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DNA arrangement in isometric phage heads.

W C Earnshaw, S C Harrison

    Nature
    |August 18, 1977
    PubMed
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    DNA packs into phage heads in concentric layers, filling the volume uniformly in wild-type phages. Incomplete DNA packaging, seen in deletion mutants, leads to increased local packing distances.

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    Area of Science:

    • Structural biology
    • Molecular genetics
    • Virology

    Background:

    • Bacteriophages package their DNA into a rigid protein shell (head).
    • The process involves complex DNA-protein interactions and physical constraints.
    • Understanding DNA packing is crucial for viral assembly and gene delivery applications.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate the spatial organization and packing of DNA within bacteriophage heads.
    • To determine how DNA fills the internal volume of different phage types.
    • To analyze the effect of genome size on DNA packing density.

    Main Methods:

    • Analysis of DNA organization within P22 and wild-type lambda phage heads.
    • Examination of DNA packing in lambda deletion mutants with reduced genome sizes.
    • Utilizing structural and biophysical techniques to probe DNA arrangement.

    Main Results:

    • DNA forms concentric layers within the phage head, aligned with the protein shell.
    • In P22 and wild-type lambda, the internal volume is uniformly filled with tightly packed DNA.
    • Lambda deletion mutants exhibit increased local packing distances as DNA content decreases.

    Conclusions:

    • Phage DNA packaging is a highly organized process, forming concentric layers.
    • Uniform DNA filling is characteristic of full phage heads.
    • Genome size directly influences local DNA packing density within the phage head.

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