A viral genome packaging motor transitions between cyclic and helical symmetry to translocate dsDNA
M. Woodson, J. Pajak, W. Zhao, W. Zhang, G. Arya, M. A. White, P. J. Jardine, M. C. Morais
The paper shows that viral DNA packaging motors switch between helical and planar symmetry to translocate double-stranded DNA.
bioRxiv · May 23, 2020Biophysics