Motion in Foot and mouth disease virus [fmdv]

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Classification Known Fragment Motion, Hinge Mechanism [F-h-2]

Structures
1BBT Conformation 1 [ PartsList ]
1FMD Conformation 2 [ PartsList ]
1FOD Conformation 2 [ PartsList ]

Description
Comparing variants of virus shows movement of a surface loop.

Particular values describing motion
Experimental Methods = xo (Traditional x-ray)
Creation Date = 19970822
Modification Date = 19970822

References
N Parry, G Fox, D Rowlands, F Brown, E Fry, R Acharya, D Logan and D Stuart (1990). Structural and serological evidence for a novel mechanism of antigenic variation in foot-and-mouth disease virus. Nature. 347: 569-72. [Medline info for 94157912]

GO terms associated with structures
Molecular functionhelicase activity, RNA binding, ATP binding, RNA helicase activity, RNA-directed RNA polymerase activity, structural molecule activity, cysteine-type endopeptidase activity
Cellular componentviral capsid
Biological processviral genome replication, viral protein processing, transcription, proteolysis and peptidolysis, viral life cycle


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