Architecture and self-assembly of the jumbo bacteriophage nuclear shell
T. G. Laughlin, A. Deep, A. M. Prichard, C. Seitz, Y. Gu, E. Enustun, S. Suslov, K. Khanna, E. A. Birkholz, E. Armbruster, J. A. McCammon, R. E. Amaro, J. Pogliano, K. D. Corbett, E. Villa
The paper identifies chimallin as the primary protein forming the bacteriophage nuclear shell and characterizes its self-assembly into closed compartments.
bioRxiv · Feb 14, 2022Biophysics