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1: Nature. 2000 Apr 27;404(6781):960-7.Click here to read Links

Structure of the reovirus core at 3.6 A resolution.

Reinisch KM, Nibert ML, Harrison SC.

Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA.

The reovirus core is an assembly with a relative molecular mass of 52 million that synthesizes, modifies and exports viral messenger RNA. Analysis of its structure by X-ray crystallography shows that there are alternative, specific and completely non-equivalent contacts made by several surfaces of two of its proteins; that the RNA capping and export apparatus is a hollow cylinder, which probably sequesters its substrate to ensure completion of the capping reactions; that the genomic double-stranded RNA is coiled into concentric layers within the particle; and that there is a protein shell that appears to be common to all groups of double-stranded RNA viruses.

PMID: 10801118 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Structures reported by this article

  • Reovirus Core
    PDB: 1EJ6
    Source: Reovirus sp.
    Method: X-Ray Diffraction | Resolution: 3.6 Å