Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Viral protein transforms as it measures out DNA

Researchers have pieced together the three-dimensional atomic structure of a doughnut-shaped protein that acts like a door or ‘portal’ for the DNA to get in and out of the capsid, and have now discovered that this protein begins to transform its structure when it comes into contact with DNA.



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