nikolai
N
Nikitin
A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia.
Alexander
A
Ksenofontov
Biology Faculty, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia.
Ekaterina
E
Trifonova
Biology Faculty, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia.
Marina
M
Arkhipenko
Biology Faculty, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia.
Ekaterina
E
Petrova
Biology Faculty, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia.
Olga
O
Kondakova
Biology Faculty, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia.
Mikhail
M
Kirpichnikov
Biology Faculty, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia.
Joseph
J
Atabekov
A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia.
Evgeny
E
Dobrov
Biology Faculty, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia.
Olga
O
Karpova
D002942:Circular Dichroism; D006358:Hot Temperature; D008958:Models, Molecular; D017863:Potexvirus / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014026:Nicotiana / Q000821:virology; D014027:Tobacco Mosaic Virus / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014771:Virion / Q000737:chemistry*
potato virus X; spherical particles; thermal remodeling; α-and β-structures