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. 2022 Aug 15;13:4802. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-32223-1

Fig. 3. Structure of the RNA and protein subunits within the VSV nucleocapsid.

Fig. 3

a Linear domain organization of the nucleoprotein (N, green) and matrix proteins (M1 and M2, orange and purple, respectively). Amino acid numbers indicate domain boundaries. Globular domains are shown in color. Sequences engaged in inter-subunit contacts are shown as black boxes. b Top view of five consecutive asymmetric units along the RNP ribbon. The RNA is shown in red stick representation. Nucleoproteins (N) are colored alternating in green and yellow. The matrix protein of the inner layer (M1) is colored in orange, the one of the outer layer (M2) in purple. Subunits are labeled with indices that increment towards the virion tip, where the 3′ end of the RNA is located, and decrement towards the base of the trunk, where the 5′ end of the RNA is located. c Side view of the asymmetric units from three turns of the RNP ribbon. RNA and subunits are colored as in b. The tip of the virion would be at the top, the base of the trunk at the bottom. Indices of the individual subunits are shown.