FIGURE 4.
The conversion of potexvirus virions into translatable vRNA. PVX TGB1 protein binds to polar CP subunits located at the end of PVX virion (A,B). Then, binding of TGB1 protein causes the CP to separate from the PVX virion (C) early in infection after movement of virion into uninfected adjacent cells, such that the virion become translatable. Replicase then replicates (-) vRNA from the translatable form of PVX (+) vRNA (D), replicase transcribed (-) vRNA from (+) vRNA, and finally (not shown), ribosomes bind to the (+) vRNA.
