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==SaPI1 portal structure in mature capsids without DNA==
<StructureSection load='8vdc' size='340' side='right'caption='[[8vdc]], [[Resolution|resolution]] 3.50&Aring;' scene=''>
== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[8vdc]] is a 2 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staphylococcus_virus_80alpha Staphylococcus virus 80alpha]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=8VDC OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=8VDC FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='method'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Empirical_models|Method:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="methodDat">Electron Microscopy, [[Resolution|Resolution]] 3.5&#8491;</td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=8vdc FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=8vdc OCA], [https://pdbe.org/8vdc PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=8vdc RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/8vdc PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=8vdc ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
Staphylococcus aureus is an important human pathogen, and the prevalence of antibiotic resistance is a major public health concern. The evolution of pathogenicity and resistance in S. aureus often involves acquisition of mobile genetic elements (MGEs). Bacteriophages play an especially important role, since transduction represents the main mechanism for horizontal gene transfer. S. aureus pathogenicity islands (SaPIs), including SaPI1, are MGEs that carry genes encoding virulence factors, and are mobilized at high frequency through interactions with specific "helper" bacteriophages, such as 80alpha, leading to packaging of the SaPI genomes into virions made from structural proteins supplied by the helper. Among these structural proteins is the portal protein, which forms a ring-like portal at a fivefold vertex of the capsid, through which the DNA is packaged during virion assembly and ejected upon infection of the host. We have used high-resolution cryo-electron microscopy to determine structures of the S. aureus bacteriophage 80alpha portal itself, produced by overexpression, and in situ in the empty and full SaPI1 virions, and show how the portal interacts with the capsid. These structures provide a basis for understanding portal and capsid assembly and the conformational changes that occur upon DNA packaging and ejection.

Structure of the Portal Complex from Staphylococcus aureus Pathogenicity Island 1 Transducing Particles In Situ and In Isolation.,Mukherjee A, Kizziah JL, Hawkins NC, Nasef MO, Parker LK, Dokland T J Mol Biol. 2023 Dec 21;436(4):168415. doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2023.168415. PMID:38135177<ref>PMID:38135177</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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== References ==
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[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Staphylococcus virus 80alpha]]
[[Category: Dokland T]]
[[Category: Kizziah JL]]
[[Category: Mukherjee A]]