Title | Phasing of the Triatoma virus diffraction data using a cryo-electron microscopy reconstruction. | ||
Author | Estrozi, L F; Neumann, E; Squires, G; Rozas-Dennis, G; Costabel, M; Rey, F A; Guerin, D M A; Navaza, J | ||
Journal | Virology | Publication Year/Month | 2008-May |
PMID | 18308357 | PMCID | -N/A- |
Affiliation | 1.IBS, Institut de Biologie Structurale Jean-Pierre Ebel CEA, France. |
The blood-sucking reduviid bug Triatoma infestans, one of the most important vector of American human trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease) is infected by the Triatoma virus (TrV). TrV has been classified as a member of the Cripavirus genus (type cricket paralysis virus) in the Dicistroviridae family. This work presents the three-dimensional cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) reconstruction of the TrV capsid at about 25 A resolution and its use as a template for phasing the available crystallographic data by the molecular replacement method. The main structural differences between the cryo-EM reconstruction of TrV and other two viruses, one from the same family, the cricket paralysis virus (CrPV) and the human rhinovirus 16 from the Picornaviridae family are presented and discussed.