Abstract
An electron density map of the TMV disk at 5 Å resolution has been obtained using isomorphous replacement and non-crystallographic symmetry. The polypeptide chain can be traced with little ambiguity. The axial contacts between protein subunits are unlike those in the virus, the disk being a more open structure apparently designed for rapid interaction with the RNA.
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Champness, J., Bloomer, A., Bricogne, G. et al. The structure of the protein disk of tobacco mosaic virus to 5 Å resolution. Nature 259, 20–24 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/259020a0
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