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. 2016 Apr 5;24(4):528–536. doi: 10.1016/j.str.2016.02.008

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Minor Capsid Proteins and Genome Organization

(A) A 40-Å thick slab through the unsharpened/unmasked virion map shown at a contour level of 0.0034. Pyramidal density below each VP1 penton and two shells of electron density adjacent to the inner capsid layer can be seen. The density within 6 Å of the fitted coordinates for SV40 VP1 is colored gray. The remaining density is colored in a radial color scheme. Density for VP2 and VP3 is colored blue→green, and for packaged dsDNA yellow→pink.

(B) Enlarged view of the pyramidal density beneath a single VP1 penton of the virion shown at a contour level of 0.0032. Strands of dsDNA wrapped around a human histone octamer (PDB: 1AOI) are shown, indicating that the two shells of density have a comparable spacing. Discrete connective density between the pyramidal density and internal shells is also apparent. Scale bars shown.

(C) A 40-Å thick slab through the unsharpened/unmasked VLP map shown at a contour level of 0.0011 which shows that density for the minor capsid proteins and two shells of electron density is absent.