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ArticleThe journal of physical chemistry. B2020

Effects of Model Shape, Volume, and Softness of the Capsid for DNA Packaging of phi29.

Cecilia Bores, Michael Woodson, Marc C Morais, B Montgomery Pettitt

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  1. DNA synthesis inside the hepatitis B virus creates a high-energy spool.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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4 authors.

Cecilia BoresUniversity of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Boulevard, Galveston, Texas 77555, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-7359-1556
Michael WoodsonUniversity of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Boulevard, Galveston, Texas 77555, United States.
Marc C MoraisUniversity of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Boulevard, Galveston, Texas 77555, United States.
B Montgomery PettittUniversity of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Boulevard, Galveston, Texas 77555, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-4902-3046

Funding

Theory of Proteins and Peptides in SolutionR01GM037657 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON · PI PETTITT, BERNARD MONTGOMERY · 1988 to 2023
$5.5M
The DNA Packaging Motor of Bacteriophage phi29R01GM122979 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI JARDINE, PAUL JAMES, MORAIS, MARC · 2017 to 2024
$4.1M
CryoEM Data Collection Facility Consortium at NCMIU24GM116787 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI BULLITT, ESTHER, CHIU, WAH · 2016 to 2020
$3.1M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM037657NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM122979NIGMS NIH HHS U24 GM116787
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Double-stranded DNA is under extreme confinement when packed in phage phi29 with osmotic pressures approaching 60 atm and densities near liquid crystalline. The shape of the capsid determined from experiment is elongated. We consider the effects of the capsid shape and volume on the DNA distribution. We propose simple models for the capsid of phage phi29 to capture volume, shape, and wall flexibility, leading to an accurate DNA density profile. The effect of the packaging motor twisting the DNA on the resulting density distribution has been explored. We find packing motor induced twisting leads to a greater numbers of defects formed. The emergence of defects such as bubbles or large roll angles along the DNA shows a sequence dependence, and the resulting flexibility leads to an inhomogeneous distribution of defects occurring more often at TpA steps and AT-rich regions. In conjunction with capsid elongation, this has effects on the global DNA packing structures.

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CapsidDNA PackagingDNA, ViralBacillus PhagesCapsid ProteinsNucleic Acid ConformationCapsid ProteinsDNA, Viral

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PMID33151690
PMCPMC7903877

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