Structure of Belladonna Mottle Virus: Cross-Rotation Function Studies with Southern Bean Mosaic Virus

Hiremath, CN and Munshi, SK and Murthy, MRN (1990) Structure of Belladonna Mottle Virus: Cross-Rotation Function Studies with Southern Bean Mosaic Virus. In: Acta Crystallographica, Section B: Structural Science, 46 (4). pp. 562-567.

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Abstract

Belladonna mottle virus, which belongs to the tymovirus group of RNA plant viruses, crystallizes in rhombohedral space group R3 with $\alpha = 295.38 \AA$ and $\alpha = 59.86^{\circ}$. Cross-rotation function studies between belladonna mottle virus and southern bean mosaic virus reveal that the structure of this tymovirus is similar to those of sobemo viruses. A procedure for computing an icosahedrally averaged rotation function was developed as a general method for a more precise determination of the orientation of a symmetric molecule in an unknown cell. These studies suggest that it might be possible to obtain a high-resolution structure of belladonna mottle virus starting from phases derived from a model based on southern bean mosaic virus.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Acta Crystallographica, Section B: Structural Science
Publisher:	International Union of Crystallography
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to International Union of Crystallography.
Keywords:	belladonna;mottle virus;bean mosaic virus
Department/Centre:	Division of Biological Sciences > Molecular Biophysics Unit
Date Deposited:	04 Dec 2007
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 04:41
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/12682

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