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    J Virol. 2004 Nov;78(22):12668-71.

    Structure and polymorphism of the UL6 portal protein of herpes simplex virus type 1.

    Trus BL, Cheng N, Newcomb WW, Homa FL, Brown JC, Steven AC.

    Laboratory of Structural Biology Research, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Building 50, Room 1517, MSC 8025, 50 South Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892-8025, USA.

    By electron microscopy and image analysis, we find that baculovirus-expressed UL6 is polymorphic, consisting of rings of 11-, 12-, 13-, and 14-fold symmetry. The 12-mer is likely to be the oligomer incorporated into procapsids: at a resolution of 16 A, it has an axial channel, peripheral flanges, and fits snugly into a vacant vertex site. Its architecture resembles those of bacteriophage portal/connector proteins.

    PMID: 15507654 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

    PMCID: 525097

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