Figure 8.
Examples of different forms of VLPs observed in ssRNA phages. (A) The VLPs observed from overexpression and/or mutagenesis of CPs. The Beihai14 (PDB 6YFD) and AVE016 (PDB 6YFB) are non-culturable ssRNA phages with their CPs recombinantly expressed and forming a large T = 3 and prolate particles, respectively. The S37P mutation of CPMS2 resulted in T = 1 particle (PDB 4ZOR) (B) The VLPs of Qβ, which were observed through wild-type infection (PDB 5VLY, 7LGE, 7LGF, 7LGG, and 7LGH). (C) The table illustrates the number of pentamers and hexamers for each VLP form. Scale bars in this figure denote 100 Å.