PF04513

Baculovirus polyhedron envelope protein, PEP, C terminus

Pfam entry
Member databasePfam
Pfam typecoiled coil
Short nameBaculo_PEP_C
Author Kerrison ND;0000-0002-1471-953X
Sequence Ontology0001080

Description

Polyhedra are large crystalline occlusion bodies containing nucleopolyhedrovirus virions, and surrounded by an electron-dense structure called the polyhedron envelope or polyhedron calyx. The polyhedron envelope (associated) protein PEP is thought to be an integral part of the polyhedron envelope. PEP is concentrated at the surface of polyhedra, and is thought to be important for the proper formation of the periphery of polyhedra. It is thought that PEP may stabilise polyhedra and protect them from fusion or aggregation
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References

1.Orgyia pseudotsugata baculovirus p10 and polyhedron envelope protein genes: analysis of their relative expression levels and role in polyhedron structure. Gross CH, Russell RL, Rohrmann GF. J. Gen. Virol. 75 ( Pt 5), 1115-23, (1994). PMID: 8176372

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