Three-dimensional structure of infectious bursal disease virus determined by electron cryomicroscopy.

AUTOR(ES)

Böttcher, B

RESUMO

Infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV), a member of the Birnaviridae group, is a commercially important pathogen of chickens. From electron micrographs of frozen, hydrated, unstained specimens, we have computed a three-dimensional map of IBDV at about 2 nm resolution. The map shows that the structure of the virus is based on a T=13 lattice and that the subunits are predominantly trimer clustered. The subunits close to the fivefold symmetry axes are at a larger radius than those close to the two- or threefold axes, giving the capsid a markedly nonspherical shape. The trimer units on the outer surface protrude from a continuous shell of density. On the inner surface, the trimers appear as Y-shaped units, but the set of units surrounding the fivefold axes appears to be missing. It is likely that the outer trimers correspond to the protein VP2, carrying the dominant neutralizing epitope, and the inner trimers correspond to protein VP3, which has a basic carboxy-terminal tail expected to interact with the packaged RNA.

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