Melbournevirus-encoded histone doublets are recruited to virus particles and form destabilized nucleosome-like structures
Yang Liu, Chelsea Marie Toner, Nadège Philippe, Sandra Jeudy, Keda Zhou, Samuel Bowerman, Alison E. White, Garrett B. Edwards, Chantal Abergel, Karolin Luger
The paper shows that large DNA viruses encode fused histone doublets that are targeted to viral factories and assemble into open nucleosome-like structures.
bioRxiv · Apr 29, 2021 · PreprintMolecular Biology