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Secondary structures of narcissus mosaic virus coat protein
H R Wilson1, P Tollin, L Sawyer
1Department of Biological and Molecular Sciences, University of Stirling.
The Journal of General Virology
|June 1, 1991
Abstract:
Circular dichroism (CD) measurements on the coat protein of narcissus mosaic virus particles show that the dominant secondary structure is the alpha-helix, with a 45 (+/- 2)% content. The beta-sheet content is much lower at 5 (+/- 3)%. Both values are essentially the same as those found in potato virus X coat protein. The CD results are used to assess the results of secondary structure prediction methods.