DNA packaging: a new class of molecular motors

Sean D Moore; Peter E Prevelige Jr

doi:10.1016/s0960-9822(02)00670-x

DNA packaging: a new class of molecular motors

Curr Biol. 2002 Feb 5;12(3):R96-8. doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(02)00670-x.

Authors

Sean D Moore¹, Peter E Prevelige Jr

Affiliation

¹ Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham 845, 19th St. South, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA.

PMID: 11839289
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(02)00670-x

Abstract

DNA is packaged into preformed bacteriophage capsids to liquid crystalline density by the action of a portal protein complex. Single molecule packaging studies indicate that this is a new and extremely powerful class of molecular motors.

MeSH terms

Capsid / metabolism
DNA, Viral / metabolism*
Molecular Motor Proteins / classification
Molecular Motor Proteins / metabolism*
Viral Proteins / classification
Viral Proteins / metabolism*
Virus Assembly*

Substances

DNA, Viral
Molecular Motor Proteins
Viral Proteins