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ReviewViruses2025

Structural Capsidomics of Single-Stranded DNA Viruses.

Mario Mietzsch, Antonette Bennett, Robert McKenna

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Review in Viruses, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. The amazing AAV capsids: Into the structure-verse.Molecular therapy. Methods & clinical development · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Mario MietzschDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, Center for Structural Biology, McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8957-3363
Antonette BennettDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, Center for Structural Biology, McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4986-7505
Robert McKennaDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, Center for Structural Biology, McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2792-935X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) viruses are a diverse group of pathogens with broad host range, including bacteria, archaea, protists, fungi, plants, invertebrates, and vertebrates. Their small compact genomes have evolved to encode multiple proteins. This review focuses on the structure and functional diversity of the icosahedral capsids across the ssDNA viruses. To date, X-ray crystallography and cryo-electron microscopy structural studies have provided detailed capsid architectures for 8 of the 35 ssDNA virus families, illustrating variations in assembly mechanisms, symmetry, and structural adaptations of the capsid. However, common features include the conserved jelly-roll motif of the capsid protein and strategies for genome packaging, also showing evolutionary convergence. The ever-increasing availability of genomic sequences of ssDNA viruses and predictive protein modeling programs, such as using AlphaFold, allows for the extension of structural insights to the less-characterized families. Therefore, this review is a comparative analysis of the icosahedral ssDNA virus families and how the capsid proteins are arranged with different tessellations to form icosahedral spheres. It summarizes the current knowledge, emphasizing gaps in the structural characterization of the ssDNA capsidome, and it underscores the importance of continued exploration to understand the molecular underpinnings of capsid function and evolution. These insights have implications for virology, molecular biology, and therapeutic applications.

Indexed as

CapsidCapsid ProteinsDNA, Single-StrandedDNA VirusesCryoelectron MicroscopyCrystallography, X-RayGenome, ViralModels, MolecularVirus AssemblyCapsid ProteinsDNA, Single-StrandedAnelloviridaecapsidCircoviridaeCRESS-DNA virusesGeminiviridaeMicroviridaeNanoviridaeParvoviridaessDNA

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PMID40143263
PMCPMC11945456

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