For the three dimensional shape, see Polyhedron
| Polyhedrin | |||||||||
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 The crystal structure of a recombinant baculovirus polyhedrin. | |||||||||
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| Symbol | Polyhedrin | ||||||||
| Pfam | PF00738 | ||||||||
| InterPro | IPR001746 | ||||||||
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Polyhedrins are a type of viral protein that form occlusion bodies (also called polyhedra), large structures that protect the virus particles from the outside environment for extended periods until they are ingested by susceptible insects. They occur in various viruses including nuclear polyhedrosis viruses (NPVs) and granuloviruses (GVs). GVs contain one virus particle per occlusion, whereas NPVs package about 5–15 viruses in each occlusion.
References
- ^ PDB: 2WUX; Ji X, Sutton G, Evans G, Axford D, Owen R, Stuart DI (January 2010). "How baculovirus polyhedra fit square pegs into round holes to robustly package viruses". EMBO J. 29 (2): 505–14. doi:10.1038/emboj.2009.352. PMC 2824454. PMID 19959989.
- Rohrmann (1986). "Polyhedrin structure". J Gen Virol. 67 (8): 1499–513. doi:10.1099/0022-1317-67-8-1499. PMID 3525744.