Table 2.
Comparison of capsid size inner volumes, genome sizes and buried surface area among representative viruses of Picornavirales.
| Familya | Genus | Virus name | PDB id | Inner diameter (nm) | Shell thickness (nm) | Inner volume (103 nm) | Genome sizeb (kb) | Volume per nucleotide (nm3) |
Buried surface area (103 nm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unclassified | Unclassified | Nora virus | 5mm2 | 24.2 | 10.1 | 7.4 | 12.5 | 0.59 | 2.0 |
| Dicistroviridae | Triatovirus | Triatoma virus | 3nap | 22.8 | 10.8 | 6.2 | 9.2 | 0.67 | 2.5 |
| Dicistroviridae | Aparavirus | Israel acute paralysis virus | 5cdc | 22.8 | 11.6 | 6.2 | 9.7 | 0.64 | 2.3 |
| Dicistroviridae | Cripavirus | Cricket paralysis virus | 1b35 | 21.6 | 12.8 | 5.3 | 9.4 | 0.56 | 3.0 |
| Iflaviridae | Iflavirus | Slow bee paralysis virus | 5j98 | 22.8 | 14.6 | 6.2 | 9.5 | 0.65 | 2.1 |
| Picornaviridae | Enterovirus | Coxsackievirus A9 | 1d4m | 19.6 | 13.6 | 3.9 | 7.6 | 0.52 | 2.6 |
aCowpea mosaic virus is not included in this table as it contains a bipartite genome with each genome packed in a separate capsid. b200 nucleotides are added to each genome for the poly-A tail.