Hexameric molecular motors: P4 packaging ATPase unravels the mechanism.
Genome packaging into an empty capsid is an essential step in the assembly of many complex viruses. In double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) bacteriophages of the Cystoviridae family this step is performed by a hexameric helicase P4 which is one of the simplest packaging motors found in nature. Biochemical an...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2006
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