Nature Communications (Jan 2022)

Multiple conformations of trimeric spikes visualized on a non-enveloped virus

  • Yinong Zhang,
  • Yanxiang Cui,
  • Jingchen Sun,
  • Z. Hong Zhou

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28114-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Zhang and Cui et al. present in situ cryoEM structures of the trimeric spike of cytoplasmic polyhedrosis virus in both open and close conformations, and demonstrate that spike detachment from the capsid is triggered by the presence of SAM and ATP.